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Is Uber the Next UPS?

Retail TouchPoints

This particular deal comes at a time of volatility in retail logistics, particularly as another ecommerce-heavy holiday season approaches. Salesforce expects rising demand, continued COVID restrictions and growing container costs to generate $163 billion in added costs for companies along the retail supply chain during the holidays.

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Direct-to-consumer retail is about dynamism, as well as data

365 Retail

Melissa Minkow, Director, Retail Strategy at digital consultancy, CI&T. The company has been steadily culling its roster of retail partners since 2017, and recently withdrew from major fashion retailers like Urban Outfitters to focus on online growth, brick-and-mortar expansion, and customer proximity. Flexible supply chains.

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Customer returns: Five fundamentals to recoup revenue

365 Retail

of global sales in 2017, to 21% in 2022. Here, we outline five fundamental approaches to building an efficient returns strategy to recoup at-risk revenue. Retailers should be using an inventory management platform that provides a real-time overview of their stock. Place Sustainability at the Heart of Your Returns Process.

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