Deep Dive 20 minutes PremiumPlaybook: Evolving the Last Mile in the US Coresight Research June 7, 2021 What's InsideThe Coresight Research Playbook series provides recommendations for brands, retailers and marketplaces seeking to tap growth segments and emerging trends. Coresight Research has identified the sharpening of last-mile strategies in retail as one of the key trends to watch in 2021. Retailers will have to enhance their last-mile delivery capabilities moving forward in order to capitalize on the pandemic-driven shifts in consumer spending behavior that are likely to sustain in the long term. In this Playbook, we present four key strategies that US retailers can adopt in their last-mile ecosystem to gain a competitive advantage, covering the following topics: In-house logistics infrastructure Returns Sustainability Technology for BOPIS and curbside pickup Read more about key innovations in retail’s last-mile ecosystem in our separate report, which covers autonomous delivery robots, BOPIS and curbside pickup, smart lockers and visibility tools. Click here to read the previous report in the Playbook series, which presents five best practices for US brands and retailers to develop winning livestreaming e-commerce strategies. This report is for paying subscribers only. Already a paying subscriber? Please log in to see the entire report.If you wish to learn more about our subscription plans and become a paying subscriber, click here. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: US Apparel and Beauty Spending Tracker, October 2023: Clothing and Footwear Spending Up Low Single-Digits; Beauty Spending Growth Remains ResilientOctober 2023 US Retail Traffic and In-Store Metrics: Jewelry Sector Sees Positive GrowthThe True Cost of Apparel Returns: Alarming Return Rates Require Loss-Minimization Solutions3DLOOK, Clientricity and Trove Talk AI in Fashion Retail with Coresight Research