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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

Retailers had to revolutionize inventory and planning when the pandemic hit, and many businesses are still finding their feet in the post-pandemic economy. As manufacturing and supply chain disruption increases, retailers must optimize inventory management to give customers a better experience. years, on average.

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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. The power of automation .

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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.

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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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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Here’s a look at how Amazon is moving even further away from the domain of retailer with the debut of new services in supply chain management, shipping, banking, market research, product development, inventory management and more.