When it comes to buying slippers, of all things, 71% of online products reviews are fake. The percentages for other popular gift items go up the closer we get to the holidays. As the task of holiday s...
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Retailers roll out stricter return policies ahead of the holidays
The holiday shopping season is always closely followed by a spike in gift returning. But this year, it may be harder to bring things back for free or at a low cost. Roughly 60% of retailers said they&...
Free returns may be over as retailers introduce stricter policies
Policy adjustments ‘deter the consumer from returning’ With rising costs squeezing margins, many retailers are rethinking their return policies, shortening the return window and even charg...
London Heathrow Pilots New Online-Only Retail Model With Aspinal Of London, Calvin Klein And Tommy Hilfiger
Heathrow Airport hoped to increase the numbers of web purchases as it introduced more online-only … [+] brands. getty London Heathrow is testing out the idea of introducing prestige and mid-mark...
Holiday E-Commerce To Top $209 Billion, As Growth Rate Slows
U.S. consumers are expected to spend $209.7 billion in November and December, during a highly … [+] competitive holiday season, according to the Adobe holiday forecast. getty U.S. consumers are ...
Shoppers spend over $300 a month on impulse purchases, despite recession fears
Pandemic shopping changes boosted impulse buys To be sure, the pandemic has changed the way people spend money. “Consumers abandoned ingrained shopping habits, hurtling ecommerce into hyperdriv...
Why Facebook’s Live Shopping Was Never Meant To Be
Shoppable video will be what drives U.S. consumption, not livestreaming in and of itself. So it is … [+] therefore reasonable to conclude that Facebook and TikTok have both made the right choice...
Caching Issues, Deal Overwhelm, But A Positive Ruckus Overall
We’re in the final innings of the annual shopping marathon known as Prime Day. Concrete data on performance will only start hitting tomorrow. But brands who sell on AmazonAMZN have spent the past 36 h...
rising costs are squeezing retailers’ margins
Retail businesses in Singapore are grappling with higher costs as rents rise and energy prices soar, the Singapore Retailers Association said. Cost pressure is a big concern for many Singapore retail...
How to get free Nike sneakers, save money at Apple & other life hacks
Reading the fine print or understanding available offers means you could be saving money or taking advantage of refunds or freebies that you might not have otherwise known about, like a brand-new pair...
4 Minutes Or Less – What Do Customers Expect During Online Check-Out?
As the competition for e-commerce sales continues to heat up, focusing on converting the customer … [+] quickly is becoming increasingly important. getty Shopping online offers an ease and conve...
Why ‘free’ shipping isn’t free
The big carriers such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon make lots of deliveries, and none of those packages are being shipped for “free.” “People like free shipping because the word free is v...
Instacart Just Gave Grocery Retailers The Keys To The Castle
Today Instacart announced the launch of Instacart Platform™, a suite of tools for grocery retailers to deliver omnichannel experiences for shoppers. This platform will allow retailers to essentially w...
5 money-saving tips from a TikTok lawyer who reads the fine print
Reading the fine print means you could be saving money that you might not have otherwise known about, according to Erika Kullberg, lawyer and founder of Plug and Law, a legal tech start-up for small b...
Why U.S. bridges are in such bad shape
America’s bridges are in rough shape. More than a third of the nation’s bridges are in need of repair, and over 43,000 are in poor condition and classified as “structurally deficient...
Liquidation services resell returned items, a $644 billion business
Inside Liquidity Services’ 130,000-square-foot warehouse in Garland, Texas, the aisles aren’t lined with typical merchandise. Instead, they’re stacked with returns from Amazon, Targe...
What’s behind the congestion at U.S. ports
The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in North America, saw record volume in 2021. Container volume at the port, including imports like furniture and apparel, surged to a record 10.6 million TEUs ...
As Physical Retail Resurges, These eCommerce Leaders Are Doubling Down On Digital
While some shoppers are flocking back to stores, the idea that the pandemic has irreversibly changed shopping behaviors still appears to have merit. To compete with pure-play eCommerce giants like Am...
What really happens to them?
Sending back an online order has never been easier. It’s often free for the customer, with some retailers even allowing customers to keep the item while offering a full refund. Amazon returns ca...
Shopping, Selling And Shipping – Shopify Shares Vision Of Future Of E-Commerce
What lies ahead for the booming e-commerce industry in 2022? getty The rate and magnitude of the change seen in the e-commerce industry during the pandemic have been truly astounding. Retailers, and e...