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Gift Card Purchases Up 414% as Americans Shift to ‘Buy Now, Shop Later’ Mindset

Retail TouchPoints

Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and shipping issues. Combine that with concerns about shipping delays for those products that are in stock and it should come as no big surprise that gift cards are looking pretty good to shoppers this year.

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Camp Puts Curation at the Center of Revenue Creation with Gift Finder Tool

Retail TouchPoints

During the heart of the holiday season, experiential toy retailer Camp launched Gift Finder , an interactive tool designed to help site visitors find the perfect gift for everyone — from infants to adults. As a team, we had a suspicion that people want little bit-sized pieces of context, curation and help.

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Babylist Holiday Survey: Shoppers Seeking Both Value and Values in the Gifts They Buy

Retail TouchPoints

This respondent pool was surveyed from June to July 2022, and focused on holiday gifting plans, including where they were going to shop, who they were going to buy gifts for and how much they were planning to spend. Overall, 85% of respondents plan to spend up to $500 on five or more gifts for babies.

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Retailers: Give The Gift Of Personalization Through Omnichannel This Holiday Season

Forrester eCommerce

Retail strategy for the holidays has always been about achieving two, if seemingly contradictory, goals: Goal #1: Marketing specific products to specific customers to attract and convert them Goal #2: Selling inventory that minimizes out-of-stocks and overstocks by the end of the season With many retailers, including Target, entering the holiday season (..)

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Omnichannel Fulfillment, BNPL and Social Commerce Contributed to Holiday 2021’s Digital Success

Retail TouchPoints

The early-season surge can be attributed to shoppers’ awareness of potential shipping delays , which also made omnichannel fulfillment a winning solution during that final rush: stores with curbside or in-store pickup options captured 62% of global sales during the Dec. 18 and Dec. 18-31 window. “In

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Continuing Omnichannel Success Post-Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

Post-holiday season for retailers is a period of recovery centered around understanding what happened during the holiday and how to move forward with the transaction cycle, while also preparing for ongoing omnichannel business. Post-Holiday Omnichannel Success. Post-Holiday Challenges.

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Walmart Business Launches New Holiday Tools for SMBs

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart Business has launched its Holiday Party Shop and Employee Gift Finder solutions, to help businesses and nonprofits prep for holiday parties so they can save time and money. Throwing a great party is not just an opportunity to mark the season,” Walmart Business shared in a blog.