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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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The New Normal: CPG’s Return to the Customer

Retail TouchPoints

The rapid growth of ecommerce and proliferation of subscription services is changing the retail landscape for good. Deloitte Digital estimates that online retail is growing at more than twice the rate of brick-and-mortar sales. And within ecommerce, subscription models are becoming increasingly popular.

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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. Drop Shipping Not all eCommerce retailers use drop shipping, but it’s beneficial in some circumstances.

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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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Why Product Packaging Design is Important to Ecommerce Success

SellBrite

A brand like FabFitFun —a seasonal subscription box that delivers a mix of beauty, self-care, fitness and home products to customers every four months—has a website packed with helpful information and emphasizes the importance of being a part of their membership community. Packaging is more than just a box to ship products in.

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ShipStation Alternatives for 3PL and Shipping Success

Ecommerce Platforms

You must contact ShipBob for your own custom pricing, but here are some standard pricing examples provided by ShipBob: For small products like supplements: $5.38 for the total fulfillment cost For medium-sized products like apparel: $6.13 For subscription boxes: $9.59 Basic ShipMonk fulfillment fees are shown on their website.

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The Best Redbubble Alternatives to Consider in 2023

Ecommerce Platforms

With Spring, there’s the option to highlight and sell your products on leading ecommerce marketplaces like Amazon and Etsy. Plus, you can get started for free, with no monthly subscription fees to worry about. Spreadshirt’s platform is always free to use, with no subscription or monthly fees to worry about.