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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. For Hot Topic’s Young Customers, ‘It’s All About Breadth’ At Hot Topic, two factors put additional pressure on an already complicated supply chain.

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With Supply Chain Still in Flux, Executives Focus on Sustainability, Automation

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For almost as long as retail has existed, the supply chain has contentedly operated behind the curtain. But that all changed with the COVID pandemic, the ripple effects of which brought supply chains into the spotlight. Now the supply chain is a top consideration not just for retail executives but consumers as well.

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Alibaba Supply Chain Exec Recommends Futureproofing with AI, Blockchain and Crowdsourcing

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But the supply chain disruptions that it exacerbated have not fallen by the wayside as easily as disposable masks did, with the global movement of goods continuing to be impacted by one challenge after another — from war and terrorist attacks to drought. The COVID-19 pandemic has, for all intents and purposes, ended.

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Microsoft Leads the Charge to Help Retailers Harness Cloud Technology with New Industry Alliance

Retail TouchPoints

Resources will cover a broad spectrum of topics, including optimizing supply chains , creating personalized customer experiences , enhancing security and compliance , scaling operations and futureproofing retail.

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Embrace Business Complexity With Real-Time Inventory Data

Topics include: How accurate inventory visibility can help overcome the inherent complexities of a multi-variable product set, particularly for the in-store shopper How routing logic and network-driven fulfillment can optimize your supply chain for efficiency How a real-time view of inventory empowers both associates and customers

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4 Ways AI Can Support Business Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Retail TouchPoints interviewed experts in supply chain, brand strategy, commerce, and global expansion with an emphasis on building business stability and profitability. Unsurprisingly, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) were hot topics in these conversations.

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NRF to Debut Supply Chain Event in 2022

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Supply chains came under intense scrutiny with the advent of COVID-19 as new safety protocols, worker shortages in manufacturing countries and a range of shipping delays slowed the global movement of goods. Hal Lawton, President and CEO of Tractor Supply Company , will be the opening keynote speaker on Monday, June 20.