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

Retail TouchPoints

While some are charging customers fees to simultaneously slow and offset rising costs resulting from elevated return rates, others are adopting returnless refund policies. This approach — where customers are refunded without being required to return an unwanted item — has its place, but it’s not a blanket solution.

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GoodwillFinds Adds Returns Capability to Better Compete with Other Resale Platforms

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GoodwillFinds — the online ecommerce platform of the 120 -year-old nonprofit Goodwill — has teamed up with return assurance platform Seel to better “compete with other digital resale websites” by offering returns. The partnership aims to enhance the customer experience on GoodwillFinds.com, which launched in October 2022.

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

Retail TouchPoints

When customers place ecommerce orders, the last thing they want is an unhappy surprise. Shipping delays and stockouts lead to frustration and disappointment, especially when logistical problems impact time-sensitive purchases, such as special occasion gifts, event tickets or prescription medications.

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eCommerce Customer Experience: 5 Tips To Engage Customers

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In this blog, we're exploring 5 strategies to help you create a positive eCommerce customer experience. eCommerce Customer Experience: Tips & Strategies. Establish and build relationships with your customers and increase customer satisfaction by implementing these 5 tips: Display a unique value proposition.

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How Automation Transforms the Post-Purchase Customer Experience

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The challenge for retailers is that they’re busier than ever merchandising products, processing payments, delivering orders and juggling a multitude of other daily tasks. The benefits of automation are clear for the business as a whole, and automation can also transform the customer experience even when the customer isn’t directly involved.

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3 Ways SMBs Can Deliver a More Personalized Shipping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

In this new landscape, the shipping experience has become more important to a brand’s bottom line — and reputation — than ever before. Here are three ways SMBs can deliver a more personalized shipping experience to build a happier, more loyal customer base. Explore options for personalization beyond delivery speed.

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

Retail TouchPoints

This means that it’s not enough for products to be delivered quickly – customers also want to know that if those items aren’t quite what they expected, they can be returned just as quickly and easily. As it turns out, this is quite an expensive problem to solve. According to Insider , total retail returns were projected to grow 2.2%