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Want to Know the Holiday Season’s Top Trends? Look at Back-to-School for Insight

Retail TouchPoints

This will help them prepare their omnichannel fulfillment operations and ensure items get to customers in the most efficient, and profitable, way possible. We have high demand and low supply, so there are fewer markdowns now,” Kotlyar added. “I That means communication with the consumer, not markdowns.

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Coles pockets $1 billion profit as Smarter Selling pays off

Inside Retail

per cent and in 2019 it was 3.4 As their Ocado automated fulfilment centres come on line, we can expect greater growth and penetration of online.”. In 2020, it was just 3.8 per cent ,” he said. Similarly, online liquor performed strongly, with 79 per cent sales growth to $110 million. “It IBISWorld indicated 13.7

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How Smaller Assortments, Lower Inventory Levels Can Maximize Post-COVID Success

Retail TouchPoints

By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.

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Preparing for the Rise in Online Retail Returns

Retail TouchPoints

Returns are increasing labor costs due to inspection and restocking time and often cause markdowns, out-of-stock and logistics expenses to increase. A 2019 study found that 46% of returns were attributed to the “wrong size, fit, or color.” Retailers can also create a return policy that avoids waste.

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Press Release: enVista brings Retalon’s AI to their Unified Commerce Solutions.

Retalon

Combining Retalon’s artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics tools with enVista’s cloud-native, Order Management System (OMS) will offer retailers an integrated solution to make smarter inventory and fulfillment decisions, resulting in increased revenue and profits. About Retalon: . appeared first on Retalon.

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Marks & Spencer’s Turnaround Strategy, Why it’s Working

Indigo 9 Digital

That means if there is slow moving merchandise the retailer doesn’t have to worry about taking markdowns to sell the inventory. Ocado is an online grocer and Marks & Spencer paid £750 million for a 50% stake in Ocado’s UK retail business in 2019. 57% of Amazon’s unit sales in come from third party sellers on its platform.

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Retailers: Leverage AI For A Greener Planet And Greener Financial Statements

Retalon

And retailers are rushing to offer new fulfillment options, like “buy online, pick up in-store” (BOPIS), curbside pickups, cashless checkouts, drop-shipping, mobile shopping and more. Increased Carbon Footprint: The shift to “next-day” e-commerce has increased the logistics associated with fulfilling an order and accepting returns.