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As warehouses get greener, demand for eco-friendly packaging is soaring

Inside Retail

Saar Davidi, innovation director, automation, at Ranpak says a combination of new technologies and sustainable materials is making it easier for marketplaces and retailers to satisfy consumer expectations – and suggests that those not taking advantage of them are potentially leaving cost savings on the table.

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Stores underwater, staff displaced: Floods take major toll on Aussie retail

Inside Retail

More than 20 Woolworths and Big W stores have been forced to close at some point, either because staff couldn’t get to work or the stores had flooded. We copped it from the front, but through the pipes at the back as well,” Kate Sommerville, marketing manager at The Somewhere Co, told Inside Retail. “If Narrow escape.

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‘Like a ghost town’: Retailers react to the Omicron wave

Inside Retail

Foot traffic is down in CBDs and shopping centres as consumers return to working from home. We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. Am I putting my staff at risk? The community at risk? At the start of the pandemic, with the first lockdown, our online sales doubled.

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WHAT IS FUELING THE REBIRTH OF PHYSICAL STORES?

Retail Minded

Very few retail leaders would argue that the role of physical stores are the same as they were at the start of 2020. While it’s almost inevitable that ecommerce growth will outpace growth through physical stores at some point in the future, it would be a huge mistake to lose sight of the critical role stores have to play beyond simply profit.

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12 Stockroom Organization Ideas and Guidelines to Implement in Your Retail Store

Retail Times

It’s where your management office will be located, where you’ll receive shipments, where your staff will first discover the exciting new inventory, and where your extra stock will live. Manage it right, and the stockroom will help you run a tight ship. Once she “ found a dead mouse in a ‘return to vendor’ pile!” .

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

Rangeme

Unanimously, they said supply chain disruption will affect the upcoming holiday season “significantly or somewhat” and it will last at least through 2022. Shipping delays. Trans-Pacific cargo ships face bottlenecks in major ports like Los Angeles, and these shipping delays threaten access to merchandise.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Maintaining margins within business constraints while efficiently providing order fulfillment to customers is a tall order, especially considering each customer purchase requires a real-time fulfillment decision within a shifting context of inventory, demand, returns, delivery times, and shipping costs.