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. Meanwhile, with traditional dropshipping, the goods will ship blind, without any marketing material that reveals the identity of the supplier.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Great product diversity, changing consumer demands, and the expansion of e-commerce have turned inventory management into a major pain point for retailers. Poor inventory management results in overstocking and under-stocking, impaired cash flow, and losses from theft and spoilage. Here are some reasons why: 1.

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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

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 Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This helps retailers optimise inventory levels, staffing, and promotions for smoother operations and waste reduction. Predictive analytics provides retailers with a data-driven approach to demand planning and inventory management. AI robotics and warehouse automation can significantly improve order fulfilment speed and accuracy.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

In recent years, robotics has emerged as a transformative force in global retail, and the Australian market is noexception. Walmarts use of robots: Walmart has deployed robots in many of its stores for tasks like scanning shelves for inventory management, cleaning floors, and sorting deliveries in backrooms.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Digital transformation has emerged as a necessity for businesses to stay competitive and thrive in the modern market. It involves integrating digital tools and processes across all aspects of the business, from product development and marketing to sales and customer service.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 13, 2025

IoT and Smart Inventory Management The Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionising inventory management. This not only minimises inventory shortages but also prevents overstocking, ensuring optimal product availability. Robotics and Automation in Retail Automation is becoming revolutionary in retail.

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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 TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

-based sellers exported more than 216 million products to customers in other markets through the platform. Here’s a look at how Amazon is moving even further away from the domain of retailer with the debut of new services in supply chain management, shipping, banking, market research, product development, inventory management and more.

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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. Can you fulfill the orders in a timely manner?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

Let’s dive into some small ideas that can help tackle big goals: 1) Think Big: Increase customer engagement with more interactive marketing. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

Create agile contingency plans and pivot swiftly in response to market fluctuations. To keep pace with constantly shifting market conditions and priorities, companies must utilize foundational data for a nimble supply chain system that doesnt need a long implementation cycle or extensive onboarding time.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2025

Retailers must balance speed with sustainability by leveraging predictive analytics, improving product descriptions, offering tiered delivery options, and optimising fulfilment strategies to manage return volumes efficiently. This is a key focus for retailers like Intersport.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

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. This real-time visibility allows businesses to optimise stock levels, prevent stockouts and fulfil orders efficiently.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

Building an online presence starts with a well-designed website supported by an effective digital marketing plan. Digital Marketing. While you are no doubt familiar with brand marketing, online customer acquisition is a whole different animal. Fulfillment and Returns. Web Design & Development. Building a Tech Stack.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The research shows that, when setting KPIs for suppliers, retailers are prioritising time to market (44 percent), fulfilling order quantities (30 percent) and packaging compliance (18 percent). Pre-retail logistics and compliance with retailer KPIs often proves a challenge for suppliers because of manual processes.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2025

Aldi uses the same technology to help employees more quickly fulfill curbside pickup orders. A serial entrepreneur, software engineer, and former ecommerce vendor who lived retail and performance based marketing pains and is now democratizing clean advertising and data privacy. Here in the U.S.,

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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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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the bustling holiday shopping season nearing, many brands have spent the last several months assessing their operational strengths and weaknesses, particularly in logistics and fulfillment. Oftentimes, these hinge on the synergy between a brand and its third-party logistics (3PL) provider.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

To say everyone is worn out is probably an understatement, and by all accounts marketers in particular are feeling the pressure — a staggering 70% of marketing executives said the pandemic has left them “completely exhausted,” according to a new report from Accenture Interactive. Forget About Personalization, Focus on Relevancy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2021

Jon Elder gives credit where it’s due: selling on the Amazon Marketplace and using Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) services offer brands enormous opportunities. (Of The combination of access to many millions of potential customers and the warehousing, fulfillment and returns services bundled under FBA is a powerful one, according to Elder.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2025

Target also plans to modernize its core inventory management system with AI-powered technology designed to improve reliability and reduce out-of-stocks.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

So let’s have a look at ‘last mile fulfilment’ and two areas in particular that are delivering significant efficiencies and cost reductions for businesses. Product Information Management (PIM) and automation “deliver immense value for businesses that need to scale and support efficient growth across numerous markets”.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

It’s changed how we think about going to market, and how important our [physical] retail channel is when we’re trying to attract new customers,” Conti said. Being prepared for this is critical during sales events, as a customer frustrated by an order not being fulfilled is unlikely to just switch channels – they’ll likely switch brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2023

Go to market in minutes. They can also dramatically shorten time-to-market to sell more products across more ecommerce channels, all with a scalable model designed to drive profitable growth. Empower intelligent inventory management. Today’s inventory management teams host a large volume of commerce transaction data.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Enhanced Inventory Management Effective inventory management is vital for retail success. A centralized database provides retailers with a comprehensive view of stock levels across all stores, warehouses, and online platforms, allowing them to make informed decisions regarding inventory replenishment and distribution.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

The pandemic’s disruption of the retail industry has driven a lot of change over the past 15 months, from an increase in online shopping to the rapid adoption of omnichannel fulfillment options. After all, they will be the ones to bring to life in-store pickup, ship-from-store fulfillment, the endless aisle and other omnichannel experiences.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2022

Retailers are now investing significant resources into logistics, deploying the latest inventory management systems, automating warehouses and hiring hundreds of hardworking staff in an effort to pick, pack and ship online orders as quickly as possible. Using this stock to fulfil online orders is known as ship-from-store. .

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2024

Early use cases for AI in retail include inventory management, dynamic pricing, customer service chatbots, loss prevention and personalized marketing. AI in Marketing: Creating Compelling, Engaging Content at Scale AI has revolutionized content marketing for retailers. That’s just the beginning, though.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 13, 2023

For retailers selling products online across multiple markets on- and off-shore, selecting shipping partners can be a significant pain point in time, cost and convenience. We save our customers time, trouble and money on all their shipping needs,” explains Nicholas Woodward, country manager for Pack & Send Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2024

As this data becomes product information and data-driven content that must answer customers’ questions, fulfill their desires, and lead to sales, better data makes all the difference. What to Look for in a Data Management Hub A user-friendly interface. Customizable controls.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 10, 2022

Developing and refining strategies within the following five action areas can help secure and fortify positioning on the digital shelf: Connect products to more channels Market at the right time Sell wherever consumers shop Optimise every channel Fulfil customer expectations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Details matter, from the initial landing page to order fulfillment through to delivery and aftercare. The AI boom shows no sign of slowing down, with a global market value projected to grow to more than $500 billion this year. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way brands connect with their customers.

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