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Time for retailers to take stock of shipping costs; playing the waiting game won’t win

365 Retail

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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4 Trends Revealed in Our 2023 Consumer Survey

ChannelAdvisor

Trend 1: Consumers Take a Multichannel Approach The majority of online shoppers (72%) now visit between two and four websites (whether search engines, marketplaces or brand websites) on their buying journey. Consumer electronics buyers are the most savvy shoppers, as an astounding 91% visit two or more sites before purchase.

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How eCommerce Businesses Can Conquer the Biggest Holiday Sales Days

lateshipment

Taking an even closer look, Forbes also suggests how online sales for retailers in popular gifting categories are set to get a significant boost this coming season. For instance, health and beauty sales are projected to go up by 23%, consumer electronics by 20%, fashion by 19%, and home furnishings by 16%.

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [December 2021]

ROI Revolution

Shipping, inventory, and fulfillment are the basic underpinnings of a business that must work flawlessly for marketing & advertising to be worth it – and they are all in flux right now. As a result, retailers had less of a need for their shipping containers, and the containers were put away and saved for later. How did it happen?

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [January 2022]

ROI Revolution

Shipping, inventory, and fulfillment are the basic underpinnings of a business that must work flawlessly for marketing & advertising to be worth it – and they are all in flux right now. As a result, retailers had less of a need for their shipping containers, and the containers were put away and saved for later. How did it happen?

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [November 2021]

ROI Revolution

What started as factory shutdowns has snowballed into issues across the entire supply chain, from material and labor shortages to increased freight prices to extremely delayed shipping. As a result, retailers had less of a need for their shipping containers, and the containers were put away and saved for later. How did it happen?

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How Coronavirus (COVID-19) Is Impacting Ecommerce [October 2021]

ROI Revolution

Latest stats: Consumer electronics + COVID-19. Consumers spent nearly 8 hours online per day – up over an hour from the year before and 90 minutes from 2018. In line with that increased digital time, the consumer electronics industry has seen some significant growth. billion in online sales last year.