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The gift of inventory management this holiday season

I Vend

weeks, down from a pre-pandemic shopping season of 7.4 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. .

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Weathering the Storm: How Retailers can Ensure Resilience Amid Rising Cloud Outages

Retail TouchPoints

In today’s digital-first marketplace, consumer expectations for flawless shopping experiences, whether in-store or online, have reached unprecedented heights and are putting pressure on retailers to provide an “always on” business model. Rob Reid is a Technical Evangelist at Cockroach Labs based out of London, England.

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Why Data-Driven Decision-Making Will Define the Future of Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Providing consumers with the ability to see, touch and experience products firsthand, physical shops offer a degree of instant gratification that simply cannot be replicated in an online environment. Delivery is getting faster, but the magic of in-person shopping will forever be an important driver of commerce.

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Four Ways Retailers can Leverage Generative AI to Transform their Business Today

Retail TouchPoints

Instead of waiting on a retail worker to write ideal search engine-optimized titles and features of the item by hand, AI-assisted titles and descriptions would save an enormous amount of time and effort — enabling businesses to start selling as soon as they have available inventory. Creating a seamless inventory management journey.

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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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How US retailers are preparing for this year’s holiday shopping period

Inside Retail

With the peak trading period only a few months away, now is truly the time for retailers to double down and invest their efforts into optimising their inventory and fulfillment operations. However, there are some factors that retailers have to keep in mind to ensure they aren’t placing energy or finances where it is not best applicable.

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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

Add it all up and it’s clear that the timing duration, and location of holiday shopping is not like the old days. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? Barach guides development and customer deployment of antuit.ai

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