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4 Key Steps to Profitable Store-Based Fulfillment

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The dramatic increase in ecommerce volume triggered by the pandemic increased many retailers’ topline revenues, but many are finding it difficult to contain the costs of new types of order fulfillment such as BOPIS, ship-from-store and curbside pickup, according to a report from Incisiv , commissioned by Manhattan Associates Inc.

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How CPGs Can Use Location Data to Spur Growth

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Unsurprisingly, then, location data is widely recognized as a valuable tool for unlocking growth. With it, businesses can gain insights into the offline habits of their customers and figure out where competitors and partners are located to optimize decisions like site selection. Use Location Data to Better Understand your Audience.

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GIANT Launches Frictionless Checkout at Associates-Only C-Store

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GIANT has added frictionless just walk out technology at a grab-and-go convenience store located at its Philadelphia ecommerce fulfillment center. It’s a particularly relevant capability for a location like this, where team members would otherwise need to travel off site to purchase food products.”. It’s that easy.

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Grubhub Deploys Cashierless Checkouts at Campus C-Store

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Using the Amazon “Just Walk Out” technology, Grubhub Campus has introduced cashierless checkout at convenience stores at Loyola University Maryland. Students, faculty and staff scan a QR code to enter the store, pick their items and leave, with the payment deducted from their student meal plan or other stored payment methods.

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Every Retail Worker is Now a Supply Chain Worker

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Shoppers increasingly want the convenience of online shopping and anywhere fulfillment. This vast migration of consumers from brick-and-mortar stores to the digital marketplace began at least as early as Amazon opening its doors. In the midst of these accelerated changes, few jobs have changed more than retail work.

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Top 10 Contactless Trends to Watch in 2022

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The desire is still there to do touchless, but for different reasons than COVID safety,” he said during a presentation at the 2021 retailX conference in Chicago. margin points when their customers’ journeys are not optimized, but when they are optimized, they can recover about 70% of that margin loss,” explained Buzek.

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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

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Industry experts gathered at Manhattan Momentum 2023 in Phoenix to discuss their approaches to these various challenges. For Hot Topic’s Young Customers, ‘It’s All About Breadth’ At Hot Topic, two factors put additional pressure on an already complicated supply chain. It manages our BOPIS component.