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Is Your Fulfillment Strategy Healthy Enough to Keep Pace with Customer Expectations?

Retail TouchPoints

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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As the Holidays Approach, it’s Time to Rethink Retail Pricing Methodology…and AI Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

Add it all up and it’s clear that the timing duration, and location of holiday shopping is not like the old days. In this kind of shopping environment, how should retailers align their promotions and markdowns for the greatest impact? Ending the Tradition of Blanket Markdowns Enter this year’s holiday shopper.

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Mejuri Leverages Real-Time Profitability Data to Inform Decision-Making

Retail TouchPoints

SoundCommerce allows us to track the exact impact of these variables on our profitability as we make real-time decisions regarding assortment, promotions, inventory, marketing and fulfillment.” SoundProfit 360 collects and processes revenue and cost data in real time from every system across the enterprise,” explained Best. “It

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Meet the new online outlet mall targeting Gen Z and millennial consumers

Inside Retail

Another differentiator between TheDOM.com and existing discount platforms is the fact that it aims to consolidate all off-price activity in one location. From tactical promotions, to markdowns, to engineered lines – similar to what you might see in an outlet mall, for example – all the way through to clearance,” Seskin said. “If

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Excess inventory weighing you down? Get the most out of your stock now

Inside Retail

Another is markdowns. Ramp up their fulfilment capacity and use them as mini distribution centres. But with Ship from Store you can fulfil online orders from your entire pool of inventory, enabling you to sell more at higher margins, deliver faster and get more value from your in-store inventory – while also mitigating risk.

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Let’s Move from Fast Promising to Smart Promising

Retail TouchPoints

And although omnichannel fulfillment is growing in importance, they still want to drive offline sales and bring people into the store, while also minimizing the impact of shipping costs on their bottom line. Today’s promise engines have gotten smarter about transit time, carrier rates, inventory location and other factors.

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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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