ESW

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

To keep up with consumer demand, brands and retailers are facing pressure to implement omnichannel commerce strategies. Why focus on omnichannel? Eva Ponce , the director of the MIT Omnichannel Distribution Strategies Lab at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. Because customers demand it.

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Fabric

JULY 13, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprise omnichannel retailers faced notable challenges (and opportunities) due to disruptions in the supply chain. As a result, providing customers with omnichannel retail experiences became a requirement for survival. What is Omnichannel Fulfillment? Let’s dive in!

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2022

Retailers need to readjust their strategies business-wide as they prepare to meet empowered customers who have more choices than ever in a tough economy that’s giving them more reasons than ever to seek out the best price — wherever it may be. The result? Marketplaces Forcing Retailers to Get Unique.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

At the same time, many retailers are reporting higher and higher shipping costs, which are affecting profits on their balance sheets. According to a recent survey , 38% of retailers are worried about meeting consumers’ fast delivery expectations. The real complexity comes when we are looking at thousands of SKUs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2022

As a result, many retailers are seeking to scale up their selection through models like drop ship and marketplace. But while these approaches can help reduce the supply chain costs of stocking and shipping millions of single items, they also have many retailers questioning their roles.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2021

The pandemic-driven emphasis on omnichannel services doesn’t just apply to how consumers shop or how retailers should craft experiences — it also has changed how they should look at their loyalty efforts. However, the starting point needs to revolve around meeting your customers wherever they want to engage with you.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Relentless challenges including supply chain disruptions, weather disasters and a ship stuck in the Suez Canal slowed shipments and delivery of goods to consumers. Shipping and delivery will continue to play a major role in how retailers, both small and large, perform and provide effective customer experiences.

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ESW

MARCH 5, 2024

In the last few years, omnichannel logistics and delivery have become more than a nice-to-have. Omnichannel logistics and delivery are a must-have. Not only do shoppers increasingly demand it, but supply chain complexities and costs incentivise brands to embrace new and innovative ways of moving product.

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Fabric

AUGUST 15, 2023

Additionally, there’s one potent omnichannel fulfillment approach that retailers are rapidly adopting as well: buy online, pickup in-store. In this guide, we’ve compiled all you need to know about BOPIS for omnichannel retailers. It grew to $73.16 billion in 2020 and is expected to soar to $154.3 of total e-commerce sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Hawkins’ job is to actually deliver on all those buzzy retail aspirations — omnichannel, seamless, frictionless — and fast, because if there’s one thing the mobile-first Gen Z shopper is not known for, it’s patience. If she’s in a store and they don’t have her size, she can order it right there and have it shipped to her, or to her store.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

DTC is still very much alive and well, but digital-first companies are having to adapt to a new normal where competition is fiercer, financial pressure is ever-present and the marketing tactics that used to work so well are no longer cost-efficient. What that does is it allows you to put that money back into marketing and grow the business.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

Offering items at a lower price than competitors was once an almost guaranteed method of increasing online conversion rates, but today’s consumers are increasingly prioritizing convenience across the entire shopper journey in making online purchasing decisions. Seamless, Cross-Channel Brand Experiences Have Become a Key Differentiator.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2022

The retailer is aiming to make itself accessible for customers whenever and wherever they want to interact with IKEA by expanding the availability of omnichannel services. As a result, customers can now get their orders in half the time and with 40% reduced cost of delivery for pickup parcels. dubbed studios.

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ESW

JULY 6, 2023

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. It’s another to develop strategies and procedures that meet customer expectations without damaging revenue and profits. Omnichannel is here to stay.

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Fabric

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before the rise of omnichannel fulfillment , the act of someone handing you an order in your vehicle was mostly limited to drive-in restaurants and drive-thru windows. In a recent earnings call, Walmart CFO John Rainey said that Sam’s Club e-commerce sales grew 21% year over year, which he attributed to curbside pickup and ship-to-home sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It’s a tricky proposition, but retailers that can maintain the inventory needed to meet this pent-up demand will set themselves up for a very successful season. For instance, if a certain item is being continuously backed up in ship and train containers, look for ways to get it shipped via air.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

The demand for grocery omnichannel ecommerce has been fueled by the pandemic, specifically consumers’ desire for convenience. To keep up with this demand and consumer expectations, grocers will have to invest in the right forward-looking technology to evolve omnichannel offerings to meet customer needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

Blue Yonder has launched several microservices under its Luminate Commerce portfolio, with the goal of helping retailers meet the last mile demands of their customers. The individually deployable, augmentative microservices are designed to improve the shopper experience by helping retailers ensure order and fulfillment accuracy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

