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The Crucial Piece of the ‘Mixed Used’ Mall that No One’s Talking About: Logistics and Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

The idea of transforming malls into “mixed use” gathering spots has become popular, but an aerial view of these complexes provides an interesting perspective on another potential evolutionary path for the mall: as a fulfillment center. “ All those back-of-house loading docks are just perfect for fulfillment.

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Amazon Reveals First Locale to Receive Prime Air Drone Deliveries

Retail TouchPoints

Back in 2013, Jeff Bezos proclaimed his plans to begin delivering packages by drone on a 60 Minutes interview. The delivery drone will fly to the designated delivery location, descend to the customer’s backyard and hover at a safe height. Prime Air will go live this fall in the town of Lockeford, Calif.,

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Amazon Enlists Staples, Local Businesses to Help with Returns and Delivery

Retail TouchPoints

In Amazon ’s latest moves to bolster its logistics and fulfillment network, the company has partnered with Staples to accept customer returns and is looking for 2,500 local business to join its new Hub Delivery network. retail locations will accept label-free, box-free Amazon returns for no fee. Retail in a statement.

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. It all depends on multiple factors like the size of the warehouse, the quantity of inventory and the number of orders fulfilled. Sophisticated Automation.

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Inside Levi’s Lot 1: Conversations with Tokyo’s master tailors

Inside Retail

Levis Lot No 1, located within the Tokyo flagship store in Harajuku, offers customers a rare opportunity to work closely with master tailors in designing custom denim pieces. As for the main tailor shops in Japan, they started in 2012, and there are now seven locations across the country. MY: First, I joined the company in 2013.

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How two sisters created Francesca Jewellery from a Tasmanian market stall

Inside Retail

The Tasmanian brand opened its first store in Hobart in 2013, followed by a flagship store three years later at Melbourne Central. Whether it be a new product or a campaign doing it all in-house and not having to outsource resources is so incredibly fulfilling. RV: Teach yourself everything.

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From Clicks to Bricks: Expanding Brand Loyalty Through Physical Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Now, dozens of others have followed suit, making the leap from entirely digital to opening brick-and-mortar locations. They expect convenience and the ability to fulfill their shopping needs immediately. Warby Parker started its business online in 2010 and opened its first retail store in 2013. An Emerging Retail Trend.

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