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Carter’s Plans 50 New Stores this Year; CEO says Stores Provide ‘Best Presentation of Our Brands’

Retail TouchPoints

Children’s specialty retailer Carter’s plans to open more than 50 new stores across the U.S. To enable these omnichannel purchasing behaviors, Carter’s highlighted the investments it has made in its app, which now accounts for one quarter of all ecommerce sales, over the last few years.

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Back-To-School Spending Poised To Top $100 Billion Even Amid Disruption

Retail TouchPoints

To design a quick and easy experience, Fisch recommended that retailers include “new back-to-school products such as masks, gloves, plastic cutlery and paper goods together with more traditional back-to-school products, decreasing the amount of time shoppers need to spend in-store.”. Action Items For Retailers.

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Realizing the Potential Business-Specific Analytics in Retail (2021)

Retalon

Once you start “peeling the onion”, you quickly discover that each retailer has business-specific considerations that are critical for their business. For instance, Destination resorts that run gift shops must account for occupation rates in their hotels as well as weather. Have you changed your fulfillment model to focus on online?

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5 REASONS OMNICHANNEL ORDER FULFILMENT IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST SPEED…

Retail Minded

2021 was unlike any other year in commerce history, pushing digitalization full speed ahead thanks to the pandemic forcing retailers to adapt to changes in consumption, channel shifts, supply chain, customer expectations and more. . That worked great when you knew the demand to fulfil ahead of time.

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The Paper Store wins Retail Innovation Award

Retalon

As The Paper Store (TPS) grew, management there understood that in order to maintain a high customer service level, unique and diverse assortment, and convenient fulfillment options, it would have to bring world-class technology and innovation to its supply chain processes.

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The Paper Store wins Retail Innovation Award

Retalon

As The Paper Store (TPS) grew, management there understood that in order to maintain a high customer service level, unique and diverse assortment, and convenient fulfillment options, it would have to bring world-class technology and innovation to its supply chain processes.

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The Paper Store wins Retail Innovation Award

Retalon

As The Paper Store (TPS) grew, management there understood that in order to maintain a high customer service level, unique and diverse assortment, and convenient fulfillment options, it would have to bring world-class technology and innovation to its supply chain processes.