How To Deal with Shipping Costs for Retailers Today’s retailers face a dilemma: shipping costs continue to rise as consumer interest in paying them decreases. For the first time in 3 years, the United States Postal Service announced an across the board hike in shipping rates...
Online retailers enjoyed significant growth this holiday season with a 20% year over year increase in ecommerce sales during the period between Black Friday and Christmas. Not only was this growth significant, but it also outpaced earlier estimates by over 6 percentage points. In the face of significant sales growth,...
In the wake of ever-increasing online sales, returns have risen to such a high level that UPS has dubbed January 6th “National Returns Day” in honor of the 1 million packages the logistics company expected to process on that day alone. According to projections, the company predicted a...
Learn How Walmart's Mobile App Gets Millions of Visit In 2013, Wal-Mart counted 18 million visits to its mobile shopping app. Now, only two years later, the mega retailer is projecting that mobile visits will explode to 210 million. This increase reflects a broader trend of...
According to new research, a convenient and inexpensive return process can sway customers to shop with a particular retailer over others. A survey released by JDA found that 88% of respondents said that they consider the ease of returns in purchasing decisions. This figure is almost as...
