Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2021

For Vietnamese retail management firm Au Chau Fashion and Cosmetic Company (ACFC) , the rapid adoption of online shopping spurred by COVID-19 store closures offered an opportunity to beef up the omnichannel experience across its suite of international brands. .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

But everyone is talking about brand delivered, brand fulfilled, e-concessions and digital concessions. During Covid, retailers and brands placed more inventory online. And, of course, for the marketplace, it reduces the risk of carrying inventory that might not sell. The post Dropshipping: Fashion’s favourite fulfilment method?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The youth fashion and lifestyle brand is tapping Cart.com ’s logistics expertise and order and inventory management capabilities to support all its U.S. fulfillment operations. Like many retailers, Pacsun is focusing on efficiency — and that means getting products to customers as quickly and easily as possible.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

D Cloud inventory management platform throughout 162 stores, with the objective of increasing accuracy throughout the supply chain. We can now use our stores as mini-DCs and use stock from the shop floor and back-of-house for web order fulfillment as well.”. Scotch & Soda will deploy Nedap’s !D

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery. The space will allow the retailer to stage inventory, satisfy merchandise pickup and delivery and fulfill store-based and ecommerce orders.

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Retail Pro

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Retailers face REAL and costly problems due to inventory inaccuracy – and it’s getting worse as retailers attempt to use store inventory to fulfill online orders for pickup or shipments.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Amazon is creating a $1 billion venture investment program, the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund (AIIF), with the goal of supporting innovation in customer fulfillment, logistics and the supply chain. Amazon is primarily interested in robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy and other emerging technologies. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

By integrating this new system into fulfillment spaces, Ikea’s operations will “run continuously,” the company shared in an announcement. Ikea has invested heavily in technology to streamline order fulfillment and improve inventory operations, even in stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As a result, the 74% of merchants that saw their store operations budgets increase between 2023 and 2024 had to figure out the best way to allocate this money toward a wide-ranging set of needs, from new in-store technology and inventory management solutions to employee training and engagement initiatives.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 21, 2024

When UK and Irish discount book, games and toy retailer The Works set out to improve the accuracy and efficiency of its inventory management across its stores it turned to Zebra Technologies to revolutionise its back-end management system. Customers want immediate fulfilment.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By my recollection, the world of flexible fulfillment hit an inflection point about 15 years ago. It was at that point that putting the technology and operations in place to fulfill from an increasingly complex supply chain network embarked upon its next frontier. Let’s start with demand forecasting and inventory deployment.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable. Sophisticated Automation. System Automation.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As the Black Friday 2024 shopping frenzy approaches, Australian retailers are gearing up for their biggest challenge yet – managing skyrocketing demand while staying efficient. Whenever we need a more efficient fulfilment solution, ShipStation’s support team is ready with helpful suggestions,” says Jen from Subo. The key to thriving?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Blue Yonder has launched two solutions – Warehouse Execution System (WES) and Adaptive Fulfillment & Warehousing — designed to speed up digitalization in both warehousing and micro-fulfillment operations. Additionally, it offers integration with parcel and last-mile delivery providers for final delivery confirmation.

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I Vend

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This lack of inventory costs retailers an estimated up to 8% of revenue in lost sales. iVend Retail Inventory Management Inventory management drives store efficiency and customer experience. Read about iVend’s smart retail technology for inventory management.

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Retail Smart Guys

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

When it comes to inventory management, it’s easy to get lost in spreadsheets, logistics, and technology. People skills in inventory management play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient flow of goods, maintaining team morale, and fostering strong customer relationships.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2023

GoBolt ’s Merchant Portal is a web-based app with a suite of features designed to enable retailers to manage their orders, inventory and shipments more effectively so they can stay on top of their fulfillment and delivery operations and make better informed decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology. Many in the online grocery industry still operate fulfillment at a very rudimentary technical level.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In internal fulfillment, the business handles the complete process of storing, packing and shipping. The company must have a warehouse to keep its inventory, and a logistics team to manage the goods for storing, ordering and shipping directly to stores/distributors or customers. Each option has its benefits and disadvantages.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

Retailers are grappling with ever-multiplying channels, and managing disparate touchpoints while trying to create a seamless, excellent omnichannel experience. This is a comprehensive approach that extends beyond online sales to encompass various critical aspects of retail operations, with inventory management and pricing at its core.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

To meet these demands and elevate its fulfilment strategy, Freedom partnered with Shippit , ANZ’s leading commerce delivery platform, and Fluent Commerce’s Distributed Order Management System (OMS), Fluent Order Management. Shippit has allowed us to be more agile in our fulfilment, especially in New Zealand,” said Rich.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Single- or even two-warehouse fulfillment approaches force brands to choose between 1. To meet consumer expectations, brands are designing flexible, dynamic fulfillment strategies to deliver at the speed and cost consumers demand. Rise of Omnichannel Fulfillment. Is your inventory going to expand?

