Fabric

MARCH 14, 2023

Welcome to Part 2 of The Modern Retailer’s Guide To Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel. In Part 1, we covered the basics of dropshipping and explored the reasons why every fashion retailer should switch from a traditional retail model to an asset-light dropship model. 5 Tips and Strategies for Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Festivals, Football and Fashion – the Peak Time to Purchase Peak times in the retail calendar are important for brands to remember and capitalize upon and they aren’t just relegated to sporting events.

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Fabric

APRIL 11, 2023

Fashion and apparel storefronts always need fresh supplies of trendy clothes. With all these factors affecting the fashion industry, it’s no surprise that Deloitte finds that only one-third of retail executives are confident about maintaining or improving profit margins in the coming years. One major opportunity? Dropshipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Retail’s busiest returns period may be in the rearview mirror until next year, but rising ecommerce order volumes have caused returns management to become an aspect of ecommerce and omnichannel business that warrants a dedicated year-round strategy. Returns are a major cost of doing retail business of any kind, but especially online.

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Kibo

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Omnichannel shopping isn’t just a passing trend. It’s clear there’s an enormous need for retailers to provide high-quality omnichannel shopping experiences, but meeting consumers’ expectations means retailers must master omnichannel order management. What Is Omnichannel Order Management?

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Fabric

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In this blog post, we’ve compiled a list of key takeaways from this insightful discussion, focusing on how retailers can navigate the instant gratification economy, deliver true omnichannel experiences, and leverage innovative solutions like real-time inventory, order management and fulfillment, and dropshipping. 5 Key Takeaways 1.

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ESW

JUNE 1, 2023

ESW Case Study ICONIC US FASHION BRAND. CONQUERING DTC IN CANADA This world-famous fashion house had a wholesale arm in Canada that sold exclusively to local retailers. However, they lacked the necessary technology and infrastructure and realized developing it in-house would take years.

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365 Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

Pricer, the leading in-store automation and communication solutions, will showcase new connected stores solutions at the Retail Technology Show , taking place at London’s Olympia on 24 & 25 April, 2024. Our customers need scalable and reliable tools to build their business for the future.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Jason Del Rey is a veteran business journalist who spent a decade at Recode reporting on Amazon , Walmart and how technology is transforming retail. Del Rey: I do believe the Jet.com acquisition was key to the omnichannel success that Walmart is experiencing today, at least in an indirect way.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Open Air Shopping Centers Enable Easy Omnichannel Services. One thing that’s unlikely to change in 2022 is the importance of omnichannel offerings. That means open air shopping centers have become even more attractive due to how they can make curbside and BOPIS fulfillment easier to handle.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Spanish fashion retailer Encuentro Moda is deploying a radio frequency identification solution across its 125 stores, both to meet omnichannel requirements and to gain visibility into the stock availability at each store and throughout the supply chain. The rollout was completed in October 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2020

A key feature of this “Next Normal” will involve advances in omnichannel, which Brendan Witcher, Principal Analyst for Digital Business Strategy at Forrester , noted is in its first or second inning. Will it get easier?” Witcher asked. “No. Move To The Cloud Supports Positive Outlook.

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Although the trend towards omnichannel fulfillment is not new, the pandemic changed many retailers’ business models almost overnight, and these changes are not going away. What is omnichannel order fulfillment in retail?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2021

As the department store sector aims to reinvent itself for retail’s digital age, iconic retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) is investing rapidly in technologies that will elevate its integrated luxury retail strategy across all channels. So how does NMG see these digital investments leveling up its omnichannel game?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

Amazon has announced plans for its first-ever physical fashion store — dubbed Amazon Style — which will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories. To pull this off, Amazon will be using the same technology and processes it employs at its fulfillment centers. The goal is an Everything Apparel Store IRL.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Today’s shopper now expects a seamless omnichannel experience, convenient delivery options and an array of sustainable products — as detailed in new research from Capgemini. With the start of another year in the new normal, retailers are still questioning how to best engage with consumers in the post-pandemic world.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

Despite the controversies, the fast-fashion brand has been named one of Gen Z’s favorite brands and one of the fashion industry’s most popular brands. As its reach and impact in the fashion industry continues to grow, SHEIN is focused on righting the brand ship and zeroing in on its manufacturing and product development processes.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Fashion Retail’s Looming Cash Crunch. Across the industry, nearly half of global fashion brands do not commit to paying for finished orders, which causes a huge liquidity problem for suppliers. They will utilize emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and IoT to make decisions and execute much, much faster.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2023

