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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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How Speeding up Chargeback Resolutions can Boost Retailers’ Profits

Retail TouchPoints

For example, purchase confusion can arise (and does) when a customer sees unfamiliar names or references on bank statements. These sorts of requests — known as chargebacks — are very expensive and time-consuming for all parties involved. Tackling issues that affect the overall customer experience is crucial.

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Navigating Cross-Border Land Transport Complexities and Unlocking Growth Opportunities in the Americas

Retail TouchPoints

These investments improved communication and provided data-driven insights to streamline operations and help companies deliver rapid, cost-effective services. Some of the key challenges include: Fuel cost surge: Rising fuel prices strain freight businesses’ profit margins, which aren’t likely to let up soon. In the U.S.,

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Treat Returns as a Competitive Advantage that Increases Customer Lifetime Value

Retail TouchPoints

Consider how returns are central to the customer experience and can create a competitive advantage, differentiate a brand and increase customer lifetime value. The popularity of online shopping has created enormous opportunities to reach new customers, but this has come at a cost. Turn Returns Upside Down.

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Order Routing: The simplest and fastest way to optimize fulfillment—without writing code

Fabric

With fabric OMS, any retail operator can configure order routing rules to reduce order errors, get closer to customers, and reduce shipping expenses. As businesses grow, so does the complexity of allocating resources to fulfill customer orders across multiple locations.

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How to Launch a Subscription Box For Your Company

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Plus, since your customers pay the same price each month, a subscription box offers some degree of stability in your revenue stream, which helps you predict your finances more accurately. You can devote more resources to buying (and selling) the products your customers truly want, and you’ll waste less stock in the process.

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Post-Purchase Experience: Building brand trust and customer loyalty

Fabric

“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology, not the other way around.” – Steve Jobs One critical aspect that retailers can often neglect is the post-purchase experience for customers. The post-purchase experience refers to what happens after a customer has made a purchase.