Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Ever visited a retail customer service desk looking for a specific item and been told “The system says there are three in stock, but if they aren’t on the shelf, we don’t know where they are.”? Most shoppers have been in this frustrating position at least once (and most retailers, daily). Get visibility into buying velocity.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For retailers relying on critical IT systems to support both in-store and ecommerce sales, outages from significant weather events can have a big impact on business. As digital IT infrastructure has evolved, the hardware and software tools available to protect these assets also have advanced to help retailers maintain their balance.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Siman Group , which operates 15 large department stores across Central America, has deployed an item-level RFID solution that has raised its inventory accuracy levels from the 65% to 70% range up to 95%. The solution also supports omnichannel offerings such as BOPIS by transforming how Siman tracks inventory across the chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2023

But is there anything your retail business can do to profit from AI? Retailers and brands spend weeks or months mapping new products and catalogs to online channels. With AI, those challenges disappear, allowing retailers to more quickly onboard new brands. When it comes to ecommerce, the answer is a resounding “yes.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

At the same time, retailers are harkening back to a time in the not-so-distant past when holding too much inventory was considered an unforgivable sin. In traditional retail, you always want to minimize your inventory holding costs to avoid paying for something you might not be able to sell.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2022

Supply chain software provider ToolsGroup aims to help retailers plan and optimize sourcing and stock with the ToolsGroup Localized Assortment Planning and Allocation solution. Mi9 Retail Demand Management, which became part of ToolsGroup in November 2021, offers additional assortment planning and dynamic allocation capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

Amid rising costs and fears of a looming recession, however, online retailers are finding they can no longer afford the level of generosity that customers have come to expect. retailers were revisiting their returns policies as of late 2022. With numbers like these, it’s no wonder that most U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Shoppers’ retail preferences will be unlike anything we’ve seen even just a year ago. These four emerging trends elevate the urgency for supply chain execs to move distributed order management (DOM) to the top of their lists. #1: 1: Retailers are testing brands, hiding the parent brand. It’s still retail, but it’s not.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2023

Academy Sports + Outdoors will extend its use of Revionics’ pricing intelligence software. Revionics software allows Academy to take a customer-centric and data-driven approach to pricing,” said Govind Madhu, SVP Merchandise Planning and Allocation at Academy in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2022

enter new geographies and develop its store and inventory management software application suite, StoreOS. The technology aims to enable frictionless checkout, real-time inventory tracking and other technologies. “By The investment was led by Singapore investment firm Temasek and 83North.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tens of thousands of retail professionals from all over the world will fill New York City’s Javits Center for Retail’s Big Show from Jan. Other retail execs sharing their secrets and success stories represent brands including Crocs, Claire’s, Sephora, Pacsun, The Vitamin Shoppe and L.L.Bean. 13 to 16, 2024.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 22, 2023

Australian manufacturers are dangerously overstocked, carrying an average $231,700 in additional products or ingredients, according to research from inventory management software provider Unleashed. Comparing, say, beverages and construction, you’re often looking at very different inventory models.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

The past few years have been a rollercoaster ride for the retail industry. A survey from this year’s World Retail Congress suggests that the uncertain times aren’t over for the industry. A survey from this year’s World Retail Congress suggests that the uncertain times aren’t over for the industry.

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Walmart is utilizing a machine-learning algorithm, which incorporates weather patterns and historical sales data, to predict the inventory needs of its 4,700 U.S. This software, developed in 2019, reflects innovative approaches retailers are taking to streamline inventory management.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 3, 2023

The retail industry is constantly evolving, and as we head into 2023, there are plenty of exciting technology trends to look out for. In 2023, we can expect to see a deeper integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the world of retail. Retail workers have access to information about products, promotions, and pricing instantly.

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Shopify

APRIL 25, 2024

Find out how effective 3PL inventory management can scale your retail business. Learn benefits, top software solutions, and best practices.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

By necessity, retailers are most concerned with the present day: they have to make sales and engage customers in the moment, no matter what channel they’re operating in. But retail executives also need to prepare for the future (no mean feat in an era of rapid and unexpected change).

