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Gift Card Purchases Up 414% as Americans Shift to ‘Buy Now, Shop Later’ Mindset

Retail TouchPoints

Combine that with concerns about shipping delays for those products that are in stock and it should come as no big surprise that gift cards are looking pretty good to shoppers this year. In fact, Adobe reports that over this Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 27-28, online spending on gifts cards was up 414% from the September 2021 average.

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How Retailers Can Control Costs Even As Return Rates Climb

Retail TouchPoints

In-Store Returns Trending Up, But Not Pouring In. Mantis analyzed the monthly dollar value of returns year-over-year (YOY) for several categories and found that “the dollar value of returns is still below prior years” as of July, although it was trending up. Returns is just one example.” .

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Inventory Management for Scaling ($1M+) Businesses: Techniques You Need to Know Before You Go Bust

BigCommerce

Ship products to customers in a timely manner. Effective forecasting can be thrown off by abnormalities in one sales channel, so the better your grasp on your demand generation, the better you can predict overall trends. Here is a view BigCommerce merchants can use to drill down into channel activity: Identify Trends.

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How to Offer Sustainable Packaging for Your Online Store

Ecommerce Platforms

Customers make purchasing decisions based on sustainability – Helping the earth is not just a trend that'll come and go. The future is green – Although it's not always a good idea to follow the crowd, sustainable packaging seems to be the new trend. Ship Products in Smaller Packages.

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The New Normal: CPG’s Return to the Customer

Retail TouchPoints

Simply put, consumers are craving convenient and valuable retail experiences, and today’s pandemic has been a catalyst for the rapid acceleration of this global trend. Without some sort of digital service, you risk shipping products that customers don’t need or want.

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Top Ecommerce Niches of 2019

ecomdash

The end of the year is upon us and it’s the perfect time to start sourcing new products to sell online. Each year we bring you a list of niche products that are trending and this year is no different. Pros of Selling Niche Products. Using Amazon is a great way to learn a product’s popularity. Lower Storage Fees.

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The Rise of B2B E-Commerce on Marketplaces

ChannelAdvisor

Thinking holistically about your marketplace strategy also leads to a more basic challenge: deciding the best marketplaces for your products. It’s easy to say that you want to list on 50 marketplaces, but each comes at a cost — whether it’s warehouse fees, advertising costs, shipping products to a new country, and many other considerations.