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Tag Archives: Multichannel Merchant
Global Retail Logistics: An Infographic
In today’s retail supply chain, global logistics has become a much more important activity to optimize. As Mike O’Brien reports for Multichannel Merchant: “With the rapid growth in E-commerce here and across the world, global retail logistics have become more … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Technology in Retailing
Tagged 2Flow, global, infographic, logistics, merchandising, multichannel, Multichannel Merchant, supply chain, tips
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Global Shipping
For a long time, E-commerce has focused on shipments from within the country where the purchases are made — due to the high shipping costs and the related paperwork. But, recently, this has been changing substantially, as more E-consumers are … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Online Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business
Tagged customer expectations, customer service, e-commerce, E-tailing, global, infographic, inventory management, Multichannel Merchant, Pitney Bowes, shipping, shopping, trends
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Online Retailing Through the Years
As we have reported before (see, for example: 1, 2), online retailing remains strong both in the United States and around the world. Here is an infographic from SnapParcel, an Ireland-based courier service, that looks at the evolution of E-commerce … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Online Retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Social Media and Retailing
Tagged customer expectations, customer service, experiential retailing, global retailing, infographic, merchandising, Multichannel Merchant, online shopping, opportunity, planning, promotion, SnapParcel, strategy, success, trends
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Multichannel Merchant’s New Study of Global E-Commerce
Due to its growing importance, we have posted several times about the changing face of global E-commerce (see, for example, 1, 2, 3). According to Mike O’Brien, writing for Multichannel Merchant (MCM): “If you’re a merchant and you’re not engaged in global E-commerce, … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Online Retailing, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer
Tagged challenges, competition, customer expectations, customer service, e-commerce, global, global retailing, merchandising, multichannel, Multichannel Merchant, online shopping, opportunity, planning, tips, trends
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Express Is on the E-commerce Fast Track
Express has been an online innovator for quite a while, especially with social media. The retailer has more than 4.5 million likes on Facebook — where it regularly offers special deals and products for sale. During 2013, its E-commerce revenues rose by … Continue reading
Posted in Online Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer
Tagged e-commerce, Express, Facebook, mobile shopping, multichannel, Multichannel Merchant, opportunity, planning, social media, success
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Tips for Offering a Better Customer Experience
After all of the recent data breach and deliveries problems that have been in the news, it’s time to get back to focusing on how to optimize the retail customer experience — and to recapturing customer trust. As Jeannie Walters, … Continue reading
Posted in Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Social Media and Retailing
Tagged 360Connext, customer expectations, customer loyalty, customer service, experiential retailing, merchandising, mobile shopping, multichannel, Multichannel Merchant, shopping, technology, tips, trends
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An Interesting Take on “Free” Shipping from Vermont Teddy Bear
Free shipping is certainly a hot button issue for many online shoppers and the retailers that serve them. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the strategy of Vermont Teddy as to shipping fees. As reported by Tim Parry … Continue reading
Posted in Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer
Tagged customer expectations, customer service, free, Multichannel Merchant, online shopping, opportunity, shipping, strategy, success, tips, Vermont Teddy Bear
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