7 Keys to Retail Stability in the COVID Era

Join Metapack and Wunderman Thompson as we combine our insights to form a picture of what The Future Shopper might look like - after the lockdown.

Can accurate inventory visibility be a game changer for eCommerce? We’ll discuss making BOPIS work in the time of COVID-19 through improved stock visibility across the supply chain, and how data can be used to increase customer engagement for the instant gratification that today’s consumer demands

Join us for a chat with BigCommerce as they draw on their experience of serving online retailers and brands to debate the future of eCommerce.

Join us for an exchange on the success of ship from store solutions in the time of COVID. How do successful solutions work? And, how do we suggest you get started?

Recent figures suggest eCommerce sales, driven largely by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, have risen 88% globally. With the internet awash with eCommerce experts analyzing the current state of online shopping as well as highlighting the challenges of fulfillment that we’re currently experiencing; focus is beginning to shift to what happens after the crisis, when these challenges are no longer prevalent.

Hopefully sooner rather than later, this global threat will pass, and physical stores will once again open their doors to the masses. As current barriers such as air lane closures and social distancing measures are removed, will we return to business as usual? What will the new ‘normal’ look like?

Our panel of experts will discuss current consumer behavior, as well as delivery and eCommerce trends that might signal what online shopping will look like post-pandemic. With speakers including experts from across the eCommerce landscape, they’ll take a deep dive into the key learnings retail leaders and delivery providers should be taking away from this period of disruption, in order to thrive in the future retail environment.

Panel: Chloe Harris - Development Director- Delivery & Returns at Farfetch, Duncan Licence - VP Product & Partnerships at Metapack, Ian Jindal - Editor-in-Chief at InternetRetailing

Moderated by Steve Allen of Metapack.

Metapack is uniquely positioned at the core of eCommerce shipping and delivery to witness the critical challenges currently facing all aspects of the retail business. A common and significant concern from retail leadership is ‘How will we survive the COVID era? How can we continue to trade despite store closures, warehouse closures, and general consumer reluctance?’.

In this new world of uncertainty, one thing is clear: retailers who don’t innovate their operations models and transform how they serve customers will fail—and there are plenty of examples of this already happening. Duncan and Mariet will discuss the prevalent challenges facing retail businesses and share the 7 most powerful ways leaders are shifting their mindset and their operations to rise above disruption and continue trading.

Do you have a successful strategy to manage Returns?

41% of consumers say they sometimes or often purchase multiple products online knowing they will return some or all of them. Retailers and brands need to get the returns experience right to reduce basket abandonment, increase conversion and increase customer loyalty.

Learn how you can reduce your reverse supply chain costs and provide a differentiated returns experience in our webinar.

We will share best practise examples and insight for getting returns right.

Curious about how to grow customer engagement and increase conversion while improving the cross-border ecommerce shopping experience? Start by making the global delivery experience more dynamic!
Join GELF and GELF NYC ’19 Platinum sponsor, Metapack, for this new webinar that will preview some of the key themes of this year’s program (September 19th). The GELF team will open the webinar by discussing how the latest international market data and cross-border ecommerce trends have defined the program for GELF NYC ’19. Drawing on lessons learned by some of the world’s leading brands, the webinar will also explore how consumer delivery expectations differ from country-to-country and continent-to-continent.
Learn how crafting a transparent post-order experience localized to the unique preferences of shoppers in different markets fosters customer loyalty. Leave with actionable insights about how US brands can create a more dynamic delivery experience as they expand into Europe – and how lessons learned abroad can help them optimize the shipping and delivery experience in Canada and the US. Fill out the form to set up your free BrightTALK account and reserve your spot for our upcoming webinar.

Consumers today expect their purchases to be delivered when and where they want them. By providing up-to-date, available delivery options at the point of purchase, retailers are able to build brand differentiation and loyalty with targeted and personalised delivery choices.

In this webinar, we will highlight the importance of providing flexible and varied customer delivery options, and look at MetaPack’s new Delivery Options Benchmark report, which gives insight into the range of delivery options provided by 52 global retailers and brands in the UK, US, France, Germany, Spain and Canada.

