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6 Reasons Walmart’s eCommerce Strategy is Winning

Indigo 9 Digital

Having a wide range of fulfillment options, including delivery to home, collection from store – and by using stores for fulfillment – allowed Walmart to ramp up capacity in a way that many other players struggled to do. billio n of all click and collect purchases made in the United States in 2021 are fulfilled by Walmart.

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Rethinking Retail Fulfillment – the key to Navigating a Post-Brexit Supply Chain

Retail TouchPoints

To overcome supply chain disruptions, many online retailers are already making changes to their existing fulfilment operations. Over one-third (37%) are assessing and implementing new technology solutions to increase supply chain efficiency, whilst 33% are splitting inventory to base fulfilment in existing UK and European facilities.

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Alibaba’s Strategy, 6 Things to Consider

Indigo 9 Digital

“In fact, we saw the acceleration of offline retail as well—there’s more of a shift toward a true omnichannel integration.” Create a true omni-channel retail chain. With the New Retail strategy in place Alibaba made a move into physical retail in 2016 by opening a chain of futuristic supermarkets called Hema or Freshippo in English.

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Target’s eCommerce Strategy, Why it’s Outperforming

Indigo 9 Digital

Consumers can shop at a Walmart or a Target and get most of their weekly needs fulfilled without having to shop at multiple stores. Aggregating all of these benefits, our second-quarter average unit costs for digital fulfillment was approximately 30% lower than a year ago [in 2019]. Do you like this content? Same day services.

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The Benefits & Cons of Selling on Amazon, 10 Factors to Consider

Indigo 9 Digital

Access to world class logistics Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is another benefit of choosing to sell on Amazon. If an organization decides to enter Amazon’s FBA program they send their inventory to Amazon then Amazon manages storage of the inventory within its facilities, shipping and customer service (including returns).