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Automation Isn’t Always the Answer to Warehouse Inefficiencies

Retail TouchPoints

Supply chain managers are having to become even smarter about how to reduce costs and drive efficiencies throughout their warehouse and supply chain. What’s Keeping Retail Supply Chain Managers Awake at Night? If they don’t already have a seat at the senior leadership table, they should.

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

Retail TouchPoints

December 31, 2020 marked the end of the Brexit transition period, and whilst many took a sigh of relief, in reality the Brexit effect had only just begun. Many retailers are already experiencing increased tariffs and supply chain snags , putting customer satisfaction at jeopardy. Multi-node fulfilment offers additional benefits.

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Supply Chain Digitalization Challenges that Every Retailer Faces and how to Mitigate Them

Retail TouchPoints

The cost and time of integrating supply chain management platforms with other IT systems are often very high. Moreover, multi-tiered supply chains across the globe involve multiple stakeholders using different systems, legacy solutions and even paper-based documentation, which creates more barriers.

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How to Win in the Real-Time Holiday Retail Era

Retail TouchPoints

Americans spent more money online during the 2020 holiday season than previously, with revenues growing 32% year-over-year and exceeding $188.2 Furthermore, a global supply chain crisis and labor shortages are likely to limit the ability to keep stores stocked throughout the fall holiday shopping season and spur increased consumer demand.

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For the pandemic-hit fashion industry, the future is digital

Inside Retail

As global apparel revenues plummeted almost 20 per cent in 2020, e-commerce has emerged as the silver lining of the fashion industry’s challenging year. E-commerce fashion sales are expected to grow almost 39 per cent between 2020 and 2023. What can retailers do to make the most of this opportunity?

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Mitigate Supply Chain Challenges with Data and Proactive Customer Communication

Retail TouchPoints

20, revealed that out-of-stock product messages have jumped 172% this holiday season compared to the pre-pandemic period (January 2020). Address Supply Chain Challenges with Better Demand Data. Supply chain problems are inextricably linked with demand changes, which themselves have been dramatic.

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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.