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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon , is celebrating his 10th anniversary with the company this year, and so he kicked off the fourth annual Amazon Accelerate conference for sellers by comparing the differences between the ecommerce platform today and 10 years ago.

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Lowe’s Expands DC-Based Delivery of Bulky Products to 8 More Regions

Retail TouchPoints

stores, to distribution center-based fulfillment of large items like riding mowers, grills and furniture. CEO Marvin Ellison, speaking during a recent conference call discussing the home improvement retailer’s Q3 financial results, revealed that Lowe’s is on track to change over its entire store base to this model by the end of 2023.

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Seriously Silly Socks: Personalization + pick, pack, ship simplification.

BigCommerce

Seriously Silly Socks won the Innovation Awards Grand Prize of $10,000 and a fully paid trip to a Retail Conference of their choice. For building a personalized Build-a-Box tool that simultaneously reduced pick, pack and ship time –– saving time while making money. Fulfilling. Why they won. Business stats. Founder: Andrew Gill.

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Mars, Trinny London & Dr. Martens lead conference programme at IRX @ DTX+UCX

365 Retail

The show, held at London’s ExCeL, has a dedicated conference with sessions tailored to address the needs of retail professionals, covering marketing, growth, delivery, customer engagement, omnichannel innovation and fulfilment. Topical conference – exploring replatforming. Taher Khaliq, CTO, Trinny London. Register for free .

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How Michaels Reconfigured its Fulfillment Models to Dramatically Enhance Ship-From-Store Performance

Retail TouchPoints

Michaels had a major ecommerce ship-from-store challenge. It’s not that this fulfillment method wasn’t popular — the arts and crafts retailer shipped nearly 3 million orders from its 1,300+ stores across the U.S. and Canada in 2023. allowing Michaels to establish replenishment levels that better aligned with customer demand.

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Amazon’s Counterintuitive Next Big Move — Helping Brands Sell Off Amazon

Retail TouchPoints

“For much of the history of retail, there have been significant barriers that put high hurdles in front of entrepreneurs who wanted to launch a new brand,” said Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon during the third annual Accelerate conference for Amazon sellers.

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Top 10 Contactless Trends to Watch in 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The desire is still there to do touchless, but for different reasons than COVID safety,” he said during a presentation at the 2021 retailX conference in Chicago. More Dark Kitchens Over the next five years, QSR chain Wendy’s is planning to add 700 kitchens in converted shipping containers to support delivery.