Cutting shipping costs: 5 game-changing tactics
The expectation of free shipping by online shoppers has created the need for retailers to find more cost-effective shipping methods. This includes changing packaging, negotiating with shipping carriers, changing shipping schedules, or outsourcing fulfilment. But during the pandemic and subsequent supply-chain crisis, retailers learned anew just how expensive it can be to offer free shipping. […]
Legacy technologies are holding back retailers – but Open SaaS can free them
Old tech cripples ambitious online retailers. Monolithic ecommerce platforms, convenient for simple businesses, struggle in today’s dynamic landscape. These inflexible systems hinder growth, especially for companies aiming for international expansion or omnichannel strategies. Integrating separate systems for each channel becomes a nightmare, slowing innovation. Agile platforms are the key. Cost concerns and disruption make businesses hesitant […]
Sorting out the awkward question of capacity
How can parcel carriers expand capacity when challenged by dwindling labour resources, rising costs and an aging estate of ‘awkward’, regional depots ill-suited to conventional automation? Darcy de Thierry, Managing Director of Ferag UK sets out a way forward… There seems no limit to the growth of packet and parcel traffic. Although, according to the […]
Negotiating for growth: The smarter way for retailers to work with suppliers
Retail Express’ Ed Betts reveals how retailers can use algorithmic tools to refine the negotiation process and use it as a springboard for pinpoint planning, product innovation, and future profit growth… Larger grocery retailers are inextricably driven by year-on-year (YoY) growth. Rightly or wrongly, it is the basis of the metrics which define success to […]
Redefining supplier relationships: the importance of analysis and automation in retail
Ed Betts, SVP General Manager – Retail Lead Europe at Retail Express, discusses the potential for retailers to lose sight of their supplier interactions – and argues that it is time for a change of perspective and technique… Retailers sit between the economic forces of supply and demand. Profit is found in the balance between […]
Combatting growing pains within small retailers
Starting up as a retailer is easy – it’s managing growth that’s tricky. Entrepreneurial individuals can leverage any one of over 400 marketplaces to build up a brand and access global customers. Stock can be stored in a single location and orders quickly fulfilled by hand. But that’s just the start. Successful business expansion depends […]
Is 3D Secure a cause for concern or a driver for growth? Ravelin’s upcoming webinar explores the possibilities
Online, 3D Secure (aka 3-D Secure or 3DS) has become almost synonymous with authenticating card payments. At the same time, the friction it introduces has been troubling merchants. But could this all be down to less-than-ideal implementation rather than the protocol itself? Fraud and payment solutions provider Ravelin promises answers in a webinar: From CX to data: […]
Preparing for peak season precision in e-commerce order fulfilment
Preparing for the rise and fall in demand around peak season shopping is nothing new to retailers – certainly not for pure-play ecommerce brands who are reliant on what is often a single, make-or-break, touchpoint with their consumer audience: the point of order fulfilment. However, despite the relative predictability of the timing of peak season, […]
5 ways to build a secure and effective payment environment
Rob Crutchington of Encoded explains how to transform frontline teams into the best defence against card payment fraud… The greatest fraud and security threat to an organisation is its people. From opening rogue emails, clicking on links to visiting dodgy websites, staff pose a significant security risk. In a few simple steps, organisations can turn […]
Retail Media: Five key trends to watch in 2024 and beyond
What’s going to be big in the retail media space in the coming year? Alban Villani, Regional CEO for EMEA at CitrusAd shares his thoughts on five key trends to watch… Retail media is no longer limited to on-site and endemic brands As retail media matures, retailers are starting to understand the opportunities of off-site […]
