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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer has seen digital sales shift away from next-day deliveries, which now account for just 18.2% of orders, toward two -day or later windows, which account for 80%. Another key challenge for Hot Topic’s inventory management system is ensuring its BOPIS options run smoothly even as it fulfills orders across multiple channels.

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4 Top Inventory Management Techniques and Best Practices

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Do you know how to manage your inventory as effectively as possible? What are the inventory management best practices? If you can’t answer these questions, it’s time to reconsider how you manage your inventory. Do you have enough stock on hand?

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Using AI workforce tools can boost margins, inspire staff, satisfy shoppers

Inside Retail

“Zebra Workcloud is a purpose-built suite of enterprise applications designed specifically for the front-line worker to better optimise labour decisions, simplify and streamline communication and improve inventory management.” AI also helps share labour resources across locations, departments and roles within the organisation. “By

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Maximizing Retail Execution: A Strategic Guide to Overcoming Out-of-Stock Challenges with Wiser Solutions

Wiser

Observation of Issue The journey begins when a sales leader, while reviewing monthly account performance reports, notices a trend in increasing out-of-stocks noted by the field sales team upon their arrival to a store.

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14 Point of Sale Systems for Small Businesses in 2023

Small Biz Trends

Once the payment is processed, the money is deposited into relevant accounts. Sale POS systems may also have additional functionality, including payroll, employee management, and customer tools such as loyalty programs. For retailers, Vend can process in-store transactions and includes multichannel inventory management.

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How global beauty brands will benefit from JD.com’s latest logistics move

Inside Retail

Xue stated that JD Logistics already operates several self-operated warehouses across key European locations, including the UK, France, Germany and more. For example, in 2023, beauty and skincare products from France accounted for 58 per cent of all French goods ordered on JD’s cross-border e-commerce platform,” he pointed out.

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How smart new technologies are improving sales and reducing costs for retailers

Inside Retail

Salespeople on the shop floor can use these devices to seek a colleague’s assistance in locating a certain size or style of a product instead of leaving the customer alone while the salesperson finds it. Lifecycle pricing inventory management Zebra Technologies also has products focused on inventory management and Lifecycle Pricing.