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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. According to Insider , total retail returns were projected to grow 2.2%

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7 Strategies to Convert Comparison Shopping Consumers

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With the eCommerce market as saturated as it is, comparison shopping has essentially become standard practice among consumers, and individual eCommerce brands can take a hit as a result. Let’s take a look at what comparison shopping is and how your business can combat it. What is Comparison Shopping?

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The Rise of the Digital Showroom

Retail TouchPoints

Whether your retail business is B&M, ecommerce, or some combination of the two, here are some tips to instantly up your digital showrooming game: 1. Own your audience’s comparison shopping experience. Comparison shopping is a major part of the showrooming experience for most consumers.

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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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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

Payment, return, and exchange policies. In the comfort of their home, a person can take their time to comparison-shop local stores’ assortments and inventory. Furthermore, many online retailers provide easy-to-use comparison tools. Store-specific information about curbside or in-store pickup locations.

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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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Site Abandonment and How to Decrease it at Every Stage of the Customer Journey

UpSellIt

Site abandonment has always presented a major challenge for online retailers. a privacy policy page, a blog post, etc.), This means that a user was interested in a product, but a number of reasons including comparison shopping and product uncertainty might have driven them away.