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The new trend in retail is hyper-efficiency

Inside Retail

With automation and artificial intelligence (AI) going from nice-to-haves to must-haves, industry experts now expect to see at least 70 per cent of retailers adopting AI in the next two years. Recently, Walmart reported an earnings increase of 2.8 per cent, thanks to AI and automated processes. Efficiency redefined.

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Analysis: Retailers turn to robots in cost inflation fight

Inside Retail

At a vast warehouse in the southern Dutch city of Roosendaal, automated cranes and driverless vehicles silently stack clothes for the French and Italian stores of retailer Primark, reducing the need for hard-to-come-by labour. Now tight labour markets, rising wages and consumer spending pressure are forcing the industry to go further.

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

Rangeme

While retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers have had to grapple with COVID-19 and digital transformation, now they must also manage reduced capacity along the global supply chain, hampering holiday sales success. From Amazon to Walmart, here’s how college tuition became the hot corporate benefit. 1 Unglesbee, Ben.

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Decoding the Algorithms of Amazon: Understanding How Consumer Demand Impacts Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

It’s hard to remember, but before the roads were filled with Amazon trucks delivering our packages in two days or less, we used to drive to the store to shop for what we needed. Brick-and-mortar stores teamed up with brands to determine the optimal placement and positioning of products to entice consumers and their wallets.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 289 – ShipBob Co-Founder and CEO Dhruv Saxena

Retail Geek

Scot: [4:24] Very cool so it’s interesting because this kind of parallels a lot of a lot of companies in e-commerce they start with people building e-commerce stores and then they’re like, this part of it stinks I’m just going to focus on solving this so what is your original e-commerce store do.