For U.S. retailers and brands looking to expand globally and grow their revenue, the European market is attractive. Entering and expanding in Europe is challenging, but with the right guidance and preparation, it can be both achievable and lucrative. Cross-border retailers who can provide a superior delivery experience will be able to succeed in building customer loyalty and benefit from consumers with an appetite for e-commerce.

In this webinar we’ll look at MetaPack’s recently published guide which provides insight into the European market, highlighting the complexities and offering guidance for U.S. retailers and brands.

This is a must-attend webinar for retailers and brands interested in their cross-delivery strategy.

In this recorded session from TDC Global, you can hear the closing remarks from John Clem, General Manager, MetaPack and Chief Product & Strategy Officer, Stamps.com.

Chaired by Zoë Schouten, Pre Sales Manager, MetaPack.

In this recorded panel session from TDC Global, we ask who should own the customer relationship: the brand, the retailer or the marketplace?

And what is the role of the carrier: should they be building direct customer relationships?

Panellists:

Philippe Hemard, Founder, PHC
Tim Jones, Director of Marketing, DPD
Martijn de Lange, CEO, Hermes
Klaus Goeldenbot, Chief Executive, Nisbets PLC
Alex Vassiliev, Chief International Officer, Yandex Market

Not on the High Street is the leading curated marketplace, connecting the best small creative businesses with the world, offering customers unique designs, high-quality craftsmanship and inspiring stories about the people who make them.

In her talk from TDC Global, Julia invites you to learn more about the challenges of smaller shippers - as well as ways the industry can overcome those.

Retailers and brands need to reconsider the transactional relationships they have with their customers if they are to keep those customers coming back. Figuring out how to use post-purchase engagement to meet customers expectations and to create loyal customers is critical for creating a sustainable business.

In this recorded session from TDC Global, Join Duncan Licence for insight into post-purchase loyalty, original research on consumer expectations and MetaPack’s plans in this space.

Steve Oliver, the co-Founder and Group CEO of musicMagpie (UK) and Decluttr (US) shares his story of how a business that was started in his garage, trading a few boxes of old CD’s and DVD’s, became the biggest seller in the world on both of the major global platforms of Amazon Marketplace and eBay.com and the focus that has been required on providing the consumer with world-class logistics, both inbound as they buy product from consumers and outbound as they resell it.

In this recorded session from TDC Global, Steve also discusses the reinvention of the business from purely trading in CD’s and DVD’s to now being the UK’s biggest and best mobile phone recycler (which is now more than 50% of the business), the growth of the direct online musicMagpie store and the rapid growth of the group’s US brand, Decluttr.com, which in less than 5 years has become a $50m turnover business and the different challenges that operating consumer logistics in the US has presented to the ones faced in the UK.

The UK retail landscape is going through a radical shift, driven by customer behaviour and the changing role of technology. As further consolidation occurs across the retail landscape, there will be fewer but larger shopping destinations that will be customer-centric, technology-forward and global in nature.

In this recorded session from TDC Global, Neil McLauchlan explains how eBay will continue to be one of those destinations by embracing disruptive technology, innovating on behalf of customers and driving business growth around the world.

In this recorded session from TDC Global, Holland and Barrett’s Emma Mead talked us through their approach to the customer delivery experience. Emma described the retailer’s approach to segmenting customers to ensure the customer journey and delivery is suitable for all.

Finally, Emma gives some useful insights into providing a consistent customer delivery experience across different geographies.

When planning fulfilment there is no such thing as a typical day. The type of product, day of the week or year, the purchasing device used and even the weather can all influence the shape of customer purchasing decisions, and some are also factors in the returns journey.

In this recorded session from TDC Global, Bruce Harryman from John Lewis takes a look behind the average in-day profile, explores the impact that these various components have on the pattern of online demand and considers what this means from a planning perspective.

Avon has been delivering beauty products to doors for over a century – selling through millions of Avon Representatives to customers across the world. It’s a 130-year business model that is undergoing a huge transformation.

Supply chain evolution (and revolution) is core to Avon’s transformation strategy. The ultimate aim – to delight HER – the Beauty Entrepreneur at the centre of the business, selling through her social networks.

In this recorded session from TDC Global, Graeme Carter (Group Vice President, Avon) will share more about Avon’s plan to open up the business to future growth – through digitisation, through partnerships and through new and innovative ways of working.