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Preparing Your Warehouse Operations for the Holiday Rush

Retail TouchPoints

There are a few key components to holiday preparedness: Plan ahead: It might sound elementary, but basic planning and preparation of your physical space will ensure that warehouse layout efficiency is maximized for the holiday season. Another basic planning tenet is ensuring ample supplies are ordered for peak season.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

Optimize inventory management: Like damaged products and shipping errors, theft can negatively impact retail inventory management. Aaron Stamm is a Retail Consultant at Acuity , which he joined in 2017, bringing with him more than 35 years of experience in a broad range of retail.

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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

In addition to this timing variation, over 60% of shoppers plan to do their browsing online, yet 85% expect to buy at least one product in a store. AI-driven demand planning using current sales data can recommend the best markdowns for a clean transition with the highest profitability given the current inventory levels at each location.

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In Push for a Turnaround at Kohl’s, Investor Group Nominates Nine Board Directors

Retail TouchPoints

Macellum Advisors GP , Ancora Holdings , Legion Partners Asset Management and 4010 Capital, together with their respective affiliates, are pushing the plan. billion in operating profit by 2017. The firms want the proposed new directors to push its turnaround plan. The investor group, which holds approximately 9.5%

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5 Things to Know About Amazon’s New ‘Style’ Clothing Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has announced plans for its first-ever physical fashion store — dubbed Amazon Style — which will feature women’s and men’s apparel, shoes and accessories. In mid-2021 rumors also surfaced of plans for large-footprint department stores , although Amazon hasn’t formally announced anything along these lines.

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How Woolies is using 2D barcodes to increase sales and transparency

Inside Retail

There are also other supply chain benefits for businesses including improved inventory management, recall readiness, sustainability, ethical sourcing and product authentication. Their journey began in 2017 with just loose produce. “At

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Imagine being able to see into the future

Inside Retail

Having a better understanding of what your customers want to buy and when could take the guesswork out of sales forecasting, inventory management or staff rostering. Additionally, each of the individual 12 spending categories will have its own index, based at 100 in July 2017. For more information please visit commbank.com.au/hsi