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

Retail TouchPoints

Brands and retailers are feeling mounting pressure — from consumers, shareholders and even their boards — to be more inclusive. this year alone, representing approximately 21% of the total women’s apparel market. Retailers need to realize consumers don’t want to be excluded or labeled differently to their peers because of size.

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Academy Sports + Outdoors Expands Revionics Partnership to Optimize Customer-Centric Pricing

Retail TouchPoints

As part of the new multiyear agreement — which builds upon a partnership that started in 2016 — Academy will use the Revionics Base Price and Markdown solutions to not only optimize its pricing strategy but better manage inventory levels throughout the product lifecycle.

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How Retailers can Overcome the Challenges Faced on the Path to Sustainability

Retail TouchPoints

There are signs of a disconnect between consumers and retailers when it comes to sustainability. A recent report has found that two-thirds of consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable products than retailers expect — and reveals that consumer preference for recommerce models is also being underserved. A Starting Point.

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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 today’s market, putting the right fulfillment system in place gets you a competitive edge. What is order fulfillment?

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

Retail Minded

As ecommerce continues to boom, it has reinforced the need for retail brands to strengthen their online fulfilment and shorten click-to-customer cycle times. 1 : CONSUMERS DEMAND SPEED, FLEXIBILITY AND CONTROL. The pandemic undoubtedly changed consumer behaviour. 2 : CONSUMER EXPECTATIONS ARE STRONGER THAN EVER.

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Marks & Spencer’s Turnaround Strategy, Why it’s Working

Indigo 9 Digital

But in 2020 Marks & Spencer opened up its website to outside apparel brands. That means if there is slow moving merchandise the retailer doesn’t have to worry about taking markdowns to sell the inventory. Consumers today want to choose how they receive their online orders and often they choose to pick up orders in person.

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How Smaller Assortments, Lower Inventory Levels Can Maximize Post-COVID Success

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers, particularly those in the apparel, footwear and soft goods verticals, have an opportunity to turn the lemons from COVID-19 into lemonade, according to Keith Jelinek and Richard Maicki, Managing Directors in the Performance Improvement Practice of Berkeley Research Group (BRG). Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.