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How Rent the Runway Boosted Talent, Sustainability and CX by Moving to the Cloud

Retail TouchPoints

For retail tech teams, the ultimate sign of success is, ironically, when their work goes unnoticed — there’s nothing worse than a site crashing after an upgrade or a buggy new feature that causes customer uproar. It All Comes Back to Customer Experience. There are technologies we want to leverage that are managed within Google.

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How to Launch a Marketplace to be the Disruptor, not the Disrupted

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers large and small have transformed their businesses with the marketplace business model and technology. It is important to understand both the business implications and the technology platform requirements. The technology aspect can be simplified by selecting one of many available marketplace platform vendors.

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RetailWire: Should Walmart Reinstate In-Store Returns During A Pandemic?

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart, however, is not taking in-store returns for apparel, cleaning supplies, health and beauty or pharmacy purchases, although customers can ship products back using the Walmart app or web site. This policy prompted customer complaints that a local ABC TV affiliate in Chicago reported on. Its competition clearly is.

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Khronos Group Goal: ‘Create One 3D Model That Works for Everyone’

Retail TouchPoints

One reason was that with in-person interactions and travel severely restricted, creating and shipping product samples internationally became if not impossible then cost-prohibitive. The Working Group has been busy developing a variety of guidelines to help content creators make 3D content for customers. said Sadalgi.

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Five Shipping Tips To Benefit Your Ecommerce SMB Strategy

RetailMinded

The growing ecommerce landscape represents an incredible opportunity for SMBs, allowing them to expand their reach into new geographies and connect with customers worldwide. One of the most significant issues of all is figuring out how you’re going to manage the complexities of shipping, both domestically and internationally.

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How to Offer Sustainable Packaging for Your Online Store

Ecommerce Platforms

Luckily, switching to sustainable packaging could lead to advantages for both you and your customers, not to mention a strong environmental impact. That organization states that the following criteria are required to consider a custom packaging item sustainable: The packaging is made to optimize energy and materials.

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Sales Tax for eCommerce: Everything that Small Businesses Need to Know

Algopix

The eCommerce landscape has grown exponentially in recent years, transforming the way small businesses operate and reach their customers. Understanding eCommerce Sales Tax eCommerce sales tax is the tax charged and collected from online customers. Transparent Pricing It’s important to be transparent with customers about sales tax.

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