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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

Retail TouchPoints

They are at the cusp of all things digital, which drives us on everything, from payment options to search — and ultimately, from a merchandising platform standpoint. Another key challenge for Hot Topic’s inventory management system is ensuring its BOPIS options run smoothly even as it fulfills orders across multiple channels.

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Century 21 to Relaunch with Enhanced Ecommerce and Fulfillment Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery. The space will allow the retailer to stage inventory, satisfy merchandise pickup and delivery and fulfill store-based and ecommerce orders.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon , is celebrating his 10th anniversary with the company this year, and so he kicked off the fourth annual Amazon Accelerate conference for sellers by comparing the differences between the ecommerce platform today and 10 years ago.

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How to Improve Business Processes with B2B eCommerce Software

Retail Focus

However, to do that, the system needs to be operable 24/7 throughout the entire year. The ultimate benefits that come with all of that include: reduced operating costs, fewer operator errors, increased sales, . Deciding Which Processes to Automate. The old-fashioned way of doing that was always to have staff available.

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Nike, Calvin Klein and Other Major Brands in Vietnam Enhance Order and Inventory Management

Retail TouchPoints

As more customers shifted their shopping online during the pandemic and demand for services like buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) increased, ACFC rolled out its new Magento ecommerce platform and integrated it with Retail Pro Prism POS retail management software to more efficiently manage inventory and orders across its network of brands.

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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. ” The following is an analysis of two major distribution models, drop shipping and traditional inventory.

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Do You Have What It Takes to go from Wholesale to DTC?

Retail TouchPoints

A tech stack is the ecosystem of hardware and software platforms needed to manage the DTC order fulfillment process from end to end. Fulfillment and Returns. Sure, you could build the infrastructure to handle DTC fulfillment yourself, but would the bump in revenue from those sales make it worth your while?

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