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Preparing for the Rise in Online Retail Returns

Retail TouchPoints

How online retailers handle merchandising, use technology and approach return policies can mean the difference between waste and wins. This often gets the item back to the retailer in a quick enough turnaround to resell the items at the same price, avoiding margin loss. There’s no time for ill-fitting, poorly described items.

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Qurate Offloads Zulily to Parent Company of Club Monaco

Retail TouchPoints

QVC and HSN parent company Qurate Retail has sold online retailer Zulily to investment firm Regent , which also owns retail and apparel brands including Club Monaco , DIM Paris , Escada , DryBar , Sassoon and Wonderbra. QVC paid $2.4 billion for Zulily when it bought the then-thriving flash sale site back in 2015.

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Ahold Online Retailer Takes Majority Stake in Cycling-Oriented Delivery Service

Retail TouchPoints

Ahold Delhaize ’s online retailer operating in the Benelux countries, bol.com , has taken a majority stake in delivery company Cycloon. For bol.com, the partnership ensures that more of its orders can be delivered by bicycle, reducing the company’s carbon footprint.

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Top Online Retailers Winning a Competitive Market

Optimizely

But it’s even harder to build an online retail site that competes with existing retailers like Amazon or Target that have an established a customer base and dominate the market. As a retailer, you need to stand for something and have a strong mission statement. What does that look like?

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Bridging the Online and Offline: How to Apply Product Thinking to Expanding Your eCommerce Business

Speaker: John Cutler, Product Evangelist and Coach at Amplitude

In a post-COVID world, online retailers are forced to reevaluate their position and address the challenge of adopting new customer experiences. Companies have to develop new muscles, challenge their existing biases, and “learn as fast as they ship.”.

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UK’s top 25 fastest growing online retailers revealed

365 Retail

The UK’s top 25 fastest growing online retailers have been revealed with beer brewing brand Pinter topping the table. Researchers tracked growth rates for hundreds of companies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It was named a TIME Magazine invention of the year. 6 Naturecan (CBD products) – 220%.

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Ecommerce IT Support: 7 Key Services Every Online Retailer Needs

365 Retail

Online retail has exploded in recent years, attracting millions of enterprising individuals from around the globe. If you’re one of them, you need a robust ecommerce information technology (IT) support to keep your online business going. Immaculate IT support makes navigating the complexities of online business easier.

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Tips For E-Commerce Best Practices

An infographic listing the best practices companies can follow to bolster their e-commerce website.