Retalon

JANUARY 6, 2021

The purpose of replenishment is to ensure that a retailer has the right quantity of product, at the right location, at the right time to maximize sales and minimize costs. Smaller B&M retailers with one or two locations may find replenishment planning fairly simple. Why is replenishment planning so complicated?

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Retalon

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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. When Inventory is proactively allocated among locations to meet demand, customers are not repeatedly met with empty shelves pushing them to other retailers.

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Retail Assist

APRIL 14, 2021

Retailers must be able to move stock quickly between different locations, such as stores, concessions and franchises, and partners, whilst also maintaining healthy warehouse stock for eCommerce orders. With a greater sell through of full priced stock and a reduced rate of markdown, margins are protected and profits soar.

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Wiser

AUGUST 25, 2020

You want your merchandisers on board with your strategy and ready to enter your locations to set up any displays as shoppers come back. 4: Use Promotions and Markdowns to Move Seasonal Inventory. We recommend using promotions and markdowns to move that inventory quickly. 5: Lean Into Omnichannel Retail.

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Maintaining margins within business constraints while efficiently providing order fulfillment to customers is a tall order, especially considering each customer purchase requires a real-time fulfillment decision within a shifting context of inventory, demand, returns, delivery times, and shipping costs. That’s the billion dollar question.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In turn, consumers now expect these same options to be available across all retail locations (both online and in-store). Advanced analytics tools can pinpoint demand for a specific SKU at a specific location or channel. Ship-to-home, store-to-store, pick-up at the warehouse, and BOPIS are just a few popular options.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

As mentioned earlier, in its simplest form, order fulfillment is the physical process of getting a purchased product from a storage location to the customer. Some factors affecting this decision include the proximity of the storage location to the customer, inventory availability, and the labour involved. What is order fulfillment?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It was no longer enough to route orders to a handful of DCs and drop ship vendors. The digital channel typically had one or more dedicated facilities, which ironically were often planned and managed like an individual additional brick-and-mortar location. Checking inventory in a local store but not placing an order?

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Retalon

OCTOBER 8, 2020

And at the end of the sales season (or at the end of a product’s lifecycle), markdowns you set to clear out excess inventory can easily wipe out the product’s lifecycle profitability. They quickly learn to time their purchases for the inevitable markdowns rather than buying products during the main lifecycle.

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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. Common factors include: Manufacturing time Packaging and shipping time Lead time Processing time at the warehouse Customer order fulfillment Allocations Promotions.

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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. This product is shipped to the store where the customer picks it up. Payment, return, and exchange policies.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Commissions typically range from 25%-33% depending on whether in addition to providing eCommerce functionality Farfetch manages shipping, returns or other services. With more pricing control brands can offer more merchandise at full price, avoiding markdowns which are thought to negatively impact a luxury brand’s image.

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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. But they need to be the right stores, in the right location, with the right services," said Rowe. 57% of Amazon’s unit sales in come from third party sellers on its platform. Do you like this content?

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 11, 2022

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. Utilize drop shipments to avoid excess inventory on hand – Drop-shipping products allow you transfer customer orders directly to the manufacturer.

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Retalon

JUNE 11, 2021

And retailers are rushing to offer new fulfillment options, like “buy online, pick up in-store” (BOPIS), curbside pickups, cashless checkouts, drop-shipping, mobile shopping and more. Consumers expect to seamlessly interact with brands and retailers across multiple channels, such as brick-and-mortar, social media and e-commerce.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 16, 2022

If you don’t want the hassle of shipping, then go the BOPIS route: Buy Online Pickup In Store – customers love curbside. Place carts and baskets in key locations throughout the sales floor, not just near the door. Spinner racks located near the cash wrap work, too. Be prepared for markdowns and returns.

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Retail Adventures

OCTOBER 22, 2020

If you don’t want the hassle of shipping, then go the BOPIS route: Buy Online Pickup In Store – customers love curbside. Place carts and baskets in key locations throughout the sales floor, not just near the door. Spinner racks located near the cash wrap work, too. Be prepared for markdowns and returns.

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Retalon

APRIL 27, 2021

In effect, this means a reduction of total inventories, maximized sales, and reduced markdowns. Retail AI identifies the fulfillment options that balance customer satisfaction with the cost of shipping and handling by accounting for inventory levels, transportation costs, and other factors, in real-time.

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Retalon

JULY 4, 2018

Opening new stores can be expensive and risky, which is why many retailers have began connecting with their customers through Facebook, mobile apps, e-commerce stores, and pop-up/kiosk locations. Usually by purchasing more inventory they already have in other locations, or marking down inventory that is selling too slow.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2023

The report also noted that the most advanced AI solutions can realize savings by using analysis “to route online orders to stores with merchandise most likely to go on markdown while also considering the shipping cost.

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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. What can the retailer learn from and improve?

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

The debate over bricks (physical locations) versus clicks (online stores) has long centered on several key factors, including: – Cost efficiency. If you doubt the benefit of such a strategy, just consider the speed at which Amazon has started to acquire physical locations – over 500, including Wholefoods and book stores.

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Retalon

AUGUST 20, 2019

The debate over bricks (physical locations) versus clicks (online stores) has long centered on several key factors, including: – Cost efficiency. If you doubt the benefit of such a strategy, just consider the speed at which Amazon has started to acquire physical locations – over 500, including Wholefoods and book stores.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

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. Recently Amazon has caught a lot of attention claiming that they could now ship products before the customer even orders it.

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Retalon

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

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. Recently Amazon has caught a lot of attention claiming that they could now ship products before the customer even orders it.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

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. Recently Amazon has caught a lot of attention claiming that they could now ship products before the customer even orders it.

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Retalon

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

For example, global supply chains have long been: Overproducing goods in foreign factories with lax labor laws Monopolizing finite raw materials in Third World countries Relying on trade agreements to keep international shipping cheap Using just-in-time inventory practices, taking the resilience of supply chains for granted.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Physical locations will be critical to building and maintaining the flexibility demanded of retail supply chains, with stores now serving as fulfilment centres or distribution points. Gartner also says that half of the online orders are now handled by a store, through either click-and-collect or store fulfilment (ship-from-store). .

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Retail Prophet

JULY 18, 2022

If a single image has come to define the failure of global supply chains amid the Covid-19 crisis it’s that of the Ever Given – one of the world’s largest container ships – seized in a diagonal death grip inside the Suez Canal, heavy with more than twenty thousand units of cargo aboard. Slave laborers load cotton onto waiting ships.

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