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Generative AI for Personalized Service and a Competitive Edge in Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Details matter, from the initial landing page to order fulfillment through to delivery and aftercare. This applies across the customer shopping journey, from customized recommendations to predicting consumer behavior and product demand as well as creating more seamless omnichannel experiences.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more.

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Getir and the rapid rise – and equally rapid downfall – of speedy grocery

Retail Gazette

Turning a blind eye to the mediocre performances of longer standing competitors Deliveroo, Amazon and Just Eat, venture capitalists and start up CEOs forged their way to misguided glory, chasing mirages of untold successes down a dead end path. Dark stores are fulfilment centres only.

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Understanding Furniture Inventory Management Software in 2023

Retalon

For executives in planning and merchandising roles, this leads to sleepless nights and the nagging feeling there must be a better way. Powerful analytics help you optimize stock levels to drive sales, improve margins, and increase customer satisfaction. This visibility enables you to identify and correct issues with dead stock.

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

Rangeme

While retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers have had to grapple with COVID-19 and digital transformation, now they must also manage reduced capacity along the global supply chain, hampering holiday sales success. Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job.’

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7 Indicators You’re Managing Bad Inventory (and How to Fix It)

Retalon

You’ve heard it referred to as, overstocks, write-offs, dead-stock, excess, spoiled, expired, and unsold. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. There is constant manual intervention, this may be transferring inventory between stores or ordering new stock. What is bad inventory called day-to-day?

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Sustainable Supply Chains in 2022 (and Beyond)

Retalon

This was possible because: Talented labor in other countries was cheaper than domestic workers Overseas factories began producing high-quality products at lower prices Consumers wanted goods to be equally attainable for all financial classes Increased margins allowed retailers to stock more inventory and carry larger assortments.