Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

“While we’ve returned to some sense of normalcy, the VUCA [volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous] proposition has become a reality,” said Dr. Thomas Goldsby, Professor and Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee. We’re now battle-tested.”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Estimates suggest that India is now home to over 800 DTC companies, with the ecosystem’s market value reaching about US$12 billion in 2022. Technological innovations have streamlined supply-chain management and warehouse operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Some of the retailer’s plans include redesigning back rooms to accommodate pickup, delivery and ship- from-store orders; adjusting staging operations for orders to drop in three-hour increments to maximize space; and sending overflow delivery orders to the crowdsourced Spark Driver network. The focus on employees stretches beyond basic tasks.

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 7, 2021

No doubt, that will be tested to the limits as 2022 portends upheaval on a grand scale. Pandemic-related supply chain disruptions are affecting everything from production of cars and electronics to toys and toilet paper. Vice President & General Manager of Healthcare. KIMBERLY POWELL.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

In a joint study between Deloitte and Manufacturers Alliance, 80 per cent of those surveyed had experienced heavy supply chain disruption in the 12-18 months to June 2022. That’s why we’re moving beyond just-in-time versus just-in-case to a different model for supply chain management.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

Thomas Goldsby , Professor and Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee , revealed some of the less obvious reasons for rising prices, the virtues and limitations of “nearshoring” via domestic supply chains and the prospects for supply chain improvements during holiday 2022 and into 2023.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

For example, global supply chains have long been: Overproducing goods in foreign factories with lax labor laws Monopolizing finite raw materials in Third World countries Relying on trade agreements to keep international shipping cheap Using just-in-time inventory practices, taking the resilience of supply chains for granted.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

He’s not alone in this dire assessment: interviews with several industry experts reveal that 2021 is indeed an outlier in terms of supply chain disruptions, and also that a whole series of decisions, large and small, have contributed to this difficult situation. Long-Term Recommendations.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 17, 2024

Paul Taylor, chief operating officer at international fulfilment services provider fulfilmentcrowd, looks at how e-commerce retailers can effectively scale-up, so that demand doesn’t outpace supply. The most recent ONS Retail Sales data (Great Britain, January 2022) shows that the proportion of online sales in the UK stands at 25.3%.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 24, 2022

The business of organizing resources to supply a product or service to its final user feels like it’s never been more challenged by so many variables. Products that do get manufactured sit on cargo ships or in warehouses due to shortages of containers and workers and truck drivers that help deliver them to their final destinations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2022

It’s been another year of record-breaking ecommerce sales combined with unprecedented snarls across shipping and inventory ecosystems, so it should come as no surprise that return rates for 2021 are expected to have gone through the roof. So for a digital brand like Viscata, reducing returns can have a substantial impact on the bottom line.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans. What is cross-channel retailing?

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365 Retail

MARCH 29, 2022

Paul Taylor, chief operating officer at international fulfilment services provider fulfilmentcrowd, looks at how e-commerce retailers can effectively scale-up, so that demand doesn’t outpace supply. . The most recent ONS Retail Sales data (Great Britain, January 2022) shows that the proportion of online sales in the UK stands at 25.3%.

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Retail Geek

MAY 6, 2024

A comparison is drawn between Amazon’s strategies and those of rivals like Walmart and Target, who are adapting their product offerings to match evolving consumer preferences, offering a comprehensive view of the dynamic retail and supply chain management sphere. So they’re really leaning into this supply chain.

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