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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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How is AI Reshaping the Retail Industry

Retail Gazette

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the retail industry, fundamentally changing how businesses operate and interact with customers. With the integration of AI-powered technologies, retailers can enhance customer experiences, optimise operations and drive revenue growth.

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Different Things to Consider Outsourcing in Your Retail Business (and Why)

Retail Focus

Outsourcing inventory management to experts can optimize stock levels, monitor product trends, and ensure timely replenishments. This leads to improved inventory turnover and reduced instances of overstock or stockouts.

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Top 3 Challenges in Demand Forecasting, and How Analytics Solves Them (2022)

Retalon

Price elasticity of demand, meaning the effect that a set price will have on demand, is an important consideration when setting prices, running promotions, or markdowns. Customer experience. Advanced analytics ensure your stores have the product your customers want when they are ready to buy. Increased inventory turnover.

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5 Good Reasons Your Gas Station Should Leverage People Counters

V Count

The retail trade sector is constantly changing, and gone are the days when guesswork was all you could rely on to offer a great customer experience. Your arsenal is now more prosperous than ever (in terms of providing a better guest experience and maximizing your revenue); however, this also means the market is more competitive.

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12 Critical Retail Industry Performance Metrics (2020)

Retalon

How effective are their promotional campaigns? Jump Ahead Most Important KPIs for the Retail Industry in 2020 Examples of Retail KPIs that Maximize Inventory ROI 1. Inventory Turnover Ratio 3. Promotions Uplift Retail KPIs that Answer Questions About Customer Behavior 8. Inventory Turnover Ratio.

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The four essential functions of a retail POS system

I Vend

For example it enables effective marketing – using the POS for customer data tracking and to gather insights that inform and feed into creating promotions that will drive revenue and profit. This level of flexibility reduces lost sales, maximises inventory turnover and increases customer satisfaction along with revenue and profit.