Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

Ready to grow even further, the company launched a digital transformation to swap out its legacy systems, advance customer knowledge through data and provide a truly omnichannel customer experience. If a customer walks into a store and says, ‘My hands are full, ship it to me,’ that’s one experience we have to offer.

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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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ROI Revolution

MAY 20, 2021

For consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, in particular, this change in the way consumers shop necessitated a different approach: omnichannel. Director, GM of Omnichannel at BigCommerce. But the reassuring strength of an omnichannel sales approach is that it’s a risk mitigation strategy at its core. Claim your copy!

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

The 2023 Omnichannel Retail Index demonstrates that understanding what customers value and using that information to build long-term customer relationships is essential for survival. There’s an art and science to using customer data to capture shopping behaviors and trends and activating that data along with the right shopping features.

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Kibo

MARCH 17, 2023

90% of consumers view 2-3 day shipping as a baseline expectation. In response, leading companies are replacing their traditional fulfillment methods with flexible fulfillment strategies. The Role of Fulfillment in the Shopper Journey Historically, fulfillment was simply thought of as a means to deliver products to the customer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. The retailer serves a young, digitally savvy customer with no time for delays, and offers a massive selection of merchandise that needs to keep up with shifting pop culture trends.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Shipping delays and stockouts lead to frustration and disappointment, especially when logistical problems impact time-sensitive purchases, such as special occasion gifts, event tickets or prescription medications. Product substitution capabilities ensure they can respond to demand shifts, consumer trends and emerging technologies.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Across a wide range of retailers, three trends are driving the industry’s holiday hiring strategies: The race is on for same-day delivery. Ecommerce execution will lean more heavily on store-based fulfillment. Fulfillment Crunch Will Affect Delivery Cutoff Dates.

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ROI Revolution

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

To help your brand thrive this holiday season and navigate these uncharted waters, we’ll be keeping this blog post updated with the latest holiday ecommerce stats and trends. These record sales are expected despite growing supply chain, inventory, and fulfillment concerns. October 21. The latest 2021 holiday shopping ecommerce stats.

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ROI Revolution

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

To help your brand thrive this holiday season and navigate these uncharted waters, we’ll be keeping this blog post updated with the latest holiday ecommerce stats and trends. An omnichannel approach will be necessary for brands that want to crush their competition this year. The scary side of shipping this holiday season.

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lateshipment

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Introduction Holiday shoppers don’t just mean the “ I’m planning to spend (more than I usually do during the other months) for my holiday season needs by capitalizing on seasonal trends, special deals, and promotions ” type. Here are a few tips for delivering a seamless order fulfillment process: 3.1:

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Consumer expectations of retailers have been transformed by their experiences buying from Amazon and other innovative retailers that are able to provide fast, efficient omnichannel experiences. A fast, flexible and responsive fulfilment process. Holiday shopping season is upon us. The key is investing in real-time inventory.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

Retailers save on shipping costs while leveraging their in-store inventories to fulfill customer orders, while shoppers get the products they want without having to wait for a delivery. Prior to this, online orders had been fulfilled from a central distribution center. Click-and-collect, a.k.a.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

A peek at second-quarter data indicates this trend is accelerating, with April and May showing a 7% increase in ASP on top of a 17% increase during the same period in 2021. For the 2022 holiday season, the trillion-dollar question is how do brands and retailers maintain growth, but do it profitably with an omnichannel approach?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. It all depends on multiple factors like the size of the warehouse, the quantity of inventory and the number of orders fulfilled. Sophisticated Automation.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The Retail market landscape has seen significant changes in retail trends and shifts in consumer behavior since the coronavirus breakout, but the industry now appears more optimistic about the growth prospects. Here Are The Ten Emerging Retail Trends We Predict For 2022. Emphasizing micro-fulfillment & smart delivery.

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BigCommerce

JUNE 1, 2017

Ship products to customers in a timely manner. Inventory ties into every element of your store, from supply, to warehousing , to order fulfilment and customer satisfaction. Here is a view BigCommerce merchants can use to drill down into channel activity: Identify Trends. Optimizing it can help you to: Save money.

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GetElastic

APRIL 16, 2020

Next-gen vending machines: 5 reasons intelligent vending is trending in ecommerce. How can smart vending machines amplify your omnichannel commerce strategies? Using vending machines as hyper-local micro-fulfillment centers for last-mile delivery is perhaps the one use case Amazon hasn’t already patented. News and Events.

