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How Michaels Reconfigured its Fulfillment Models to Dramatically Enhance Ship-From-Store Performance

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Michaels had a major ecommerce ship-from-store challenge. It’s not that this fulfillment method wasn’t popular — the arts and crafts retailer shipped nearly 3 million orders from its 1,300+ stores across the U.S. Michaels isn’t through improving its fulfillment capabilities. and Canada in 2023. What’s Next for Michaels?

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Retailers Increasingly Turning to Third-Party Resources to Handle Fulfillment

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Store-based fulfillment of customer orders got an enormous boost during the COVID pandemic, when both curbside pickup and delivery offerings became survival tactics for so many retailers. While just 45% of 2022 survey respondents outsourced deliveries to courier services, 57% did so in 2023.

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Misfits Market Debuts B2B Fulfillment Solution for Perishables

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Misfits Market has introduced Fulfilled by Misfits (FBM) , offering its logistics platform for perishable brands to store, pick, pack, fulfill and deliver their products nationwide. Misfits Market purchased Imperfect Foods in September 2022.

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How AI-Driven Search and Personalization Boosted AOV 5.5% for Freedom Furniture

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First Step: Expanding the Online Offering Part of the reason for that low number was the fact that the companys website only featured a subset of products and minimal fulfillment capabilities. Then, in 2022 the retailer debuted a dropship channel for online sales.

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Staples to Deploy AI-Powered Robotic Picking in Fulfillment Centers

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Staples will install autonomous item-handling robots in its fulfillment centers as part of a multi-year agreement with RightHand Robotics. Robots have been used in fulfillment centers by a number of brands, including Amazon. Walmart purchased robotics company Alert Innovation in October 2022.

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The North Face Appeals to All 5 Senses to Bring the Outdoors into its London Flagship

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That transformative impact fulfills The North Faces goals for the flagship location, which opened on Londons Regent Street in late March 2024. The immersive activity rooms and multiple consumer experiences are innovations that The North Face will definitely be taking into more stores across Europe, she added.

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Sam’s Club to Add 30+ Larger-Format Stores, 5 New Fulfillment Centers

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Sam’s Club is embarking on an ambitious expansion of its physical footprint, beginning with five new fulfillment and distribution centers opening this year — the first, in Georgia, in Q3 2023. The retailer also completed a chainwide rollout of inventory-scanning robots in October 2022. “As