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Devising an Optimal Returns Policy for Your Business

Retail TouchPoints

Just ask Best Buy, Victoria’s Secret and other big-box brands that received scathing press in 2018 for using third-party AI software designed to flag and ban fraudulent returns. His research interests are in the areas of pricing and revenue management, retail operations and supply chain management.

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Behind Documents’ path to luxury fragrance leadership in China

Inside Retail

In 2018, one of his agency’s clients was the Korean sunglasses brand Gentle Monster. We aim to gain more benefits in global channels, business operations, and supply-chain management, working towards enhancing competitiveness and evolving into a more visionary international brand,” he said.

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Why cosmetics-maker Atelier is launching ‘shark tank’ for beauty brands

Inside Retail

Founded by Benson in 2018, Atelier acts as a ‘translator’ between global beauty brands and manufacturers — interpreting the needs of both parties and helping them work together, as well as simplifying their supply chain needs. The competition acts as an abstraction of Atelier as a business itself.

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Analysis: Synergies begin to show after merger of SEA hypermarkets

Inside Retail

This will suit companies with strong supply-chain management capabilities and the ability to operate multiple formats in the whole hierachy of locations from major metropolitan areas through to provincial cities and towns, all the way down to rural locations.

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Business Growth through Digital Transformation: The Case of Premium and Luxury Brands

Retail Focus

Despite being a buzzword, digital transformation has now become a defining element of modern business strategy, and its significance cannot be understated (Achille, Marchessou et Remy 2018). A profound metamorphosis – a digital transformation – is necessary to stay at the zenith of their industries (Rathnayaka 2018).

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Exclusive Q&A: ‘We’re Asking a Lot More From Our Supply Chains’

Retail TouchPoints

Dr. Thomas Goldsby , Professor and Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee , revealed some of the less obvious reasons for rising prices, the virtues and limitations of “nearshoring” via domestic supply chains and the prospects for supply chain improvements during holiday 2022 and into 2023.