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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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. That’s not particularly surprising — grocery is a high-volume, low-margin business with incredibly complex supply chains.

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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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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. As a result, they are now allowing retailers to make accurate and faster shipping promises, which in turn helps to drive conversion and improve the customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

But the lessons learned over the past year have also exacerbated how inefficient parts of the supply chain and retail industry are. Businesses are taking a closer look at overall operations costs and the increased potential for online sales, which may one day permanently diminish the role of the physical 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

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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Returns are a cost of doing business for any retailer. Remember that retailers built their supply chains around their brick-and-mortar business and are not optimized for e-Commerce,” said Alex Fitzgerald, Principal in the Consumer Practice of Kearney in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Infection Control: Burden Or Benefit?

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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. Retailers need to handle inventory in stores and distribution centers, keep an eye on both digital and physical shelves and keep costs down with efficient logistics and routing.

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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. Optimized supply chain management to avoid stockouts and overstocking. Holiday shopping season is upon us.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Nemia’s message: while many of the supply chain challenges facing retailers are out of their control, there are still places where they can eliminate speedbumps and grow resiliency. Know Your Supply Chain to Control Your Supply Chain. Getting your supply chain under control now also can head off future uncertainty.

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Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But at some point, you’ll want to find a fulfillment provider to offer faster shipping, and to focus on other parts of your business. You want to keep costs low, improve efficiency, and move all that inventory to a location that’s close to your customers. You can ship affordably, to almost anywhere in the world, in 2 days.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2023

BJ’s joins our growing community of national retail and grocery chains, totaling over $100 billion in revenue and more than 30,000 locations throughout North America, in leveraging microservices to quickly stand up new capabilities that improve operations, delight customers and lower costs,” said Darpan Seth, CEO of Nextuple in a statement.

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GetElastic

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In today’s digital world, merchandisers must take full advantage of the omnichannel space to influence and guide the shopper through the decision-making process. It’s all about the right place, the right price, and the right product to optimize the sale. Is it a Back-to-School supplies sale? Attract not detract.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 20, 2023

In 2023, supply chains must adjust to the dramatic changes in consumer demand, congested ports, and chaotic distribution centers. This means that the retail supply chain and supporting logistics must adapt to these volatile market conditions. These initiatives help increase supply chain efficiency and reduce the cost of operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. Differentiating on product and price has become harder and harder.

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Pivotree Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But meeting the complex demands of the modern supply chain isn’t easy, especially if you’re running a monolithic order management system. Integrated ecosystems are what’s driving speed and efficiency in today’s supply chain operations. Companies are under tremendous pressure to evolve their systems to keep pace with demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

With rising gas prices, food shortages, skyrocketing interest rates and ever-present inflation, consumers are worried and that means retailers are worried, too. In the first quarter, the average selling price (ASP) increased by 11% in the U.S. Shoppers will Buy Even Earlier to Avoid Price Hikes. This means that 2.5

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

CFO Adrian Mitchell said the new store-based DCs are “a low-cost complement to our existing fulfillment network” and will help reduce shipping costs, improve delivery speeds and ensure better utilization of inventory. “We’ve

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Additionally, Liquidity Services , which operates a B2B ecommerce marketplace for surplus business and government goods, has launched a new consumer-facing omnichannel marketplace called AllSurplus Deals for returned and overstock goods. The auction-based website is now available to consumers in Arizona.

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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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Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This means you need to plan how you’re going to store your goods, pick and pack them for delivery, ship them through the right providers, and so on. Notably however, you do need to be located in the US, have fewer than 200 SKUs, and you’ll need to ship between 84 and 6,200 products per month in order to be eligible. Go to the top.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

In the face of pandemic restrictions, store-based retailers hurriedly explored different routes to the consumer, as the strength of their omnichannel retail strategies was tested. A range of delivery speeds and costs (Advantage: multi-carrier shippers). One-third think seven-day free shipping is ‘acceptable.’ on average.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

What is the supply chain going to look like?”. Open Air Shopping Centers Enable Easy Omnichannel Services. One thing that’s unlikely to change in 2022 is the importance of omnichannel offerings. The omnichannel connection is particularly important for the 31 digitally native brands with stores at Northwood’s shopping centers.

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365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Ben Balfour, Business Operations Director at Advanced Supply Chain Group , shares top tips about how retailers can prepare their supply chains for a Black Friday and Christmas sales surge. Ben Balfour, Business Operations Director at Advanced Supply Chain Group. 1) Don’t play the waiting game. 2) Create contingencies.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Much of retail is sitting on top of mountains of data, but the ability to connect the product, supply chain and customer data together and actually change experiences in real time can be somewhat limited. This includes things like optimizing pick, pack and ship in stores with AI-based solutions. COVID has certainly changed the game.

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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. Lowe’s even released a set of virtual building supplies for metaverse projects.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Nemia’s message: while many of the supply chain challenges facing retailers are out of their control, there are still places where they can eliminate speedbumps and grow resiliency. Know Your Supply Chain to Control Your Supply Chain. Getting your supply chain under control now also can head off future uncertainty.

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Banking Shipping Costs Recommendation Customer 130

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As consumers increasingly adopt hybrid and omnichannel experiences, retailers must adapt to meet changing consumer expectations. Lastly, retailers can turn disappointed customers into delighted customers by offering free or expedited shipping on an online order when an item they’re searching for isn’t available in-store.

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Payment Services Retail Shipping Costs Mobile 276

Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 18, 2023

Ecommerce stores, on the other hand, are online platforms, where customers can purchase products using credit cards and other digital payment methods, and have them shipped to their homes, or a pickup location. The third-party manufacturer also handles the process of packaging and shipping goods to consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Session topics ranged from ramping up touch-free in-store technologies to strengthening supply chains and getting the most out of marketplaces. One solution is to bring content that retailers already are updating digitally, such as pricing or user-generated reviews, into the store to keep the information fresh.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

Results from Retail TouchPoints’ annual Customer Loyalty and Personalization Benchmark Report reaffirm that retailers are focused on building a strong foundation of first-party data to support their supply chain, in-store services, omnichannel marketing and experiential strategies. . Stand Out Beyond Free Shipping .

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. Associates are what keep a robust store-based fulfillment operation running, and keeping their skills sharp is a key ingredient in Walmart’s omnichannel success.

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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. I think retailers are actually going to try to move things up to reduce variability to the season because of all the supply chain difficulties.”. Supply Chain Challenges Will Lead to a Reduction in SKUs.

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Ecommerce Platforms

AUGUST 6, 2022

This outsourcing of the fulfillment process works by sending products to the 3PL, where they store, pick, package, and ship the items as orders come in through your store. This is particularly important for ecommerce brands with specific needs such as Amazon fulfillment, cold storage, or omnichannel fulfillment.

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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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