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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

In general, when you’re trying to speed up delivery and still provide a wide assortment of products, that puts the burden largely on inventory, and getting that inventory positioned close to the end consumer. Retailers have to right-size consumer expectations.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Faced with an endless number of brands, product options and channels to shop through, consumers are looking for the perfect combination of “value” and “values.” But consumers aren’t just buying items online and having them shipped to the house. RTP: The recession isn’t impacting retail budgets for technology, which is great.

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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. More Online Sales Means More Returns. Retailers across the U.S.

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

Retail Geek

30:21] Severe uncertainty about the holiday and I think everything we talked about for ship again in last year’s going to be worse this year. Even though they generally got a covid boost so. That that is pretty interesting and then the thing that I most look at specifically related to covid is.