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The Secret Behind Quick-Turn Merch: A Strong Partner

Retail TouchPoints

This versatility is a key tool in appealing to your target customers and creating items they actually want, so it’s important to find a company that offers an extensive product line. While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools.

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Why Curacao ‘Zags’ When Other Retailers ‘Zig’ — and How This Drives its Success

Retail TouchPoints

He quickly realized that this community paid up, and they would come back and make their small payments that could be $5 or $10 at a time ,” said Ariela Nerubay, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Curacao in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Nerubay gave an example of the give-and-take relationship Curacao has with its customers. “We

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

Retail TouchPoints

Some retailers lament the woes of Amazon and other marketplaces cutting into their sales, profit, market share and valuation. For example, within seven years StockX and GOAT have each grown from nothing to multi-billion-dollar valuations selling sneakers by launching their own marketplaces.

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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. Tackling Tech Challenges to Create Rich Product Images. Some are technological: “How can I represent the shininess of a product?

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How to Do Multiple Location SEO

Kissmetrics

You can serve multiple areas or ship products internationally or worldwide. Boost Local Marketing Results. Taking advantage of Google’s multi-location SEO features can boost your marketing efforts. Online stores in Singapore may offer different products compared with your e-commerce store based in the U.S.

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How Retailers Can Control Costs Even As Return Rates Climb

Retail TouchPoints

Returns is just one example.” . The business model for web sites offering rentals, secondhand merchandise or subscription boxes depends on cycling products between customers, and those companies have not only led the way in developing practices for cleaning and sanitizing but also in marketing those processes as a benefit.

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Inventory Management for Scaling ($1M+) Businesses: Techniques You Need to Know Before You Go Bust

BigCommerce

Ship products to customers in a timely manner. For example, if you have sold product A for 18 months with an average sales growth of 1.2% Sales trends include events like holidays, cold and hot weather, and popular opinion that drive sales up or down for one product or another, as well as trends in behavior.