When Houle started with Aldo Group as Senior Director of Digital Technology, “We were primarily focused on digitalizing our retail experience across all channels,” he said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. It involves not just the right technology but also the right skills, processes, and culture.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Companies with strong online and omnichannel offerings were once again rewarded for their efforts, while those that have fallen behind in these areas continued to struggle — though their catch-up ecommerce efforts are starting to pay off. Long-Term Investments in Omnichannel and Supply Chains Pay Dividends at Big Box Retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2023

In November 2022 alone, for example, Leap opened multiple stores at Simon properties in California and Florida: True Classic Tees in Los Angeles’ Del Amo Fashion Center and ThirdLove , Sugarfina and Goodlife in Florida’s Town Center at Boca Raton. “We And then maybe in the winter, a coat brand can come in for six months.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Ecommerce execution will lean more heavily on store-based fulfillment. Holiday hires will help retailers leverage their store-based omnichannel fulfillment capacity through buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, home delivery and ship-from-store services. Fulfillment Crunch Will Affect Delivery Cutoff Dates.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Without the Tmall partnership it would be infinitely harder for SPO to reach these Chinese consumers, said Giraudi: “ It’s not just the technology, it’s the process and the know-how of running [this kind of program] ,” he said. Deliver fast, reliable fulfillment to Chinese customers. Going Live from Woodbury Common.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2022

The pandemic hit the fashion rental company hard as homebound consumers opted not to refresh their wardrobes. Not only is the current labor environment making it hard to find good help, but as omnichannel commerce evolves, retailers are finding themselves in more need of skilled tech workers than ever before.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Digital accounted for 44% of net sales in Q4 2020, and the retailer also highlighted the fact that 25% of its digital sales were fulfilled from its brick-and-mortar stores via curbside pickup and same-day delivery. The increasing prominence of digital reflects the company’s “Polaris” omnichannel transformation strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

After spending the first part of her career in fashion and brand strategy, working with brands like Donna Karen , Dr. Scholls , Elizabeth Arden and Urban Decay , in 2004 she co-founded the digital native brand Cameron Hughes Wine (CHW), which “really became kind of the Warby Parker of our industry,” she said.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Beholden to industry powerhouses like Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdale’s in the fashion vertical or Target and Walmart in the CPG space for the majority of sales, brands across the board were wary of entertaining direct-to-consumer initiatives (DTC) that might disrupt their wholesale business. However, all that has changed.

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OrderDynamics

JANUARY 10, 2019

How Is Omnichannel Retail Strategy Like a Board Game’s? Since then, I realized the strategy of a game called “Ticket to Ride” is similar to an omnichannel retail strategy. Connection to Omnichannel Retail Strategy? In other words, they took the short route to adopt omnichannel. What Happens Next?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

Increasingly, consumers want to browse and buy with the ease of click, or find products faster using in-store location technologies. Modern customers now acquire products and consume services across multiple channels, and nowhere is this more apparent than in retail, where shopping has become an increasingly digitized omnichannel journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Top priorities include updating store interiors; integrating new technology to support associates; enhancing digital capabilities; and optimizing supply chain and merchandising operations. “Right now, we have less than $500 million in debt, and we will not be taking on any additional debt to fund or to pay for this investment,” Rosen explained.

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Fabric

MAY 17, 2023

The company has also embraced omnichannel commerce with its efforts to streamline the customer journey across sales channels and create an unparalleled online shopping experience. However, fashion evolves quickly, especially in niche and specialty markets. To seize on the enormous growth opportunity in the U.S.,

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Fabric

MAY 17, 2023

The company has also embraced omnichannel commerce with its efforts to streamline the customer journey across sales channels and create an unparalleled online shopping experience. However, fashion evolves quickly, especially in niche and specialty markets. To seize on the enormous growth opportunity in the U.S.,

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Fabric

MAY 17, 2023

The company has also embraced omnichannel commerce with its efforts to streamline the customer journey across sales channels and create an unparalleled online shopping experience. However, fashion evolves quickly, especially in niche and specialty markets. To seize on the enormous growth opportunity in the U.S.,

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Fabric Blog

MAY 7, 2024

It tracks all the information and processes, including order entry, inventory management, fulfillment, and after-sales service.” Gartner defines DOM as software used to “orchestrate the fulfillment of customer orders placed through a retailer’s online channel.” This should also include in-store fulfillment applications.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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BigCommerce

MAY 4, 2018

By embracing SaaS technology and emerging trends, Natori is on pace to earn a new generation of consumers – ones who buy from their site, not just in department stores. What to Know Before You Go: Skullcandy is a true omnichannel business. A half-day event with some of the industry’s leading technology and innovators. .

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

Retailers need to make the necessary adjustments to store operations, fulfilment processes, payments and more, to respect shoppers’ continued desire for contactless commerce. Retailers have the opportunity to cater to the new shopping behaviors that are emerging through the use of innovative strategies and technology.

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