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Macy’s Leaders Answer 6 Big Questions About the Company’s Future at NRF

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Spring described the plan as an opportunity to reimagine the Macy’s Inc. portfolio, and said hes pleased with the early results and plans to stay the course, despite some ongoing pushback from the shareholder peanut gallery. In 2016 and 2017 we had to do more diversification of our private brand development.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 327 Agentic Commerce

Retail Geek

As they wrap up this marathon double heaer episode, Jason and Scot discuss how perceptions of shopping are evolving, particularly distinguishing between needs fulfillment and the discovery process, and how AI agents could redefine these experiences in a retail context. But there’s a whole another genre of shopping that.

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Walmart Acquires Robotics Company to Boost Next-Gen Fulfillment Capabilities

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Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation , a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fulfillment centers (MFCs) since 2016. in a blog post.

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Rethinking Retail Fulfillment – the key to Navigating a Post-Brexit Supply Chain

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To overcome supply chain disruptions, many online retailers are already making changes to their existing fulfilment operations. Over one-third (37%) are assessing and implementing new technology solutions to increase supply chain efficiency, whilst 33% are splitting inventory to base fulfilment in existing UK and European facilities.

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Reports: Amazon Faces a 6-Day Worker Strike in April and a Class Action Lawsuit in the UK

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Amazon associates at a UK warehouse reportedly plan to strike for six days in April in a dispute over pay, according to Reuters. Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that Amazon uses its “Buy Box” to direct customers toward its own products and third-party items that use Amazon fulfillment services.

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Report: GameStop Closing Kentucky Distribution Center, Potentially Affecting Hundreds of Jobs

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GameStop is reportedly planning to close its Shepherdsville, Ky. The number of employees who worked at the facility is unavailable, but GameStop said it planned to employ 400 when it opened the warehouse in 2016. distribution center, according to a letter to employees seen by WDRB News.

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Academy Sports + Outdoors Expands Revionics Partnership to Optimize Customer-Centric Pricing

Retail TouchPoints

As part of the new multiyear agreement — which builds upon a partnership that started in 2016 — Academy will use the Revionics Base Price and Markdown solutions to not only optimize its pricing strategy but better manage inventory levels throughout the product lifecycle.

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