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

Retail TouchPoints

While this is good news for many ecommerce retailers, it has also become more and more expensive to deliver those goods to customers. This presents a dual shipping dilemma for businesses: how can they keep shipping costs on the business low, while also offering customer-friendly return policies?

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The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on E-commerce Shipping

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How the Russia-Ukraine War Has Impacted E-commerce and the Global Supply Chain. Therefore, the geopolitical conflict has skyrocketed the prices of both in recent weeks. Mobility service providers such as Lyft and Uber are adding temporary fuel surcharges to fares for ride-hail and deliveries as fuel prices around the U.S

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Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Retail TouchPoints

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.

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5 Ways E-Commerce Companies Can Use BrickSeek to Increase Sales

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Far from just a customer-facing app, it has a lot to offer e-commerce companies. In this guide, I’m going to explain how e-tailers can start using BrickSeek right now to boost their sales and revenue. Why Should E-Commerce Companies Use BrickSeek? Use BrickSeek to Help You Set Your Prices. What Is BrickSeek?

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How To Calculate Shipping Costs

Ecommerce Platforms

Shipping doesn't have to be free. However, studies have shown that 91% of ecommerce customers rethink their purchases from online stores when they realize that the shipping wasn't priced well or it wasn't fast enough. But what does this mean for small and midsized ecommerce stores?

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The Past, Present, and Future of eCommerce with Shopify

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The Past Early Days Originally founded in 2006, this now-monolith of an eCommerce platform had humble beginnings. The Present With so many unique eCommerce platforms on the market, why have so many merchants all chosen to host their online stores with Shopify?

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Shipping Food: We Created A Custom Shipping App For This Restaurant

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There's so much to account for when shipping food, like product availability, shipping on time, displaying accurate costs and more. Shipping Food: G&M's Custom Calendar Shipping App. The inaccurate shipping costs and delivery times was a huge roadblock for the company, so our team stepped in to help.