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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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

A recent Shopkick survey proposes that these behaviors are likely to continue through the holiday season: 22% of consumers plan to shop for the holiday well ahead of schedule and 25% even plan to finish their shopping by Thanksgiving, which historically has been the “official kick off” of the holiday shopping season.

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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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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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Retalon

JANUARY 6, 2021

An effective replenishment plan will drive profit. There is an age old saying, and it goes like this: “you don’t plan to fail, you fail to plan.” ” And what can be easier than planning replenishment? All you need to do is plan to replenish the products that you sell out of.

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Retail Smart Guys

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Most importantly, as a public company, documenting your inventory and management processes fulfills the requirement of concerned government agencies. With our very affordable inventory planning service, we can provide you with a detailed monthly open-to-buy plan for each class (by location for multi-store retailers).

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? And don’t forget the shopper looking for that end-of-season deal.

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The forecast of future sales demand informs almost all of the decisions a retailer makes throughout the product journey: Planning. Price elasticity of demand, meaning the effect that a set price will have on demand, is an important consideration when setting prices, running promotions, or markdowns. Reduced markdowns.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In addition, retail giants like Amazon have conditioned today’s consumers to want simple and efficient order fulfillment options, fast delivery and a wide range of product options. Advanced analytics technology can create accurate demand forecasts that lead to better retail planning. Why invest in fulfillment technology?

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

What retailers need is a strategy to allow stores to become fulfillment centers. This means that a store must not only carry enough inventory to satisfy forecasted demand, but also additional stock to satisfy any online or mobile orders that will be fulfilled though their location. How do you build a smart fulfillment strategy?

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

What retailers need is a strategy to allow stores to become fulfillment centers. This means that a store must not only carry enough inventory to satisfy forecasted demand, but also additional stock to satisfy any online or mobile orders that will be fulfilled though their location. How do you build a smart fulfillment strategy?

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Retalon

APRIL 27, 2021

Although e-commerce gets all of the attention, the past two decades of technological change have transformed every aspect of the retail business — from planning, inventory, pricing, and promotions — all the way down to customer service and the in-store experience. Order fulfillment automation.

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Retalon

JUNE 11, 2021

While optimizing a retail supply chain for efficiency and reduction of waste requires careful planning and consideration, machine learning and predictive analytics technology have changed the rules of the game. Reducing fulfillment options decreases the level of customer service. In a 2018 report , Gartner, Inc.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

That means if there is slow moving merchandise the retailer doesn’t have to worry about taking markdowns to sell the inventory. Marks & Spencer plans to lean more into its food offerings in the future. It also allows a retailer to have a much larger product range without having to make a large investment to buy and hold more stock.

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Retalon

APRIL 14, 2021

Creating a product assortment strategy is necessary for retailers to have a holistic, long-view plan of their business. And it needs to fit into your retail planning process to ensure you’re still hitting your financial and inventory targets. Everything you need to know about product assortment strategy.

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Retalon

MARCH 2, 2021

That’s why fashion retail planning and analytics software needs to be unique and specific to fashion, with the ability to break down business considerations even further than that. What fulfillment methods are you offering? Run a promotion last year that you don’t plan for this year? What are your customer profiles?

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. During the pandemic, BOPIS retail fulfillment options kept businesses running while limiting person-to-person contact – which was essential during the pandemic. What is BOPIS? Why are customers choosing BOPIS?

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Drastic Markdowns. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. A large portion of your budget goes toward planning, storing, transporting and managing unsold inventory. Inventory storage, overstock management, ROI lost to markdowns, even lost sales due to stockouts, are all tangible costs of bad inventory.

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Whether losing sales to out-of-stocks, or facing overstocking costs and markdowns, inefficient stock replenishment has a huge impact on a retailer’s GMROI. Meeting sales demand has always been challenging, effective replenishment should mitigate issues that arise from poor planning and allocation. Determine accurate lead times.

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Retalon

AUGUST 16, 2019

How can you juggle concerns like forecasting, inventory management, distribution, fulfillment, and more against the growing demand for personalization, all while continuing to create the consistent experience customers expect? From a Customer side, nobody likes being bombarded by ads & products they don’t want or need.

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Retalon

AUGUST 16, 2019

So, how can you juggle concerns like forecasting, inventory management, distribution, fulfillment, and more against the growing demand for personalization, all while continuing to create the consistent experience customers expect ? From a Customer side, nobody likes being bombarded by ads & products they don’t want or need.

