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How Retailers Can Control Costs Even As Return Rates Climb

Retail TouchPoints

Returns are a cost of doing business for any retailer. retailers last year, they haven’t always been a strategic focus. In the wake of COVID-19, returns are receiving serious (and necessary) attention for several key reasons: Retailers are spending more processing returns in stores.

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Shopify Strikes a Deal with Chinese Ecommerce Giant JD.com to Unlock the Trillion-Dollar Market

Ecommerce Platforms

In this collaboration, JD has offered a particular boarding channel, JD Marketplace, simplifying entry to the Chinese market for Shopify merchants. By joining forces, these two companies have created a new ecommerce channel, opening up the world's biggest market for millions of merchants. The market is gigantic and complex.

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The Comprehensive Guide To Selling Consumer Packaged Goods Online

Groove

Introduction Because you’re reading this eBook, you’re likely an eCommerce retailer selling consumer packaged goods online, or you own a brick-and-mortar store and want to transition to eCommerce. These people are purchasing your company’s products to make their lives easier. However, it’s actually advantageous to oblige.

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The Social Commerce Trust Problem: What Retailers Should Know

Kibo

We addressed the skyrocketing use of social commerce in a recent post because it’s an important retail trend. Social platforms present a seemingly perfect retail landscape. Retailers can showcase and sell products from their catalog, track deliveries, and communicate with customers on Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram.

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Printful vs Apliiq (July 2021): The Battle of The POD Services?

Ecommerce Platforms

Consumer trends are ever-changing, and as more of us seek quirky, custom products, online merchants are looking for the best print-on-demand companies to create and fulfill these kinds of orders. If you’re an online merchant, you may have already started researching different print-on-demand providers. Printful's: Pros and Cons.

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The Complete Guide to Walmart Dropshipping

SellBrite

According to eMarketer, Walmart is the second-largest retail ecommerce marketplace, making up 6.7% of retail ecommerce sales in 2020. Dropshipping is a way to sell products where the seller doesn’t have to store or ship any products. Some downsides include: Long application and registration process.

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Planet Express Review: Everything You Need to Know

Ecommerce Platforms

And Planet Express managed to hit the ground running with arguably the lowest rates in the market, combined with flexible services. It essentially receives stuff on behalf of international shoppers, before shipping them to their rightful buyers anywhere in the world. How effective are their services? But, is that even necessary?