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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains? What you offer [in terms of fast fulfillment], and to whom, is very important. For example, in some cases the retailer won’t make money if they have to ship the customer another item. To provide a 99.5%

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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

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The robots also provide location data down to four-foot sections, which Woodman’s Markets will use to empower associates when it comes to fulfilling online orders and stocking shelves. This data will be uploaded to its mobile shopping app, where it will guide pickers to each item to improve delivery times.

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How Technology is Supporting the Era of ‘Value’ and ‘Values’

Retail TouchPoints

But consumers aren’t just buying items online and having them shipped to the house. I personally have been in the middle of a shopping trip and have decided to ship it to my house instead of bringing it home from the store. Other times, I’ve even been on vacation, and I don’t want to have to fit something in my suitcase.

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In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

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It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming.

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