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Leveraging Voice-Directed Picking to Optimize Multichannel Fulfillment

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The pressures on retailers to seamlessly fulfill orders across physical stores, online platforms and mobile apps continue to intensify. Reduce Return Volumes Accuracy is essential in order fulfillment, and errors can quickly erode customer trust. Orgill , the worlds largest independently owned hardlines distributor, achieves 99.6%

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JCPenney and Jamey Perry Launch Fashionable Adaptive Apparel Line

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JCPenney has partnered with disabled writer and athlete Jamey Perry on a line of fashionable, functional apparel for women who use wheelchairs. The Jamey Perry for JCPenney line joins adaptive apparel lines for children and adults offered by the retailer since 2021 that include Liz Claiborne, Izod, St. John’s Bay and Thereabouts.

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Sneaker and Sportswear Ecommerce: the ‘Non-Luxury’ Luxury Apparel Leader 

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From high-end luxury brands like Balenciaga and Gucci focusing much of their stock offering on sneaker apparel to High Street stores like Walmart offering budget-friendly options, sneakers and sportswear is big business for brands.

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Q4 Roundup: Amazon and Target’s Success Spotlights Fulfillment Prowess, Stores or no Stores

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Fulfillment was a key driver during the ecommerce-driven final quarter of 2020. Amazon will remain the retailer to beat, but fulfillment strategies like buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside are only becoming more important. Omnichannel and Store-Based Fulfillment Are Bigger Than Ever.

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Shein Picks Amazon’s Backyard for New U.S. Fulfillment Hub

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fulfilment and logistics, furthering the company’s ongoing effort to localize fulfillment and support speedier delivery times for American customers. Fulfillment and Logistics at Shein in a statement. Discount shopping app Shein has announced plans to open a Seattle-area office as it continues to expand its U.S.

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Navigating the Tariff Era: A Strategic Roadmap for Retailers

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imposed tariffs on more than $350 billion worth of Chinese imports, impacting everything from furniture to apparel and footwear. In 2018, more than one-third of apparel imports flowing into the U.S. -China trade war of 2018-2019 offers a cautionary tale about the far-reaching consequences of tariffs. During this period, the U.S.

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Shuttered Zulily Taps Gordon Brothers to Handle Sale of Inventory and Fulfillment Center Assets

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Zulily Group has engaged the advisory firm Gordon Brothers to sell off more than $85 million of inventory and the assets of its two fulfillment centers following the online retailer’s decision late last year to shut down. Screenshot of the Zulily website from December 2023 highlighting the going-out-of-business sale.