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Lowe’s Expands DC-Based Delivery of Bulky Products to 8 More Regions

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stores, to distribution center-based fulfillment of large items like riding mowers, grills and furniture. The retailer’s legacy distribution model had stores operating as nodes in the fulfillment process. Lowe’s has converted eight of its regions, covering more than half its nearly 1,800 U.S.

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Pacsun Improves Profitability with Intelligent Allocation and Replenishment with Antuit.ai

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Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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Let’s Move from Fast Promising to Smart Promising

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And although omnichannel fulfillment is growing in importance, they still want to drive offline sales and bring people into the store, while also minimizing the impact of shipping costs on their bottom line. According to a recent survey , 38% of retailers are worried about meeting consumers’ fast delivery expectations.

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How Retailers Can Minimize Returns: Focus on Convenience, Communication and Personalization

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That means online retailers in particular should be on the lookout for ways to minimize the costs returns incur as well as the number of returned items that come in , since minimizing markdowns during a tough economic climate is one area where return minimization strategies can have an impact on the retailer’s bottom line. “

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Mejuri Leverages Real-Time Profitability Data to Inform Decision-Making

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The company decided to invest in technology that would help it harness the power of data to improve its customer insights and the shopper experience. “At ” Like many retailers, Mejuri acquires and engages its customers from a diverse set of marketing channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Google.

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As Consumer Demand for Inclusion Rises, Retailers Must Tackle Legacy Issues and Attitudes

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As a result, brands and retailers need to think more holistically about their customers and how they can present products to them across all channels in a way that relates to them. There is no standardization across the industry and inconsistent sizing leads to markdowns and returns. Challenge 3: Pricing.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

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Get ready, get excited, retailers and customers alike, the 2D barcode, a compact square label with splotches and spaces that encode up to 350X more data than a traditional UPC (4,000 characters) will have a significant impact on managing the business and delivering better customer experiences. Who doesn’t want that?