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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

Retail TouchPoints

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. Retailers need to handle inventory in stores and distribution centers, keep an eye on both digital and physical shelves and keep costs down with efficient logistics and routing.

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How to Revolutionize Inventory Management

Independent Retailer

Having insufficient stock to fulfill demand results in missed sales, causes reputational damage, and sends customers to competitors. Businesses that employ data-led solutions to streamline supply chain efficiency will reap rewards. Businesses that employ data-led solutions to streamline supply chain efficiency will reap rewards.

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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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How independent eCommerce retailers can optimise stock inventory management during peak

365 Retail

Many small to medium-sized retailers often think that in order to grow they’ll need to make large-scale investments into robust stock inventory management systems to meet demand effectively. With the right solution, and support, they don’t need to be supply chain experts to do this. Minimising disruption during peak.

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How global beauty brands will benefit from JD.com’s latest logistics move

Inside Retail

“This collaboration results in an enriched suite of logistics and supply chain services, encompassing not just warehousing and inventory management, but also comprehensive transportation and last-mile delivery solutions,” he added.

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Customer returns: Five fundamentals to recoup revenue

365 Retail

But with great gains come great returns. Significant revenue gets lost when mass quantities of orders are returned, leaving retailers with a ton of inventory that is then discounted, liquidated, or even thrown out. Here, we outline five fundamental approaches to building an efficient returns strategy to recoup at-risk revenue.

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Preparing For Peak; Five Tips For Getting Supply Chains Fit For The Festive Season

Retail Focus

Supply chains must be agile enough to cope with unexpected gaps in workforces, which involves two levels of contingency planning. The first affects stock inventory management. The most efficient and effective supply chains embrace uncertainty – something that’s turbocharged during planning for peak.