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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more. So how can retailers offer these options to consumers while lowering their costs?

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Sustainable Supply Chains in 2022 (and Beyond)

Retalon

For example, global supply chains have long been: Overproducing goods in foreign factories with lax labor laws Monopolizing finite raw materials in Third World countries Relying on trade agreements to keep international shipping cheap Using just-in-time inventory practices, taking the resilience of supply chains for granted.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

If a single image has come to define the failure of global supply chains amid the Covid-19 crisis it’s that of the Ever Given – one of the world’s largest container ships – seized in a diagonal death grip inside the Suez Canal, heavy with more than twenty thousand units of cargo aboard. Slave laborers load cotton onto waiting ships.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 273 – Amazon FBA Roll-ups with Alex Kopco of Forum Brands

Retail Geek

In episode 273 we interview Alex Kopco Founder and COO of Forum Brands, a roll-up of digitally-native consumer brands selling via Amazon. Alex Kopco is the Founder and COO of Forum Brands , a roll-up of digitally-native consumer brands selling via Amazon.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Mark is an experienced Marketplace seller, and his current business Guardian Baseball is a hybrid seller selling both wholesale and owned brands direct to consumer from a Shopify site, and via multiple marketplaces including Amazon. Um during think my first year of high school sold baseball cards ironically and then.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 265 – News, retailer earnings, and listener questions.

Retail Geek

Jason: [5:17] Yeah the crazy bald super buff guy that owns his own rocket ship and then buys the company James Bond works for like I think that’s the theme for like a James Bond movies. The consumers can’t. Scot: [5:14] It’s got a Lex Luthor vibes. Jason: [10:36] I mean yeah it is funny to think about but yeah.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 257 – Cookies, IDFA, and Commerce Deep Dive

Retail Geek

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020 (CPRA) California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Changes in mobile tracking (IDFA), and browser tracking (third party cookies) are likely to disrupt digital commerce. Here is everything you need to know. Background. Privacy Law Changes.