Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the bustling holiday shopping season nearing, many brands have spent the last several months assessing their operational strengths and weaknesses, particularly in logistics and fulfillment. Oftentimes, these hinge on the synergy between a brand and its third-party logistics (3PL) provider. 2: Order cycle time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Let’s dive into some small ideas that can help tackle big goals: 1) Think Big: Increase customer engagement with more interactive marketing. 4) Think Big: Improve supply chain and inventory management. Act small: Add a feature to your website allowing customers to search inventory availability in local store locations.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Order Fulfillment When outsourcing, retailers can benefit from streamlined inventory management, order processing, and shipping. Third-party logistic experts possess the infrastructure, expertise, and technology required to handle outsourcing order fulfillment with precision.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

“The first prong is data modernization, because every system and everything in the digital world relies on data governance, data management and data trustworthiness,” she said. “We The second prong was replacing foundational systems, such as the company’s legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. “It

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In internal fulfillment, the business handles the complete process of storing, packing and shipping. The company must have a warehouse to keep its inventory, and a logistics team to manage the goods for storing, ordering and shipping directly to stores/distributors or customers. Can you fulfill the orders in a timely manner?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Details matter, from the initial landing page to order fulfillment through to delivery and aftercare. The AI boom shows no sign of slowing down, with a global market value projected to grow to more than $500 billion this year. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way brands connect with their customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

Building an online presence starts with a well-designed website supported by an effective digital marketing plan. Digital Marketing. While you are no doubt familiar with brand marketing, online customer acquisition is a whole different animal. Fulfillment and Returns. Web Design & Development.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable. Sophisticated Automation. System Automation.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 7, 2024

Despite a slight dip in 2020, the global apparel market is set to grow to about US$2 trillion by 2028, from US$1.79 Locally, women’s apparel represents the largest segment with an estimated market volume of US$11.86 billion; the men’s apparel market is about half of that, worth US$6.35 billion apparel industry in Australia.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 2, 2023

One such advancement is the development of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), which have been implemented by a range of companies – including Catch, Toys R Us , and a number of other retailers – for task enhancements ranging from inventory management, order fulfilment, delivery and customer service.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Retail success hinges significantly on the seamless operation of warehouses, where every detail from inventory management to order fulfilment directly influences customer satisfaction and bottom-line results.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Recent data shows that people plan to buy more gifts and spend more money than they did in 2020. In this rapidly changing environment, retailers need a powerful data platform that can help them adapt and respond with more flexibility and agility than ever before to capture digital and omnichannel shoppers and optimize their inventory.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2023

Customer-focused digital transformation is important for any retail business, but the pandemic-induced volatility and fast pace of change in the industry means that such transformations need to occur in all areas of the enterprise, from product design to planning and supply chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

In 2022, a National Retail Federation/Prosper Insights and Analytics survey indicated that 56% of consumers had started their BTS shopping by early July, with 81% planning to shop sales the week of July 11. A more extended BTS season also means retailers will need to shift to more cadenced marketing tactics.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Why should retailers care about their Order Fulfillment Process? Order fulfillment may seem like a fairly straightforward process and according to the generic “high-level” definition, it is. In today’s market, putting the right fulfillment system in place gets you a competitive edge. What is order fulfillment?

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Star Miconics

MARCH 1, 2023

Ascent Solutions is an exciting enterprise resource planning (ERP) software offering features to help businesses manage their inventory and sales processes. What’s impressive is that Ascent Solutions’ inventory management system is powered by Salesforce , a leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2023

As part of the new multiyear agreement — which builds upon a partnership that started in 2016 — Academy will use the Revionics Base Price and Markdown solutions to not only optimize its pricing strategy but better manage inventory levels throughout the product lifecycle.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It’s now available on-demand , which makes this a good time to issue a spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen the episode yet but plan to, don’t read any further until you have. As Leite shares at the end of the episode, she plans to triple the company’s revenue over the next five years. million on inventory management solutions; $1.2

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces.

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I Vend

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Read more The next best thing, however, for planning business growth, is research-based predictions, and last month, Retail Info Systems (RIS) brought retailers just that, in the form of their fourth annual guide to the peak selling season. * iVend helps retailers iVend helps retailers make the most of the holiday season.

