Retalon

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The pressure for transformation is coming from all sides, as consumers expect a more streamlined shopping experience, workers expect flexibility and modernity, and competitors like Amazon win more market share using cutting edge tech as their advantage. Digital transformation has changed the way consumers shop and how retailers operate.

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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. Add it all up and it’s clear that the timing duration, and location of holiday shopping is not like the old days. And don’t forget the shopper looking for that end-of-season deal.

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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 will give them more reasons to shop at M&S,” said Katie Bickerstaffe, co-CEO of Marks & Spencer.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Meanwhile, mobile technology has surged allowing consumers to go shopping on their personal device from their pocket at anytime. What retailers need is a strategy to allow stores to become fulfillment centers. How do you build a smart fulfillment strategy? Moreover, these shifts have caused changes in customer expectations.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Meanwhile, mobile technology has surged allowing consumers to go shopping on their personal device from their pocket at anytime. What retailers need is a strategy to allow stores to become fulfillment centers. How do you build a smart fulfillment strategy? Moreover, these shifts have caused changes in customer expectations.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Instead of only shipping to customers’ homes, retailers let online customers shop from their local and online store’s inventory and pick up their orders from their closest brick-and-mortar location the same day. A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. What is BOPIS?

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Retalon

MARCH 2, 2021

Destination resorts that run gift shops must account for occupation rates in their hotels as well as weather. . 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. For instance, . Do you run promotions?

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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

AUGUST 16, 2019

The growth of online and mobile shopping spheres has created more opportunities to connect with shoppers, but introduced new challenges where personalization and consistency are concerned. You can better plan for stocking of inventory at warehouses and retail locations and optimize the fulfillment process for online and mobile orders.

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Retalon

AUGUST 16, 2019

The growth of online and mobile shopping spheres has created more opportunities to connect with shoppers, but introduced new challenges where personalization and consistency are concerned. You can better plan for stocking of inventory at warehouses and retail locations and optimize the fulfillment process for online and mobile orders.

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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

This has spurred a lasting debate about whether or not brick-and-mortar stores will remain relevant as more and more consumers subscribe to the convenience of shopping online. What do consumer purchasing habits look like, and how streamlined is your fulfillment process? – Merchandise, Assortment, and Store planning.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

This has spurred a lasting debate about whether or not brick-and-mortar stores will remain relevant as more and more consumers subscribe to the convenience of shopping online. What do consumer purchasing habits look like, and how streamlined is your fulfillment process? – Merchandise, Assortment, and Store planning.

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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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Retalon

AUGUST 14, 2023

Mastering omnichannel ecommerce strategy is essential for retailers to deliver a seamless shopping experience. An omnichannel strategy provides customers with a unified shopping experience across all channels, whether online, mobile, or brick-and-mortar. Omnichannel retail delivers the seamless shopping journeys consumers demand.

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Retalon

AUGUST 14, 2023

Customers expect seamless integrated shopping experiences across channels – online, mobile, in-store, etc. Traditional planning tends to be siloed, inconsistent across channels, and lacks the agility that modern retail requires. This siloed approach clearly falls short in seamlessly aligning planning across channels.

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Retalon

JULY 15, 2019

Not only do overstock situations force retailers to markdown inventory at the end of a season at slim-to-no profit margins, but it also takes up physical space in stores warehouses, accruing carrying costs, and ties up extra cash that could be used towards advancing business goals. 3. Logistics and fulfillment challenges.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

If losing money on easily solvable issues was not enough, retailers are struggling to hold on to market share as consumers choose a value-driven shopping experience. 21st century consumers want a purpose-driven shopping experience, and they are voting with their wallets. Unsustainable companies are becoming social pariahs.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Jason: [2:00] Social shopping exactly and so it’s super interesting and they’re doing really well so they launched an e-commerce site in the u.s. Down so everybody saves more when you all by together kind of thing so it’s a. Scot: [1:58] Okay group buying used to be called back in the day. 38:37] Selfish piece of.

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