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Leveraging Voice-Directed Picking to Optimize Multichannel Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

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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How Amazon plans to disrupt the grocery sector by merging choice and convenience

Inside Retail

However, at last week’s Delivering the Future event in Nashville, Tennessee, the retail giant announced major plans to combine choice and convenience for its customers. This is how Amazon plans to deliver choice and convenience to consumers without compromising on speed or value.

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Ikea Plans 8 New Smaller-Format Stores in 2025

Retail TouchPoints

billion investment in omnichannel growth, the furniture retailer is planning seven new Plan and Order Point stores with pickup locations this year; the eighth store, in Santa Monica, Calif., The new Plan and Order Point stores will be located in Cherry Hill, Pa.; Building off a $2.2 will be solely a pickup point.

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Advance Auto Parts to Shutter 523 Stores, Exit 204 Independent Locations

Retail TouchPoints

compared to the same period the previous year, Advance Auto Parts (AAP) will close 523 corporate stores, exit 204 independent locations and shutter four distribution centers. APP is planning to open 60 of these market hub locations by mid-2027, as well as consolidating its distribution centers to 13 large facilities by 2026.

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Ross Stores Opens 40 New Locations, Fulfilling FY22 Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

Ross Stores has opened 28 Ross Dress for Less and 12 dd’s DISCOUNTS locations across 21 states during September and October, meeting its forecasted growth of opening nearly 100 stores during FY 2022, which ends Jan. billion in Q1 2021 to $4.3 billion in Q1 2022, which prompted the retailer to revise its forecast for the remainder of the year.

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Tractor Supply Grows Long-Term Store Goal to 3,200 Locations

Retail TouchPoints

plans to open approximately 100 new stores in 2025 as it moves toward its eventual goal of operating 3,200 locations 200 more stores than its previous target as part of its Life Out Here 2030 strategic vision. Tractor Supply Co. For its Q3 2024, which ended Sept. 28, 2024, Tractor Supply generated net sales of $3.47 billion , a 1.6%

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Aldi, Gelson’s and Hornbacher’s Connect ESLs to Instacart Product Picking Solution

Retail TouchPoints

Instacart also is planning to extend pick-to-light to its Caper Carts smart carts, which will enable customers to have shelf labels flash for items — whether from their shopping list or an ad or coupon they see — directly from their cart. “We locations in August 2024.