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Cisco Retail

JULY 21, 2022

Over time, operating in such an environment will require an entirely new supply chain architecture to support and manage supply chains. Changes in the market environment and impacts of uncertainty. Thus, firms become slow to react and unable to quickly redirect their inventory flows in the event of supply chain disruption.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The process of building an online store goes beyond just understanding the market you are about to enter. Diverse delivery methods : Offer a wide range of fulfillment and delivery options. There are also distinct services for accounting, inventory management, email and marketing automation, analytics and so on.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday just around the corner, planning for a successful 2022 peak season is essential – now more than ever. But the peak season sales market is a competitive one, so getting ahead of the game and understanding your customer’s wants and needs is critical. Plan, plan and plan some more!

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Although the trend towards omnichannel fulfillment is not new, the pandemic changed many retailers’ business models almost overnight, and these changes are not going away. What is omnichannel order fulfillment in retail?

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2022

It could be that it’s the right time to invest in external expertise in growing and marketing your business brand so that you can build brand awareness amongst new customers and potential retailers. For example, onboarding an inventory management system so that you can work with national (and international!)

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Retail Bound

JUNE 27, 2023

Step 2: Marketing Strategy The second crucial element you will want to present involves your current marketing strategy and how you have currently obtained sales or plan to. Your marketing and advertising strategy should communicate this USP effectively across various channels suitable for your audience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Technological innovations have optimized and enhanced almost all areas of the retail organization, from marketing to fulfillment, but the process of bringing products to market has been markedly slower to advance. After he sold his first company to Groupon, he teamed up with Matthew Field, a former Bain & Co.

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Retail Minded

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Effectively managing a retail supply chain is essential for meeting customer demands and maintaining a competitive edge in the market. This automation significantly reduces labor costs and speeds up order fulfillment. Risk Management and Resilience: Develop robust risk management strategies and contingency plans.

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I Vend

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As discretionary spend decreases in inverse proportion to cost of living increases, and consumers think more carefully about where they spend, retailers have to get really smart about strategies to win and retain their share of the market. iVend helps retailers iVend helps retailers to capture and analyse customer data.

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Retail Minded

APRIL 3, 2022

A new study revealed: Social media marketing (32%), e-commerce software (31%), email marketing (29%), retail operations (26%) and online payments (24%) score highly. 63% of US brands plan to increase investment in retail software in 2022. Only 1% will decrease their investment. Only 1% will decrease their investment.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 23, 2023

Its future growth plan will focus on quality expansion and enhancing the productivity of its existing retail networks. Backend technology To support its extensive retail network and e-commerce business, the company has automated different aspects of production and inventory replenishment to shorten lead times.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By my recollection, the world of flexible fulfillment hit an inflection point about 15 years ago. It was at that point that putting the technology and operations in place to fulfill from an increasingly complex supply chain network embarked upon its next frontier. Let’s start with demand forecasting and inventory deployment.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 24, 2023

AI-driven technologies such as chatbots, automated customer service, and automated inventory management are set to revolutionise the retail industry and the way businesses interact with their customers. A fundamental rethink Fulfilment was challenging for many in 2022. million square kilometres of ocean by 2030.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 12, 2023

1) Optimise inbound and outbound We’re seeing a growing trend of retailers prioritising a review of their warehousing and fulfilment. ASC research last year found that just over a third (35%) of retailers were focusing on fulfilment, with this increasing to half (50%) this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

“If both parties began looking at a variety of data sets, but through the same lens, there would be much more strategic alignment and much less of a disconnect visible in inventory management,” noted Melissa Minkow, Retail Industry Lead at CI&T in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Reporting directly to Tony Zuazo, Dollar General’s executive vice president of global supply chain, Joyce will lead the company’s supply chain functions, including inventory management, product fulfillment, supply chain strategy and demand chain management. “We

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 23, 2022

Amazon did not say how many Amazon Style stores it plans to open in total, but recent years have seen the company steadily increase its investment in physical retail. Amazon has not shared the names of any labels that it plans to carry in the store. But whether it can bring the right brands on board remains to be seen.

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