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Why Curacao ‘Zags’ When Other Retailers ‘Zig’ — and How This Drives its Success

Retail TouchPoints

Every retailer strives to understand its customers, but few are as deeply in tune with their audiences as Curacao. Today, Curacao operates stores that are at least 100,000 square feet in size and cover four main verticals — electronics, home, fashion, kids and babies — and 17 different subcategories.

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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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How to Launch a Marketplace to be the Disruptor, not the Disrupted

Retail TouchPoints

Some retailers lament the woes of Amazon and other marketplaces cutting into their sales, profit, market share and valuation. Some retailers launch their own marketplace to become the disruptor instead of the disrupted. Retailers large and small have transformed their businesses with the marketplace business model and technology.

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Retail vs Ecommerce: What’s the Difference?

Ecommerce Platforms

Quick answer : The term “retail store” typically applies to a physical, or brick-and-mortar location, such as a supermarket, boutique, or individual offline store. Both retail and ecommerce stores have their own distinctive pros and cons to consider for any entrepreneur. What is Retail? How Does Retail Work?

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The Secret Behind Quick-Turn Merch: A Strong Partner

Retail TouchPoints

This versatility is a key tool in appealing to your target customers and creating items they actually want, so it’s important to find a company that offers an extensive product line. While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools.

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5 Ways to Fulfill Web Orders (for Retailers)

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

There are a variety of ways to deliver products to consumers who purchase online. Here are five ways retailers in the past, and currently, have fulfilled web orders. There is no doubt that new developments in retail will show new ways to fulfill web orders in the future. There’s nothing wrong with this approach.

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Khronos Group Goal: ‘Create One 3D Model That Works for Everyone’

Retail TouchPoints

One reason was that with in-person interactions and travel severely restricted, creating and shipping product samples internationally became if not impossible then cost-prohibitive. Now we’re never going back ,” Crowder added in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. That’s what everyone wants.”.