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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

With rising fuel prices, supply chain and logistics challenges, and higher labor and production costs, retailers are struggling with how to efficiently deliver a high volume of goods to consumers who have quickly become accustomed to seamless purchasing experiences.

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Multi-Channel Retailing and the Buyer’s Journey: Opportunities and Challenges

BigCommerce

Multi-channel retailing is the practice of selling merchandise on more than one sales channel. It’s all about moving beyond your website and exploring channels such as marketplaces, social media, and comparison shopping engines. Consumers Are Shopping in More Locations Than Ever. 54% shopped at ecommerce marketplaces.

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5 Ways Home & Decor Brands can Optimize the Shopping Experience

UpSellIt

Home furnishings consumers have come to expect a brick and mortar-level customer experience online. So, retailers are ramping up their online efforts. A 2021 survey shows that 69% of US furniture retailers intend to increase their focus on ecommerce. The Rise of Home Furnishings Ecommerce.

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Multichannel Distribution 101: Expand Your Ecommerce Business to New Marketplaces

SellBrite

The second is what we’re talking about: Google’s comparison shopping engine. Google Shopping, Google’s comparison shopping engine. Want to know more details on how Google Shopping works ? Listing your products on Google’s comparison shopping engine is completely free. Check out our nifty guide.

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What Should You Look for in an Ecommerce Platform?

Kibo

What delivers relevant content to customers based on their preferences and past behavior? Any ecommerce platform that is designed to deliver the best possible customer experience should have native personalization capabilities built in. If COVID-19 taught customers anything, it was the benefits of comparison shopping.

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E-Commerce and Physical Stores: How Do They Stack Up?

OrderDynamics

A website is always open, allowing customers to make purchases on their own schedules (not just on physical store hours). When shopping online, customers also don’t have to contend with checkout lineups, making it a much faster path to purchase. Comparison shopping and ability to research.

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The Art of Retail: Balancing Retail Brand Experience In-Store and Online

OrderDynamics

As the Deloitte study: Global Powers of Retailing 2018 indicates, “90 percent of worldwide retail sales are still done in physical stores. But to compete with the convenience and endless aisle assortment offered online, meaningful customer experiences and brand engagement is crucial.

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