Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

From robotics to artificial intelligence (AI), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) to the internet-of-things, the vast majority of organisations either have, or are planning to install automation technology in their supply chain in 2023. million customers and an announced revenue of more than $759 million in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2021

Four to five days is the maximum acceptable wait time during the holidays, and for the rest of the year that shrinks to two to three days , according to Sean Whitehouse, Managing Director of Strategy & Consulting, Supply Chain & Operations, Retail Lead at Accenture in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

“This, in turn, is driving warehouse and supply chain managers to seek out technologies that minimize costs and human touch points, while speeding up processes.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

retailers were revisiting their returns policies as of late 2022. Devising a new returns policy, then, entails managing a series of trade-offs that vary from one business to the next. Mehmet Altug is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the School of Business at George Mason University.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 17, 2024

Paul Taylor, chief operating officer at international fulfilment services provider fulfilmentcrowd, looks at how e-commerce retailers can effectively scale-up, so that demand doesn’t outpace supply. The most recent ONS Retail Sales data (Great Britain, January 2022) shows that the proportion of online sales in the UK stands at 25.3%.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

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.

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365 Retail

MARCH 29, 2022

Paul Taylor, chief operating officer at international fulfilment services provider fulfilmentcrowd, looks at how e-commerce retailers can effectively scale-up, so that demand doesn’t outpace supply. . Paul Taylor, Chief Operating Officer at international fulfilment services provider Fulfilmentcrowd. An outsourced solution .

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2022

From forklift drivers to supply chain managers and working in the auto industry, here are the inspiring stories and insights they shared with Inside Retail. I’ve been with the team at the Amazon Melbourne fulfilment centre since it opened. Gail Lines, forklift driver, Amazon.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans. What is cross-channel retailing?

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365 Retail

JUNE 17, 2022

Industry leaders throughout Europe came together at DELIVER 2022 to discuss the issues and solutions around sustainability and circularity, gender diversity and last mile delivery, meeting rapidly rising customer expectations and more. Sustainability – a necessity to survive . Same day delivery forecast to double in demand.

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365 Retail

JUNE 8, 2022

of global sales in 2017, to 21% in 2022. Retailers should be using an inventory management platform that provides a real-time overview of their stock. Use Centralised Cloud-based Software to Manage Data. The pandemic has not been kind to many things, but to ecommerce, it’s been an unprecedented period of success. In a store?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2022

Reducing carbon emissions by remapping the sourcing mix closer to where the demand lies increases flexibility in the business and minimizes the risk of supply chain disruptions. Step 3: Digitization and Automation to Increase Transparency in the Supply Chain. Step 5: Returns Analysis and Recommerce.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In short, true supply chain sustainability that minimizes waste while increasing profits can only be possible through the effective use of technology. Let’s take a closer look at how sustainable supply chain management results in efficient, cost-saving operations that are better suited to our current social, and environmental needs.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

In the past, small retailers would take on stock, turning garages all over into mini fulfilment centres. It became more important to minimise the amount of time that a product would be in the supply chain. That’s why we’re moving beyond just-in-time versus just-in-case to a different model for supply chain management.

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Retail Geek

MAY 6, 2024

A comparison is drawn between Amazon’s strategies and those of rivals like Walmart and Target, who are adapting their product offerings to match evolving consumer preferences, offering a comprehensive view of the dynamic retail and supply chain management sphere. So they’re really leaning into this supply chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

He’s not alone in this dire assessment: interviews with several industry experts reveal that 2021 is indeed an outlier in terms of supply chain disruptions, and also that a whole series of decisions, large and small, have contributed to this difficult situation. Long-Term Recommendations.

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