Remove 2005 Remove ATS Remove Fulfillment Remove Management
article thumbnail

Store Management Costs in the Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

The impact of this increasing growth is the resulting strain on incumbent infrastructure that was originally designed to manage only about 5% of a retailer’s total sales capacity; the steady rise in costs from stretching this capacity have shown home delivery, buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside fulfilment to be highly unprofitable.

article thumbnail

Rajesh Grover on transforming Kanmo Group into an omnichannel machine

Inside Retail

Founded in 2005, the group has successfully built a conglomerate that speaks to the heart of Indonesian consumers. Venturing beyond the traditional retail sphere, the group has also made its mark in travel retail, securing its place as the master concessionaire for fashion & accessories at Jakarta’s Airport In Indonesia.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Brands Large and Small are Leaning into the Amazon Effect to Compete

Retail TouchPoints

It’s not just possible but inevitable that retailers can thrive on Amazon and compete with it at the same time. A business model that was only possible with their unparalleled investment in the systems and shipping, fulfillment and supply chain infrastructure to support it. The purchasing power of $79 in 2005 equals about $109.90

article thumbnail

Dollar General recasts management via promotions, hirings

Mass Relators

With more than 18 years of experience in strategic global sourcing, product development, manufacturing and international operations management, Li plays a significant role in DG’s nonconsumable initiative, health care and other product sourcing initiatives, the company said.

article thumbnail

How Vintage Wine Estates is Uncorking New Opportunities in Alcohol Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

“The wine industry is a very old-school business, and it’s a distributor-driven business because of the 21st Amendment, which basically gave all the power to the states to regulate and manage alcohol sales,” explained Jessica Kogan, Chief Growth and Experience Officer at Vintage Wine Estates in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

Fashion 251
article thumbnail

Customers are Tired of Empty Shelves, and it’s Time for a Fix

Retail TouchPoints

Traditional methods of manual audits and gap scans are time-intensive and only provide a picture of your availability at that given moment in time. Not only do alerts like these help recapture lost sales, but they also maximize associate productivity through effective task management. Tackling this problem is complex.

Checkout 219
article thumbnail

Macy’s vs. HBC: Two Different Takes on the Ecommerce Spinoff

Retail TouchPoints

Murali Gokki, a Managing Director in the retail practice at AlixPartners — the consulting firm that has become retailers’ go-to as they consider ecommerce spinoffs — has a more nuanced take: “The broader pressure is about transforming [these businesses] to a digital-first mindset,” he said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.