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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Perhaps most importantly, “a decade ago, very few of you were using things like Amazon Advertising, Amazon Lending and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and things like Brand Registry, Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Seller University and even Amazon Accelerate didn’t exist,” said Mehta at the event.

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Inventory Accuracy: The Not-so-Secret Ingredient for Holiday Sales Success

Retail TouchPoints

With Salesforce’s 2023 holiday predictions forecasting that BOPIS (buying items online for in-store or curbside pickup) will influence $28 billion in incremental sales during the holiday season, retailers seeking to capitalize on this revenue opportunity need to ensure their store operations and inventory management practices are up to par.

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Excess Inventory: The Losers And Wieners

Retail TouchPoints

I had an inventory problem. Every business has to manage excess capacity and/or inventory: restaurants have excess food and empty tables; hotels and homeowners have vacant rooms; retailers have overstock and returns. Applying Marketplace Dynamics To Excess Inventory. Dealing With Excess Capacity.

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When is the right time to scale? Three indications you might be ready

Inside Retail

For example, onboarding an inventory management system so that you can work with national (and international!) retailers in stocking your product, and coping with high volumes of inventory. For example, is your time better spent on developing new products, rather than spending hours on bookkeeping and managing finances?

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Solving the Shopping Mall ‘Identity Crisis’ with Community Data and Careful Curation

Retail TouchPoints

Critical to this experience’s success is a curation manager and cultivator, who is the “heart of the center,” according to Ibrahim. “We What we’re really trying to do is create localized curation that is supporting the strategy and the finances but is also strongly embedded within the town itself.”

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CIO Q&A: Lessons and Priorities from Aldo Group’s Companywide Digital Transformation

Retail TouchPoints

As Houle sets his sights on future growth and innovation, he shares an exclusive look into his priorities and perspectives on the changing retail landscape.

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The gift of inventory management this holiday season

I Vend

We can see the importance of inventory management during the three key stages of the holiday season: Preparation – before the holiday season rush, retailers need to plan and forecast to ensure they know what is most likely to sell, via which channel and in which stores. What is the role of hand-held devices in inventory management?