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How Technology Fuels Customer Experience and Brand Value

Retail TouchPoints

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

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Walmart Acquires Robotics Company to Boost Next-Gen Fulfillment Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation , a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fulfillment centers (MFCs) since 2016.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more.

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eBay to Fortify its Collectibles Business With $295M TCGplayer Acquisition

Retail TouchPoints

eBay will pay $295 million to acquire TCGplayer , an online collectibles technology platform and marketplace for trading card games. The company’s technology is known for connecting hobby stores and online sellers with customers and collectors on a global scale. The deal is expected to be completed by Q1 2023.

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The Digital Consumer Age Of Retail: Moving Beyond Omnichannel

RTP blog

Consumers’ proficient use of digital channels has revolutionized the retail industry and technology has changed the way people shop today. To keep pace, retailers must innovate beyond the early technology approaches, which strived to simply coordinate discrete channel engagement strategies.

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable. Sophisticated Automation.

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Never Miss a Sale

Fabric Blog

fabric’s Order Fulfillment Logic automates distributed order management for omnichannel retailers Our next-generation real-time order fulfillment logic is now generally available in fabric OMS. It helps minimize fulfillment lead times and maximize customer satisfaction with minimal effort.