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How AI is set to revolutionise inventory management

Inside Retail

Great product diversity, changing consumer demands, and the expansion of e-commerce have turned inventory management into a major pain point for retailers. Poor inventory management results in overstocking and under-stocking, impaired cash flow, and losses from theft and spoilage. Here are some reasons why: 1.

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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

Retail TouchPoints

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. Retailers need to handle inventory in stores and distribution centers, keep an eye on both digital and physical shelves and keep costs down with efficient logistics and routing.

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Managing retail touchpoints for a positive customer experience

Retail Focus

Having found out that “traditional” management tools have become less relevant, brands were forced to rethink their processes to survive, stay relevant and true to their audiences. . On the one hand, operational changes and on the other hand, changes linked to the user experience.

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Product Substitution: How Savvy Retailers and Manufacturers can Build Supply Chain Resiliency, Reduce Costs and Improve Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. Retailers can expect that customers will turn to other vendors; once this happens, they’ve lost both the sale and the customer’s trust and loyalty.

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7 Tips for Wholesale Inventory Management

Independent Retailer

This is why inventory management is key, especially as retailers look to deal with unsold merchandise after the holidays. “Seemingly overnight, shortages are flipping to inventory surpluses in certain categories. Donate Excess Inventory. Adopt a Probabilistic Model of Inventory Management.

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Five Essential Inventory Management Techniques For The Warehouse (And One Practice To Stop Immediately)

Retail TouchPoints

Inventory management starts — and only starts — with a warehouse management system (WMS). In practice, most out-of-box WMSs are not capable of managing the volume and complexity of workloads required in today’s retail environment. Managers need real-time data to fully safeguard the warehouse. Theoretically.

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Simon Adds VIP Suite to Kick Off Woodbury Common Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

The VIP Suite, which is expected to open later in 2024 in the center’s luxury wing, The Adirondacks District, also will host private events and offer personalized service and curated customer experiences. powered AI technology to assist shoppers during the 2023 holiday season.