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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. And within ecommerce, subscription models are becoming increasingly popular. Look no further than the highly anticipated launch of Walmart’s new subscription membership offering to compete with Amazon Prime.

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The Comprehensive Guide To Selling Consumer Packaged Goods Online

Groove

Strategies To Drive CPG Growth Offer Subscription Plans One way to drive CPG sales is to offer a subscription plan(s) for your customers. Since CPGs are always in high demand, subscription plans benefit customers by removing unnecessary steps in the actual ordering process - saving them time (and money).

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How Retailers Can Control Costs Even As Return Rates Climb

Retail TouchPoints

But brick-and-mortar retailers could take a page from e-Commerce subscription services such as Stitch Fix and Rent the Runway, and turn those costs into a powerful selling point, Ventry suggested. For example, shipping products back in certain cases costs more than a retailer could recoup through vendor credits, liquidation or resale.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Level 1 — 1st Party Ecommerce: At this level, the site operator sources products, negotiates purchase contracts, merchandises, carries the inventory (physically and financially), determines pricing, ships products and handles the logistics and returns on its own. Vendors’ marketplace platforms fall into two main categories.

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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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Fluid Engine vs Editor X (Nov 2022): Choose the Best Site Builder

Ecommerce Platforms

For ecommerce, Fluid Engine has the following features: Unlimited products Abandoned cart recovery Subscriptions Advanced shipping Product reviews Online bookings and scheduling Content blocks for online stores Donations Instagram products Advanced discounts Merchandising. Editor X Pricing.

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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.