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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. “Retailers must pay close attention to consumption patterns and build flexibility into their inventory management to address the changing needs of consumers.” Offer Promotions & Product Markdowns.

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

Retail TouchPoints

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?

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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. Web and API Scraping Web and API scraping are often used by competitors to undercut retailers’ pricing and promotions. Fake Account Creation Bots can create fake accounts at scale which are then used to abuse retail promotions.

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Google, Accenture Deepen Relationship to Help Retailers Harness and Optimize Their Data

Retail TouchPoints

Accenture’s AI.Retail platform — which helps retailers better utilize data and artificial intelligence to optimize common operations such as customer acquisition, pricing and promotions, assortment and supply chain — can now be deployed on Google Cloud.

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

Retail TouchPoints

No matter what the channel, however, there will always be customers who second-guess their purchase, have something arrive too late for its intended use or receive something other than what they expected. Managing them correctly is just as important as any other part of the customer journey.

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Let’s Move from Fast Promising to Smart Promising

Retail TouchPoints

As a result, they are now allowing retailers to make accurate and faster shipping promises, which in turn helps to drive conversion and improve the customer experience. Ecommerce merchant teams invest significant time in analyzing factors such as free shipping thresholds, promotions, pricing and markdowns.

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Target, Macy’s and Dollar Tree Prep for a Tough Year Despite Holiday Success

Retail TouchPoints

Target Invests in Price and Speed to Attract Shoppers Target ended Q4 with inventory 3% lower than in 2021, a sign that the retailer has managed to overcome the excesses it struggled with through the first half of 2022. during Q4, but they were up 0.6% at its flagship banner and up 5.8% during Q4, but they were up 0.6%

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