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Retalon

JANUARY 5, 2021

An inaccurate forecast, unpredictable changes to consumer preferences, shifts in the competitive landscape, or major economic events can all completely throw your planning and purchasing off-track, leaving you with major inventory distortions despite your best plans.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 11, 2022

Plan before buying your inventory- Use your data to determine what you should order. It is beneficial to exhaust your resources first, so you don’t end up with the excess products in one store that you eventually have to markdown. These items need to be replaced and either returned to the vendor or donated.

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Retalon

MARCH 4, 2019

Retail is changing faster than ever, and keeping up fulfilment needs, competitive pricing, and trendy assortment is costly. Modern retailers take advantage of advanced retail predictive analytics planning solutions. This means that changes to plans are very cumbersome. This means that changes to plans are very cumbersome.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

What do consumer purchasing habits look like, and how streamlined is your fulfillment process? You can also beef up fulfillment options so that customers can pick-up in local stores or ship directly from other stores, mirroring the convenience of online ordering. – Merchandise, Assortment, and Store planning.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

What do consumer purchasing habits look like, and how streamlined is your fulfillment process? You can also beef up fulfillment options so that customers can pick-up in local stores or ship directly from other stores, mirroring the convenience of online ordering. – Merchandise, Assortment, and Store planning.

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Retalon

AUGUST 2, 2019

Businesses collect more data than ever before and from every aspect of the supply and demand chain—logistics; vendor compliancy/lead times; POS data; inventory levels; traffic cameras; prices; markdowns; consumer behavior; demand forecasts; and more. Consider the way retailers traditionally forecast fulfillment.

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Retalon

JUNE 29, 2013

Most retailers begin by creating a plan based on the big picture of their business process, and then they purchase the inventory, and allocate it to stores from the DC. For Example: When products don’t sell well at specific stores, retailers are forced to markdown inventory in order to clear the inventory.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

This dramatically increases revenue from transfers, lowers inventory costs and increases sales while helping you avoid unnecessary markdowns and subsequent allocations. No more surprising promotions that the supply chain team cannot fulfill. In-Stock Percent. of the time, which is a common industry standard. Promotion Lift.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

This dramatically increases revenue from transfers, lowers inventory costs and increases sales while helping you avoid unnecessary markdowns and subsequent allocations. No more surprising promotions that the supply chain team cannot fulfill. In-Stock Percent. of the time, which is a common industry standard. Promotion Lift.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Keith Jelinek. What can the retailer learn from and improve?

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But to make sure you’re focused on the right question, we need to clear up to major misconceptions with demand forecasting: Sales forecasting vs. demand forecasting Forecast vs. plan. Demand Forecast vs. Demand Plan. People often use demand planning and demand forecasting interchangeably. Sales Forecast vs. Demand Forecast.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

RFID is also being extended for item-level identification as part of future-forward innovation plans, such as the adoption of blockchain for increased transparency. Many will also need to speed up digital transformation plans in order to adapt to?consumer RFID can raise inventory visibility up to 99%. RFID and Beyond.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2023

of retail sales, has multiple causes, including inaccurate demand planning, lack of inventory visibility and inadequate staff training. Similarly, these system can optimize which stores can fulfill the complete orders to maximize margins and optimize sustainability rather than shipping from multiple locations.”

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Retalon

AUGUST 2, 2019

Prices (markdowns, promotions, competitor prices, etc.). Consider the way retailers traditionally forecast fulfillment. Add in a final fly-by-your-gut manual tweak and the fulfillment forecast would be ready. Unifying Big Data across Forecasting, Planning, and Operations. POS data (sales, returns, etc.). Demand forecasts.

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Retalon

JULY 4, 2018

Ultimately many retailers will often compete on the fulfillment strategy. A Forrester research team surveyed retailers on what they plan to implement to support fulfillment efforts. This dynamic fulfillment approach isn’t just the reality of where retailers need to be today, but it is also highly profitable.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Retalon is known for Smart Fulfillment. Smart Fulfillment is a small, but important part of it, and I will address it in the next question. Regarding omni-channel fulfillment, how does predictive analytics help retailers take action on the data and deliver better results? Originally posted on Retail IT Insights.

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