Retalon

OCTOBER 8, 2020

More expensive than real estate, merchandising, or even labor — inventory is the largest investment your company makes. But getting the biggest return on that investment, especially in today’s tough retail environment, requires a more nuanced, data-driven approach to inventory management than most retailers are used to.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Instead of only shipping to customers’ homes, retailers let online customers shop from their local and online store’s inventory and pick up their orders from their closest brick-and-mortar location the same day. With increasing popularity among consumers, BOPIS ‘success last year just accelerated what was already happening.

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more. So how can retailers offer these options to consumers while lowering their costs?

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Retail Prophet

JULY 18, 2022

If a single image has come to define the failure of global supply chains amid the Covid-19 crisis it’s that of the Ever Given – one of the world’s largest container ships – seized in a diagonal death grip inside the Suez Canal, heavy with more than twenty thousand units of cargo aboard. Slave laborers load cotton onto waiting ships.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Is inventory coming directly from the vendor and therefore needs to be dropshipped? Some factors affecting this decision include the proximity of the storage location to the customer, inventory availability, and the labour involved. Methods are established to transfer inventory from storage to customer. Why is this happening?

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Retail Next

MARCH 3, 2020

In his article, “ Sustainability and the consumer in 2019 ,” Duncan Baizley painted a very clear (and research-based) picture of how consumers see corporate sustainability, noting that brands will need to move beyond messaging and rather token-like gestures and embrace real, systemic change. Supply chains.

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Retalon

APRIL 27, 2021

to optimize inventory for gross margins. In effect, this means a reduction of total inventories, maximized sales, and reduced markdowns. More importantly, an analytics-driven retailer no longer reacts to sales and inventory reports, but instead proactively optimizes its business. This number will continue to grow.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

The internet has indisputably created new opportunities for retailers to reach consumers. This has spurred a lasting debate about whether or not brick-and-mortar stores will remain relevant as more and more consumers subscribe to the convenience of shopping online. – Consumer preference. – Tangible interactions (i.e.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

The internet has indisputably created new opportunities for retailers to reach consumers. This has spurred a lasting debate about whether or not brick-and-mortar stores will remain relevant as more and more consumers subscribe to the convenience of shopping online. – Consumer preference. – Tangible interactions (i.e.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Many of them have to do with how consumers use technology to make a purchase. Meanwhile, mobile technology has surged allowing consumers to go shopping on their personal device from their pocket at anytime. Recently Amazon has caught a lot of attention claiming that they could now ship products before the customer even orders it.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Many of them have to do with how consumers use technology to make a purchase. Meanwhile, mobile technology has surged allowing consumers to go shopping on their personal device from their pocket at anytime. Recently Amazon has caught a lot of attention claiming that they could now ship products before the customer even orders it.

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Retalon

JULY 4, 2018

Consumer behavior & expectations have changed. Converting Data into Tangible Actions: According to Accenture & Forrester Research, 71% of shoppers said they expect to view in-store inventory online, while 50% expect to buy products online and pick them up in a store of their choice. Buy in-store, return to another store (46%).

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Many of them have to do with how consumers use technology to make a purchase. Meanwhile, mobile technology has surged allowing consumers to go shopping on their personal device from their pocket at anytime. Recently Amazon has caught a lot of attention claiming that they could now ship products before the customer even orders it.

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