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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. Specifically, bot operators continue to siphon retailer profits with increasingly sophisticated automated threats — including account takeover, web and API scraping and more. Bad Bots are Siphoning Profits.

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As Consumer Demand for Inclusion Rises, Retailers Must Tackle Legacy Issues and Attitudes

Retail TouchPoints

Products that are sized 18 and above and available in the UK only account for 14% of the total market. From research to garment creation, fitting with body shape in mind, marketing, in-store and online customer service, size-inclusive representation needs to be present at a decision-making level within the fashion industry,” Marci added.

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Open to Buy Retail Planning Done Right

Retalon

We refer to these as Merchant-driven organizations. One way that OTB funds can be managed is by categories, such as women’s wear in the apparel department. At home, the gift budget may need to be significantly higher in December than in January to account for holidays. Retail budgeting is sectioned off in much the same way.

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Open to Buy Retail Planning Done Right

Retalon

We refer to these as Merchant-driven organizations. One way that OTB funds can be managed is by categories, such as women’s wear in the apparel department. At home, the gift budget may need to be significantly higher in December than in January to account for holidays. Retail budgeting is sectioned off in much the same way.

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The Order Fulfillment Process in 2022 and Beyond

Retalon

Why should retailers care about their Order Fulfillment Process? Order fulfillment may seem like a fairly straightforward process and according to the generic “high-level” definition, it is. In fact, the best order fulfillment processes become sources of revenue, profit, and even customer loyalty.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

Soon, merchants everywhere began to experience what many thought could only happen in third-world economies and banana republics – panic buying, empty shelves and bottomless backlogs to fill them. McClean had managed to reduce the cost of loading and unloading cargo from $5.83 It proved a short journey with long lasting consequences.

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How to Get Results from your Big Data with Retail AI

Retalon

Businesses collect more data than ever before and from every aspect of the supply and demand chain—logistics; vendor compliancy/lead times; POS data; inventory levels; traffic cameras; prices; markdowns; consumer behavior; demand forecasts; and more. Merchants and inventory managers attended more co-planning meetings.