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Coach CEO Q&A: New Las Vegas Fulfillment Center will Reduce Delivery Times by 50%+

Retail TouchPoints

Todd Kahn, CEO and Brand President for Coach at Tapestry, discussed how the new fulfillment center will “equip us to continue stretching what’s possible for our brands, our people and our customers.” RTP: The facility has opened at a time when the U.S. labor market is very tight. Designed to distribute 22.2

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Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Retail TouchPoints

When you’re talking about same-day or next-day delivery and the last mile, it’s not only the labor and equipment needed to move it; it’s also inventory positioning,” said Matt Katz, Managing Partner at SSA & Co. Unemployment is at 3.5% in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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How to Revolutionize Inventory Management

Independent Retailer

Adobe expects the category to reach an annual figure of $85 billion in 2022. This doubling in demand coincides with supply chain turbulence due to labor supply issues, rising inflation, and geopolitical crises such as the war in Ukraine. Common Inventory Management Headaches. Managing Supply Chains to Minimize Disruptions.

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Supply Chain and Inflation Headlines Won’t Make Promotions Disappear

Retail TouchPoints

Worldwide supply chain disruptions, rising production costs and labor struggles have all made pricing and promotions decisions more complicated. It may feel natural for brands to run fewer discounts when dealing with tighter margins and inflationary pressures, but promotions are too effective at driving sales to disappear entirely.

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How Qalara is Bringing the ‘Inherently Eco-Friendly’ Products of South Asia to the World

Retail TouchPoints

After getting her MBA at Stanford, she returned to India and spent the next decade in retail, just as ecommerce was taking off in the country. I had been at the heart of the digitization in the B2C space, but hadn’t seen it in B2B , so that was one white space right there. But that degree came in handy. Coming Full Circle’.

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Dollar General promotes 18 executives

Mass Relators

. — Dollar General has promoted 18 executives to new roles at the company. Throughout her 12-year tenure at DG, Allen has led the Company’s strategy to attract and retain talent across her numerous HR roles, including organizational development, talent acquisition, corporate HR and retail HR.

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What the Dollar General scandal reveals about workplace safety in retail

Inside Retail

According to the US Department of Labor, the chain was hit with US$9 million in fines across its Alabama, Florida and Georgia store network, for violations found to have occurred between February 2022 and April 2023. million across the states and territories, for a category one violation.

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