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Preparing Your Warehouse Operations for the Holiday Rush

Retail TouchPoints

Having adequate inventory to ship is job one for any ecommerce business. There are a few key components to holiday preparedness: Plan ahead: It might sound elementary, but basic planning and preparation of your physical space will ensure that warehouse layout efficiency is maximized for the holiday season.

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Dollar General, Dollar Tree Come Under Activist Investor Fire for Workforce Issues

Retail TouchPoints

The investor has stated that Dollar General lacks “adequate systems” to handle challenges caused by supply chain disruptions and shipping delays, particularly unpredictable shipments and influxes of inventory, due to its poor worker retention rate. of officer- and director-level management positions, respectively. female and 55.2%

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Fleeting beauty: Inside the downward spiral of BWX

Inside Retail

Back in time The story starts in 2017, when then-CEO and managing director John Humble went on a bit of a buying spree. Towards the end of 2017, BWX told investors it was finished with its round of acquisitions and would focus on building out the offer it had assembled. It’s a long story. What went wrong?

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

Optimize inventory management: Like damaged products and shipping errors, theft can negatively impact retail inventory management. Aaron Stamm is a Retail Consultant at Acuity , which he joined in 2017, bringing with him more than 35 years of experience in a broad range of retail.

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How Aussie footwear brand Alias Mae stays on trend in a fast-moving market

Inside Retail

Here, Alias Mae’s general manager Kendra Anastasiadis speaks to the evolution of the business, which she joined in 2017 as the customer service and wholesale manager, how it diversified into direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce, and what is next for the business. Our major wholesale accounts are managed in-house.

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Morrisons to trial first ‘zero waste’ stores

Retail Focus

Morrisons has announced plans to launch six “zero waste” stores which aim to recycle all packaging and unsold food by 2025. The trials are in partnership with Nestle, which will be responsible for recycling soft plastics for the first time in the UK, with no waste shipped to other countries for processing.

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20 Coolest Retailers: Five up-and-coming Aussie brands that are taking off

Inside Retail

Not only is this better for the environment, but also it saves on product and shipping costs,” Howard said. Now, they are reaping the rewards, and plan to continue growing the business. Identifying a gap in the market for sneaker cleaners, he opened the first Sneaker Laundry store in Melbourne’s CBD in 2017.