What’s the Real Cost of a Fulfillment Error to Your Business?
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4 Shipping Predictions Ecommerce Businesses Need to Watch in 2015
Four shipping predictions that ecommerce business owners need to know in orders to stay competitive in 2015.
Returns Processing is a Vital Part of a Successful Omnichannel Strategy
Returns processing is an extremely important part of the customer experience and the overall omnichannel shopping journey, yet it is often glossed over.
UPS Said to Handle 4 Million Returns By First Week of January, Up 15% from 2013
With many consumers large and small finding that not everything Santa brought was exactly what they wanted, UPS said it expects to handle 4 million returns packages by the end of the first week in January, up 15% from 3.5 million in 2013. The company estimated this deluge of reverse logistics hit a peak of 800,000 packages on Jan. 6.
5 Easy Ways to Make Returns Part of Your Holiday Season Game Plan
And while the thought of returns might make a retailer shudder, planning ahead can actually help increase sales long term.
Sears Adds Returns, Exchanges to In-Car Pickup
To take advantage of the new return/exchange service, customers can visit sears.com, click on the customer service link, choose “returns and exchanges” and follow the prompts to identify the item. For an exchange, they select a new item and get an email confirmation when the replacement is ready for pickup.
Once at the store, they park in a designated In-Vehicle Pickup spot, and notify the store of their arrival via the app. A timer will start on the phone, and a Sears associate will arrive within five minutes and complete the return or exchange.
Building an Effective Strategy for International Returns
Retailers face many unique challenges when selling online to international markets. For example, U.S. merchants need to know what imports are prohibited; when to apply import duties, taxes and tariffs; and how to comply with country-specific forms, country-specific product coding, and local shipping rules.
Why Customers Still Shop Offline
While online retail has seen rapid growth, an overwhelming majority of U.S. retail sales take place offline (92%) according to Forrester Research. A survey done by Ripen eCommerce took a look at why consumers would most likely make the purchase in-store vs. online.
Return to Sender: Making Package Returns Easy, Part II
Endicia CEO Amine Khechfé shares some more best practices for making returns of items purchased online easier for consumers.
Optimizing Omnichannel Order Picking and Fulfillment Operations
Omnichannel is a studied approach to meet all of these customer expectations. In order to do so successfully, retailers must reevaluate their logistics business model by putting the focus on fulfilling more orders, faster throughput and lower costs. The first step in that process is understanding the trends that define the omnichannel marketplace.