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How Build-A-Bear’s Pandemic Shift Created Long-Term Omnichannel Opportunity

Retail TouchPoints

For example, during the pandemic’s peak, Build-A-Bear Workshop successfully evolved its brick-and-mortar business to offer more flexible and efficient fulfillment services so it could capitalize on surging ecommerce demand. With a strong inventory management and fulfillment foundation in place, Build-A-Bear is ready to take its next steps.

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What retailers can learn from Target US about doing their own deliveries

Inside Retail

US department store chain Target is testing a new fulfilment method that promises to speed up the delivery of online orders by using its own delivery drivers from Shipt, a same-day delivery platform the retailer acquired for US$550 million in 2017. But should they be rethinking this? Sounds like nirvana’. What a moment to own!”.

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Target to Spend $5B to Enhance Operations in 2022, Plans 250 More Ulta Beauty Shop-in-Shops

Retail TouchPoints

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty.

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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

Keeping in mind as well the need to optimize their supply chain fulfillment to meet consumer delivery expectations while managing parcel carrier costs? With AI, where the nuances of pricing and fulfillment between brick-and-mortar and online sales can be analyzed, the answer is yes. Joining antuit.ai

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People Behind CSR at Cisco: Volunteering with AppD Cares fulfills a passion for giving back

Cisco Retail

After Cisco acquired the company in 2017, the organization got a major boost, and Cisco now matches all full-time employees’ charitable monetary donations up to $25,000 annually, and through the Time2Give initiative allows employees paid time off to volunteer. Describe your role as a customer experience leader.

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How Malaysia’s iMotorbike is disrupting the market and building community

Inside Retail

The expansive three-storey showroom, covering an area of 46,806 square feet and showcasing a curated selection of over 1500 pre-owned motorbikes, is a testament to iMotorbikes’ rise since its humble beginnings in 2017. Artificial intelligence (AI) is also going to be at the forefront of the brand’s plan going forward. “We’re

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Although the trend towards omnichannel fulfillment is not new, the pandemic changed many retailers’ business models almost overnight, and these changes are not going away. What is omnichannel order fulfillment in retail?