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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

Retail TouchPoints

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players.

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How Technology is Supporting the Era of ‘Value’ and ‘Values’

Retail TouchPoints

Is it at the price point I’m willing to pay? But consumers aren’t just buying items online and having them shipped to the house. But has it changed their priorities at all? RTP: In a 2021 study across market segments, IDC found that 36% of employers planned to invest in employee experience to drive growth and innovation.

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. in-stock commitment would take 6X as much inventory as the original 80% calculation — and it’s still not at 100% ! To provide a 99.5% Retailers have to right-size consumer expectations.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 272 – Q2 E-Com Data, Walmart/Target Earnings, and Amazon Dept Store!?!?

Retail Geek

In episode 272 we break down the US Dept of Commerce July retail data, and Q2 E-Com data, look at Q2 earnings from Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Lowes, and discuss a potential Amazon Department store concept. At peak of pandemic, restaurants lost nearly $51B/mo of sales to grocery stores. US Dept of Commerce Data.

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In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

Retail TouchPoints

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. That number was even higher in January 2021. “

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