1 year ago NRF: For Every $1B in Sales, Retailers Incur $166M in Returns Approximately 16.6% of all U.S. retail sales in 2021, or $761 billion in merchandise, will be returned this year, according to a…
1 year ago Holiday 2021 Wrap-Up: Safety Protocols and Early Shopping Led to a Successful Season Retailers pulled off a successful 2021 holiday season despite the challenges posed by the omicron variant and ongoing supply chain issues. Overall…
1 year ago CS Hudson Offers Homeless Children a Memorable Holiday With Immersive Pop-Up Experience CS Hudson recently hosted its fourth annual Live. Love. Laugh., an immersive retail experience, to benefit the children of Help USA’s Help…
1 year ago How These Three Pillars Can Soften the Bullwhip Effect in Your Supply Chain Supply chain challenges are nothing new, but they are newly in the spotlight as massive consumer delays and shortages affect the shopping…
1 year ago How Your Brand Can Reward Holiday Shopping Procrastinators It’s become known as Panic Saturday. You know the one, that final Saturday before Christmas when all the last-minute shoppers descend on…
1 year ago NRF: Holiday Season on Track to Beat Original Forecast; Growth Could Reach 11.5% over 2020 Despite supply chain disruptions, inflation and the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, the National Retail Federation is now saying that 2021 holiday sales…
1 year ago Why Ecommerce Retailers Need an Open Relationship with Their Shippers this Holiday Season Let’s face it — a monogamous relationship with a national shipping company ain’t cutting it anymore. The performance of each of the…
1 year ago Cyber Week 2021 Was Slow, but Retail is Still on Track for a Record-Breaking Holiday Season In another sign that Black Friday, and to some extent the entire extended Thanksgiving weekend, has ceded its position as a truly…
1 year ago Gift Card Purchases Up 414% as Americans Shift to ‘Buy Now, Shop Later’ Mindset Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and…
1 year ago CAMP Adds Online Gift Games and Safe Shopping for Kids to its Holiday Experience Experiential retailer CAMP is bringing the White Elephant gift exchange party online with the relaunch of Gift Game for the 2021 holiday…
1 year ago Target Commits to Remaining Closed On This and All Future Thanksgivings Target will close all its stores on Thanksgiving from now on, according to multiple media reports. The retailer closed on Thanksgiving 2020…
1 year ago Walmart to Host First-Ever Shoppable Livestream on Twitter Last December, Walmart became the first retailer to launch a shoppable livestream on TikTok. Now the retailer plans to make livestreaming history…
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