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Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Retail TouchPoints

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs. Unemployment is at 3.5%

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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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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

Thomas Goldsby But after the wild pendulum swings caused by COVID — first not enough product, then a glut of it — the state of global supply chains deserves more sustained attention. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains? We’re now battle-tested.”

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

Retail Focus

There are numerous headlines about shipping delays and stock shortages, and growing concerns about getting goods to the UK in time to satisfy festive sales demand. Months and months of rising shipping costs are creating some optimism that the surge in transportation prices is nearing its peak. What is driving consumer returns?

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Harris Poll Survey: How Supply Chain Operations Impact Customer Satisfaction During Coronavirus and Beyond

Retail TouchPoints

The supply chain has faced fulfillment challenges from this influx of online orders, along with a myriad of crisis-related disruptions including: Long wait times at warehouse depots. Sellers that leverage technology solutions throughout their supply chain manage these components much more effectively than those that don’t.

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How to scale-up to satisfy fast-growing e-commerce sales

365 Retail

Paul Taylor, chief operating officer at international fulfilment services provider fulfilmentcrowd, looks at how e-commerce retailers can effectively scale-up, so that demand doesn’t outpace supply. Advances in technology, and the cloud in particular, mean fulfilment can be specifically tailored to meet the needs of SMEs.