Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
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.
Retail TouchPoints
MARCH 6, 2024
Returns are a major cost of doing retail business of any kind, but especially online. While some are charging customers fees to simultaneously slow and offset rising costs resulting from elevated return rates, others are adopting returnless refund policies.
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Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Just as you don’t start worrying about your hot water heater’s performance until you get shocked by an icy-cold shower, most of us — even inside the retail industry — don’t think about supply chains until they stop working. This is excepting, of course, the professionals tasked with maintaining and operating those supply chains.)
Retail TouchPoints
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
While this is good news for many ecommerce retailers, it has also become more and more expensive to deliver those goods to customers. 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.
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs. Unemployment is at 3.5%
Retail TouchPoints
JULY 20, 2022
Global conflicts, economic uncertainty and volatile demand patterns have thrown supply chains (and the retailers that rely on them) for a loop. Experts agree that the supply chain has more impact on the customer experience than ever before. Top Supply Chain Investments.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 26, 2022
It’s the question that’s on every retailer’s — and not a few consumers’ — minds: When will global supply chains flow freely once more? With supply chain challenges come the higher costs feeding inflation, which is itself a double-edged sword. How are the supply chain challenges we’ve been seeing contributing to rising prices?
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