But now, even as consumers return to stores, they have come to expect those omnichannel conveniences, meaning retail executives must find a way to make them financially viable. Thoughts of efficiency, integration with key systems and profitability were put on the back burner during the worst of the crisis.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It’s a tricky proposition, but retailers that can maintain the inventory needed to meet this pent-up demand will set themselves up for a very successful season. For instance, if a certain item is being continuously backed up in ship and train containers, look for ways to get it shipped via air.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How do you believe consumers’ omnichannel shopping behaviors will evolve or accelerate during the holiday shopping season? This created a ripple effect for retailers that were experiencing a higher volume of ecommerce orders and had to leverage stores as fulfillment centers to process and ship online orders.

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Ecommerce Platforms

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you intend to ship ecommerce products to Florida, or anywhere in the Southwest region of the United States, it’s best to use a fulfillment center in Florida, or at least within the surrounding area. This allows you to ship anywhere in Florida and get those packages to customers within 1-2 days. Advantages.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Returns are a cost of doing business for any retailer. Many are looking to understand how they can improve the economics of their e-Commerce supply chain in order to meet evolving customer needs without compromising margins. Whatever solutions are employed will add cost to a returns process that already cuts into profit margins.

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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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ESW

AUGUST 18, 2023

In multi-local commerce, customer centrism guides every vendor selection, pricing strategy and marketing campaign. Meeting Global Shopper Expectations Online shoppers are more likely to convert if their experience matches their expectations. Customers in different markets prefer to see pricing differently. What do they expect?

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Fabric

JANUARY 19, 2024

However, with large-scale multi-item inventory systems, distributed networks, omnichannel fulfillment operations, outdated legacy tech, and multiple sales channels, it’s become an uphill battle just to get the right products to customers, let alone optimize operations for speed and convenience.

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GetElastic

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Front and center in any conversation about commerce are the words personalization , omnichannel , customer-centric, and experience-driven. Customer retention rates are 90% higher on omnichannel vs. single channel. Brands have more power than ever to meet the shopper where they are. By investing in the omnichannel experience.

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365 Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

By building an omnichannel strategy, brands can diversify reach and expand their presence across different channels to communicate with audiences they may have previously failed to resonate with, as well as engage new customers. But what exactly is omnichannel and how can online retailers adapt to meet ever-changing consumer habits?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

Having adequate inventory to ship is job one for any ecommerce business. It’s also critical that the entire warehouse operation is prepared and ready to meet the demands of fast and accurate, high-volume fulfillment during the increased influx of orders. Everything from shipping materials to labels to printer ink are very important.

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Pivotree Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you’ve adopted a thriving omnichannel strategy, your retail establishment likely provides customers with both online and in-store purchasing options. This convergence of digital and physical retail experiences emphasizes the importance of a well-coordinated omnichannel approach. This, in turn, improves customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

If you think about our price point and our categories, it’s not like you’re strolling by and then you suddenly decide to buy a few hundred dollars’ worth of pillows,” said Rich Fulop, Co-Founder and CEO at Brooklinen in a July 2019 interview with Retail TouchPoints. ” .

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Wrong pricing, fake reviews or just bad customer service can kill your Amazon adventure faster than you think. To many, this makes Amazon complicated, but… Your pricing strategy on Amazon must be dead simple, and lead with the customer in mind. Further, I’ll give you insight into our approach to pricing on Amazon.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Macy’s hopes the 35 new semi-automated mini-DCs will help it meet this growing digital demand and give it an edge this holiday season. We are looking at all of our ship-alone categories to get those closer to the customer, to increase speed of delivery and also mitigate shipping costs.”.

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OrderDynamics

APRIL 19, 2018

How Can You Decrease Retail Shipping Costs? Today’s retailers have more options than ever before to help contain and reduce shipping costs. But, growing online sales also bumps up your shipping costs. More orders end up with expensive last-mile delivery fees. That means no shipping costs for you.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

Customers expect a seamless omnichannel shopping experience that enables them to buy anywhere and pick up anywhere with the least cost and hassle. However, successfully delivering omnichannel fulfillment requires an up-to-the-millisecond view of inventory availability across channels.

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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. These systems must also be able to scale up to meet shoppers’ expectations during unpredictable surges in demand. Expect the Unexpected.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

Foxtrot is taking its own approach to the rapid delivery market by embracing a fully omnichannel operation. In particular, how does dropping the delivery window from hours to minutes help meet the modern customer’s needs? For us, it’s about merging the two to create an omnichannel experience for our customers.

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