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

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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. This is especially true as ecommerce retailers continue to feel the squeeze of economic headwinds and change their policies accordingly.

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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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Creating a Better eCommerce Customer Experience

Groove

The topic of these articles varied: from the things wrong with eCommerce shopping; to information gathering through online coupons; to marketers gathering information about eCommerce customer experience. Customer service inconsistency (seeing a pattern yet?). Delayed shipping cost information. Signage inconsistency.

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How Automation Transforms the Post-Purchase Customer Experience

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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. Shopping and checkout experiences can be managed directly by the customer, but that’s only half of the overall order experience.

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4 Ideas to Improve Customer Experience

Groove

Personal connections are at the core of every positive customer experience. Here at Groove Commerce, we think of customer experience like an umbrella covers the entire purchase cycle. Underneath it, your website, marketing, shipping and customer service create micro-moments that influence customer sentiment.

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2021 State of Holiday Shipping in the US

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The pandemic has largely disrupted holiday shipping in 2021, with a surge in online purchases, record shipping costs, port congestion, and inventory shortage. An Analysis of Shipping Performance by FedEx and UPS in 2021 Right Before the Holiday Season. While 15.34% of packages shipped to Illinois via FedEx faced the most delays.