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 11, 2022

Do you know how to manage your inventory as effectively as possible? What are the inventory management best practices? If you can’t answer these questions, it’s time to reconsider how you manage your inventory. Counting inventory in manageable segments can make things easier for you.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Simon Properties is partnering with Dropit to bring omnichannel inventory management and fulfillment capabilities to its facilities. “Simon’s commitment to shaping the future of retail aligns perfectly with our pursuit of technological innovation,” said Karin Cabili, Founder and CEO of Dropit in a statement.

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I Vend

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

We can see the importance of inventory management during the three key stages of the holiday season: Preparation – before the holiday season rush, retailers need to plan and forecast to ensure they know what is most likely to sell, via which channel and in which stores. What is the role of hand-held devices in inventory management?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

Taking steps now to prepare your warehouse for the increase in orders and to ensure fulfillment processes are optimized is essential to make your ecommerce peak season a success. Having adequate inventory to ship is job one for any ecommerce business. Fulfillment operations have become more complex as order size continues to grow.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Perhaps most importantly, “a decade ago, very few of you were using things like Amazon Advertising, Amazon Lending and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and things like Brand Registry, Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Seller University and even Amazon Accelerate didn’t exist,” said Mehta at the event.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lululemon is in the process of rolling out a cloud-based RFID inventory management solution to its 600+ stores globally that will help the retailer optimize its in-store product assortments. Having a fully mobile cloud solution in our stores greatly contributes to this experience.

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Inside Retail

JULY 22, 2021

Having a centralised fulfilment centre for stores replaces our historical push model, and will result in improved inventory management, reduced markdowns and maximised sell-through whilst also producing significant efficiencies in our online fulfilment operations.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

4) Think Big: Improve supply chain and inventory management. Act small: Add a feature to your website allowing customers to search inventory availability in local store locations. 5) Thing Big: Improve order fulfillment. This gives consumers an additional element of control in their online buying experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

The increased volume of single-item orders has pushed them to introduce software tools such as a warehouse management system (WMS) to help satisfy demand while maintaining profitability. Another factor driving the adoption of WMS in ecommerce is the growing trend for retailers to offload online order fulfillment to distribution partners.

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Independent Retailer

AUGUST 1, 2022

Having insufficient stock to fulfill demand results in missed sales, causes reputational damage, and sends customers to competitors. Having insufficient stock to fulfill demand results in missed sales, causes reputational damage, and sends customers to competitors. Common Inventory Management Headaches.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 19, 2022

Are you too busy to take care of order fulfillment in your eCommerce business? If your answer to these questions is YES, then partnering with a third-party fulfillment provider can be the right strategy to go ahead. What is an eCommerce Fulfillment Service? Most fulfillment companies also manage customer returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

A tech stack is the ecosystem of hardware and software platforms needed to manage the DTC order fulfillment process from end to end. Since your WMS must integrate with all of these systems, an experienced third party logistics (3PL) and fulfillment provider can help recommend the right components and partners for your type of business.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2023

Today, 76% of the products customers order are fulfilled from facilities within their region, Amazon said, and as a result the company said it expects 2023 will be the fastest year yet for customers in terms of delivery speed.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2024

Even though many shopping malls have been going through an “identity crisis,” Simon has been working to enhance the customer experience at its centers, using Dropit to offer omnichannel inventory management and fulfillment capabilities in September 2023 and equipping “helper elves” with ChatGPT 4.0-powered

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Applying this practice, retailers can proactively troubleshoot stockouts and delays to ensure that customers’ orders can still be fulfilled to their satisfaction in a timely manner. In manufacturing, product substitution can be a valuable tool for optimizing inventory management.

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