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

The retailer will test inventory management technology in a sixth store. In addition to supporting its employees during the current labor shortage, Vallarta will use the robots to gather real-time inventory data, an important capability as retail continues to grapple with supply chain challenges.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Retailers need to ensure shoppers always have access to the product they want, where they want it, or else they risk losing loyalty in a difficult environment. Advanced RFID capabilities have been implemented in 40 stores and the retailer is in the process of rolling them out chainwide. But if you look at sizes, that varies a lot.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Connecting the world of physical objects into a smart network, IoT technology brings new business opportunities for retailers and provides data-driven insights for decision-makers. According to Grand View Research , the global IoT retail market was valued at $42.38 Inventory management. from 2023 to 2030.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2021

Zebra Technologies will acquire antuit.ai , a provider of AI-powered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions designed to assist with forecasting and merchandising in the retail and CPG industries. will serve as the planning and demand forecasting module within Zebra’s retail software portfolio.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2023

For consumer-packaged goods (CPG) brands wanting to lead their category at major retailers, it’s critical to be strategic and adaptable with a logistics strategy. While many brands try to shave pennies off transactional transportation costs, that won’t drive long-term success in retail locations. on-time in-full. on-time in-full.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The rollout of 5G has the potential to transform the retail industry by ushering in a new era of connectivity and experience. The advancements it supports should alleviate many of the challenges that retailers have endured during the pandemic. By creating deeper, personalized experiences, retailers will be able to increase sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

Retailers embracing Generative AI can stay ahead of the curve and compete in this ever-changing competitive landscape — enabling them to lead with a customer-first approach while operating with more efficiency. With AI, retailers can easily generate full-sentence product descriptions when they are creating items in their inventory.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2021

For Vietnamese retail management firm Au Chau Fashion and Cosmetic Company (ACFC) , the rapid adoption of online shopping spurred by COVID-19 store closures offered an opportunity to beef up the omnichannel experience across its suite of international brands. . ”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

While it’s often lumped into the “retailer” category, clearly that is no longer Amazon’s core identifier. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2022

The solution provider aims to meet the needs of modern, digitally connected retailers by offering solutions across shopper experience, inventory intelligence, loss prevention and operational effectiveness. Sensormatic Solutions has launched an enhanced Sensormatic IQ platform and transformative services.

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Retail Smart Guys

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Inventory management is a critical aspect of running a successful small business. Efficient inventory tracking not only helps you meet customer demand but also minimizes costs and maximizes profitability. Start with an Organized System Establishing a well-organized inventory system is the foundation of effective tracking.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

In an era of fierce competition to attract consumers’ tightening budgets, customer experience has become the key edge retailers can deploy to stand above the competition. In this day and age, that is pretty much every Australian retailer. In this day and age, that is pretty much every Australian retailer.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In the last several years, retailers have increased the speed with which they have built online and mobile app presence. With this evolution into digital sales and the increased use of data mining, retailers are facing unprecedented challenges in digital security.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2023

With the help of ChatGPT and Bard, the hype around generative AI has soared over the past few months, with experts shouting daily from the mountaintops about its potential to revolutionize the retail industry. One of the most common examples of AI in the retail industry today is in the use of chatbots to provide customer support.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2023

We’ve grown accustomed to these various retail touch points, and as a result, we’ve started to notice omnichannel inconsistencies that might never have occurred to us before — raising our own expectations of our favorite brands and retailers. For example, say you try on a white button-down in-store. Here’s how.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Established retailers exploring how a marketplace model would best fit into their business strategy have a common question — what’s the difference between dropship and marketplace fulfillment that utilizes third-party sellers, and how can it benefit their business? The answer is, quite a lot.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

A well-crafted data strategy is the elixir to growth, especially for fast-growing brands with a strong omnichannel strategy,” Lisbona said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. In 2019, Touchland closed deals with notable retail partners like Urban Outfitters , Bloomingdale’s and Neiman Marcus.

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Retail Assist

APRIL 3, 2024

Join us at the Retail Technology Show 2024 on 24 th and 25 th April to discover how Retail Assist can help you to unlock the potential of your retail operations. IT Help Desk : Get support and assistance across your retail estate, ensuring seamless operations. Visit us at stand 5F25! Book a meeting with us!

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

The fundamental shift in retail toward blended digital commerce has created several hurdles for retailers still clinging to traditional blueprints. Modern Warehouse and Production Management Systems for Product Customization. Distributed Order Management Technology for a Unified Customer Experience.

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