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Solutions Designed for Retail Associates Need to Keep the Customer Experience in Mind

Retail TouchPoints

Ideally, these apps also should contribute to a better in-store shopper experience. Understaffing contributes to theft and shrinkage in general, but it also creates an increasingly impersonal feeling for offline shopping ,” said Nick Kramer, Leader of Applied Solutions at SSA & Co. in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Smart supply chains tackle labour, inventory and fulfilment challenges

Inside Retail

This can lead to inconsistencies in fulfilment and customer experience. Ferags Skyfall pouch sorter can be pre-sorted at the distribution centre to align with store-specific requirements. Shrinkage remains a significant issue, often exacerbated by limited visibility across the supply chain.

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Investing in Security: How Physical Barriers Protect your Bottom Line

Retail TouchPoints

Retail chains across the country have even reported missing quarterly earnings expectations due to inventory shrinkage, highlighting a crisis that affects businesses of all sizes. Jeff Chevalier is SVP at Metro Door, a TrueSource and OnPoint Group Company and partner to more than half of the U.S. In 2023, U.S.

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Rethinking Pricing: How Dynamic Markdowns can Combat Food Insecurity

Retail TouchPoints

is at an all-time high, with one in four Americans struggling to afford basic groceries due to rising food costs – a situation only exacerbated by inflation. Dynamic markdowns present a fairer solution in the current economic downturn, benefiting both retailers and customers alike. Food insecurity in the U.S.

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The productivity revolution: Transforming retail operations to combat inflation

Inside Retail

The competitive edge By cultivating deep operational excellence capabilities at every level from the executive suite to the front line businesses can unlock transformative value. In our experience, operational excellence programs deliver measurable improvements across retailers’ balanced scorecards: Customer satisfaction: +7 per cent.

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Don’t Blame Shrinkage: Why Poor Digital Strategy Might Be Responsible for Retail Uncertainty

365 Retail

Don’t Blame Shrinkage: Why Poor Digital Strategy Might Be Responsible for Retail Uncertainty While retail is a cyclical industry, it’s important to be honest about transformations, negative and positive, in the industry. Imagine an employee at an outdoor store, Tina. Certainly, these elements make an impact.

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Video is Not Just for Security Cams Anymore

Retail TouchPoints

A worldwide pandemic kept shoppers hunkered down at home and out of malls and stores for two years. The expected bounce-back has, at best, developed slowly. Many more products and services have become available at varying price points. Retail has suffered a string of setbacks in recent years.