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Harnessing the Potential of Returnless Refunds to Improve Profitability and Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Retail’s busiest returns period may be in the rearview mirror until next year, but rising ecommerce order volumes have caused returns management to become an aspect of ecommerce and omnichannel business that warrants a dedicated year-round strategy. Returns are a major cost of doing retail business of any kind, but especially online.

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Tune Order Management NOW To Create Stellar Customer Experiences This Holiday Season

Forrester eCommerce

Speed, Options, And Transparency Should Guide Holiday-Season Planning Retailers, get ahead of the holiday-season chaos and prepare your order management processes. Guide your holiday logistics planning around: 1) speed; 2) fulfillment options; and 3) transparency to create seamless and stellar experiences for your customers.

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Product Substitution: How Savvy Retailers and Manufacturers can Build Supply Chain Resiliency, Reduce Costs and Improve Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. Retailers can expect that customers will turn to other vendors; once this happens, they’ve lost both the sale and the customer’s trust and loyalty.

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How Technology Fuels Customer Experience and Brand Value

Retail TouchPoints

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

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Walmart Debuts Second In-Store Fulfillment Center in Bentonville

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart has opened an in-store Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) at Store 100 in its home town of Bentonville, Ark. MFCs will significantly increase the number of orders a store can fulfill in a day, according to a Walmart blog post , providing faster fulfillment with less substitutions and freeing up associates to help in-store customers.

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How Has Customer Experience Been Transforming and What Value It Holds In The Future?

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Stands for the increasing and ever-changing customer expectations with your business and the answer of meeting or rather exceeding these expectations stands for what one would call ‘ a great customer experience ’. The Need To Focus On CX In Today's Business Landscape Customer demands are never the same.

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What is Order Management? The Enterprise Retailer’s Guide to Processing, Fulfillment, and More

Fabric

However, while global e-commerce sales are growing at an accelerated pace, the traditional approach to order management has not kept up with the evolving needs and expectations of modern customers. That’s where modern order management comes into play. What is Order Management? What is an order management system (OMS)?