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Hugo Boss to Roll Out RFID Solution Chainwide

Retail TouchPoints

The premium apparel retailer operates in 128 countries at approximately 6,800 points of sale as well as online in 59 countries. Knowing what items are in-stock at its stores in real time will help improve the efficiency of ship-from-store and BOPIS operations at Hugo Boss.

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Improving Supply-Chain Sustainability For A Circular Economy: Three Positive Steps for Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Industry is working to develop and document standardized methods to describe raw material attributes for apparel and general merchandise. If every single order gets shipped in an individual box, inefficiencies abound. Order Consolidation. Many are motivated to consider these factors in their purchasing decisions.

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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The presence of kiosks linking buyers to the online store The ability to ship from other stores and warehouses Your store going dark completely, becoming a micro-distribution center (DC)? 3: Buy in-store, ship to home is gaining speed. Brands want to capture that sale and move inventory. Were alternatives recommended?

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Identifying the ‘Faces’ Behind Faceless Online Transactions

Retail TouchPoints

According to McKinsey , ecommerce sales in apparel, department stores and beauty products have increased by nearly 10%, on average, since the onset of the pandemic. In grocery, online purchases have increased from 2% to 3% before the crisis to 8% to 10% during its peak.

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Three key trends in retail strategy for 2023

Inside Retail

Third-party businesses pay to advertise on prominent e-commerce sites or at the point of sale as a way of reaching relevant audiences. Resale is one of the fastest-growing markets and in ThredUp’s 2022 Resale report, it’s predicted that apparel resale will reach an estimated US$218 billion by 2026.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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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.