article thumbnail

MAP Compliance vs Brand Compliance: What’s the Difference?

Wiser

You might be familiar with MAP compliance, but what is brand compliance? This type of compliance monitoring has plenty of ramifications for manufacturers and retailers. . As you probably know, MAP compliance is the de facto method for most manufacturers to monitor their retail partners. Defining Brand Compliance.

article thumbnail

Battle of the superapps: GoTo vs Sea in Indonesia

Inside Retail

Although both superapps boast a number of digital services, the main business lines are e-commerce, on-demand services (primarily ride-hailing and food delivery) and fintech (financial services, consisting mainly of e-payment systems). The company has 2.5 So who is winning the food delivery battle? And with 2.5

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

Throughout the decades, it has been known by various names, including The Merchants Record & Show Window , Visual Merchandising , VM&SD , VM+SD and VMSD. As merchants stared into the face of the new century, philosophies began to change. Bring the goods out in a blaze of glory, make them look like jewels.”. THE END OF THE.

article thumbnail

From Retail Experiment to Commercial Phenomenon: The Evolution of Amazon Prime Day

365 Retail

The Evolution of Amazon Prime Day In 2015, Prime Day made its debut on July 15 to commemorate Amazon’s 20th anniversary. From promoting small and medium-sized businesses to showcasing Amazon-branded products, Prime Day has constantly reinvented itself, keeping shoppers on their toes.

article thumbnail

Management changes announced by Walmart

Mass Relators

president and chief executive officer John Furner this month announced a number of personnel moves, including the promotion of Tom Ward to executive vice president and chief e-commerce officer. Furner announced Ward’s promotion in an internal memo dated January 20. in 2015 from U.K. . — Wal­mart U.S. business.”.

article thumbnail

The Paper Store wins Retail Innovation Award

Retalon

The Paper Store was selected for this award due to the technological innovation in it’s supply chain including the introduction of Retalon predictive analytics to optimize inventory management and promotions. As part of the innovative technology TPS implemented across its supply chain, many of these processes are now automated.

article thumbnail

Vasos extolled for accomplishments

Mass Relators

where he led the operations teams and later served as a merchant. He was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer at Longs Drug in 2006. “My He then served as Dollar General’s chief operating officer from 2013 until being named CEO in June 2015. In 2001, Vasos joined Longs Drug Stores Corp.