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What to Expect in 2022: 3 Strategies That Should be Top of Mind for Retailers 

Retail TouchPoints

Fashion and hard goods retailers aren’t the only ones benefiting from BOPIS. He has spent more than 25 years leading ecommerce technology efforts for major B2C and B2B brands. Amazon, which was the ultimate in delivery, is starting to lose its luster. Jim Stirewalt is the U.S. President of Marketplacer.

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The Need for Delivery Speed Drives Holiday Hiring

Retail TouchPoints

Seasonal hiring provides a window into retailers’ priorities, and 2020 demonstrates both the COVID-19-powered growth in ecommerce and the need to operate stores and supply chains safely. Across a wide range of retailers, three trends are driving the industry’s holiday hiring strategies: The race is on for same-day delivery.

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What is microservices-based ecommerce and why is it important?

Kibo

What is ecommerce microservices architecture? Microservices-based architecture is a modular approach to designing ecommerce software. With a microservices approach, all services within the software solution operate independently of each other. This differs from monolithic ecommerce systems where the core features (e.g.,

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21 Sessions, Presentations and Workshops You Can’t Miss at IRCE 2018

BigCommerce

This half-day event on June 5 is limited to only 250 attendees and includes speaking tracks from Jennifer Fleiss, Co-founder of Rent the Runway, Ken Natori, President of The Natori Company, Jenny Buchar, Senior Manager, Digital Operations at SkullCandy and others. Jenny Buchar, Senior Manager, Digital Operations. The Fashion Track.

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5 Killer Ecommerce Pricing Strategies for Max Profits (2023)

Retalon

Example – Boutique fashion brands price based on exclusivity and prestige value. High maintenance – Keeping aging systems operational eats up IT resources. Steps to modernize your ecommerce technology stack: Start small – No need for a sudden, risky overhaul. Allows pricing at a premium.

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What Does ‘Omnichannel’ Mean in 2021? How Marketplaces are Reshaping the Digital Landscape

Retail TouchPoints

That led to this huge move toward making sure that people could get their fulfillment story and their operation story in line, where historically they were running their operations and their Amazon business very separately from their dot.com business. RTP: What are the biggest challenges to creating an omnichannel operation?

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Gen Z’s New Shopping Habits May Kill Off Unprepared Brands

RetailMinded

For many merchants, the monolithic platforms that underpin their operations, including ERPs, are the very things standing in their way of being able to flex and adapt rapidly to meet consumer expectations. . Gen Z-led digital disruption, combined with inflexible technology, is a recipe for disaster that could kill off unprepared brands. .