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Morrisons shifts to in-store fulfilment with Ocado tech

Retail Gazette

Morrisons will utilise long-standing tech partner Ocado’s fulfilment centres to help drive its move to more in-store fulfilment, as the bricks-and-mortar grocer reassesses its online grocery operations. Steiner said that the reduced pressure on the Erith fulfilment centre would allow Ocado’s online grocery arm to grow. “As

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Lord & Taylor to Relaunch as Discount Luxury Ecommerce Site

Retail TouchPoints

Regal Brands Global , the new owner of iconic department store brand Lord & Taylor , plans to relaunch it as a discount luxury ecommerce platform in 2025. After relaunching itself as a digital-only retailer in April 2021 under the ownership of Saadia Group , Lord & Taylor added a retail media network to its offerings in December 2022.

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Why Master Data Management Should be on Every Retailer’s IT Roadmap for 2025

Retail TouchPoints

billion in 2021 to $40.88 Of those businesses that improved their data quality in 2021, 75% exceeded their annual objectives in some way. As customer expectations for consistency across digital and physical shopping channels continue to rise, MDM is also critical for managing inventory and fulfillment.

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DEI Deflates, Retail Media Rises, Mergers Flounder

Retail TouchPoints

billion Kroger-Albertsons tie-up as well as the November 2024 end of a planned Capri Holdings and Tapestry merger. After moving aggressively into direct sales in 2020 and 2021, Nike had to begin rekindling wholesale relationships with retailers including DSW and Macys in late 2023. Walgreens Agrees to $192.5M

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Four ways retailers can build supply-chain resilience amidst global tariffs

Inside Retail

For categories such as perishables and high-value goods, there may be a strong business case for onshoring or regionalising production and fulfilment. It carried out a global transport and fulfilment assessment, evaluating 13 freight forwarders and 21 global trade lanes. Here are some strategies for retailers to consider: 3.

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Walmart Deploys AI-Powered Task Management and Translation Tools for Associates

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart is in the process of deploying AI-powered tools to meet key store associate requirements, including a task management solution that has reduced shift planning times from 90 to 30 minutes. Walmart plans to expand the tech to additional stores in the future. and Canada locations later this year.

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Aldi’s DoorDash debut: Is convenience the new ‘Good Different’?

Inside Retail

This third-party approach is capital-light but also means the trial can scale quickly if successful, without the burden of warehousing or internal fulfilment logistics. “We We will be watching our Canberra trial very closely with plans to scale in the near future.”