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Fabric

MARCH 14, 2023

trillion fashion and apparel industry—where $898 billion is transacted online —and where consumers are constantly seeking new styles, trends, brands, and designs. This allows retailers to focus on marketing, sales, and customer service, without worrying about the hassle of managing inventory and shipping logistics.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2021

As it did with so many things, COVID-19 accelerated long-term trends in retail work. Many of these changes are recent: “Ship-from-store wasn’t economically viable [as recently as] two years ago,” said Ritter. ” Turning Retail Jobs into a Career in Retail.

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ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 2, 2021

To help your brand thrive this holiday season and navigate these uncharted waters, we’ll be keeping this blog post updated with the latest holiday ecommerce stats and trends. Supply chain issues are also contributing to reduced sales growth for Amazon as extra costs are incurred to pay for freight, shipping, increased wages, and more.

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ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 14, 2021

To help your brand thrive this holiday season and navigate these uncharted waters, we’ll be keeping this blog post updated with the latest holiday ecommerce stats and trends. Supply chain issues are also contributing to reduced sales growth for Amazon as extra costs are incurred to pay for freight, shipping, increased wages, and more.

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ROI Revolution

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To help your brand thrive this holiday season and navigate these uncharted waters, we’ll be keeping this blog post updated with the latest holiday ecommerce stats and trends. An omnichannel approach will be necessary for brands that want to crush their competition this year. The scary side of shipping this holiday season.

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Forrester eCommerce

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Here’s a snippet of the advice we gave to retailers looking to meet customers’ high expectations around shipping and fulfillment this holiday season and beyond.

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GetElastic

OCTOBER 24, 2019

How can smart vending machines amplify your omnichannel commerce strategies? Using vending machines as hyper-local micro-fulfillment centers for last-mile delivery is perhaps the one use case Amazon hasn’t already patented. The global intelligent vending market is projected to grow 17% over the next 4 years (Technavio) to $12.45

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Fabric Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

In the previous post, Never Miss A Sale , we announced the availability of order fulfillment logic (OFL) which allows retailers to orchestrate and optimize how your distributed order management (DOM) system works across the order fulfillment process, as part of fabric OMS.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The 18 sessions also charted the impact of fast-changing consumer trends with new research and offered real-world case studies and use cases to show these solutions in action. For example, JOANN achieved a 7X ROI by using Radar to surface a free shipping coupon for in-store app users.

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Pivotree Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Omnichannel is Still The Boss. It’s going to be hard to predict how these numbers will pan out in 2022, but the one thing we can be sure about is that omnichannel is going to be more important than ever in this phase. And this is why connected omnichannel experiences will be key. Smart Fulfilment to the Rescue.

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Korona

JANUARY 30, 2023

Read on for more details regarding these noteworthy retail trends for 2023. The point is to be able to engage your customers beyond the scope of the brick-and-mortar space and into an omnichannel experience. Using Retail Store As A Fulfillment Hub It’s no great secret that a ton of shopping is now done through eCommerce channels.

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Omnisend

MAY 5, 2021

There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we shop forever, with the trend toward ecommerce increasing sharply as many brick-and-mortar retail stores remain closed. This provides valuable flexibility to the customer while avoiding steep shipping costs, long delivery times, and the hassle of shipping back returns.

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Korona

MARCH 23, 2022

Enhanced Payment and Shipping Options. Retail Technology Trends. Here are some things you can do to help keep products flowing: Ship From Store. Here are some things you can do to help keep products flowing: Ship From Store. Move away from distribution center fulfillment models and ship directly from your stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2023

A critical area of focus is transforming their business into more profitable omnichannel platforms. The costs tied to ecommerce – from technology and app development to fast, free shipping and returns – can be daunting and may be exacerbating profitability challenges. A more nefarious culprit may be at the heart of the matter.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

digital sales to grow 10% , while shifting shopper habits will create a variety of new opportunities for omnichannel retailers. This holiday season, Salesforce expects the trend to reverse — six out of 10 digital orders will be influenced by the physical store. Salesforce expects U.S. Let the countdown begin….

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

To Review: With ecommerce now encompassing much more than just a website (think livestreaming, social commerce, marketplaces and the metaverse), we predicted that the overarching key to omnichannel success in 2022 will be great content. Not to toot our own horn, but we hit the nail on the head with this one.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 8, 2024

First, retailers must understand the growing trends in loss prevention to determine which strategies will best reduce the diverse types of theft, fraud and abuse impacting their business. As a result, retailers must ensure their 2024 loss prevention plans incorporate an omnichannel approach that considers all avenues for loss.

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