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Sensing, Not Seeing, with Vision AI as Retail’s Crystal Ball for the Future

Retail TouchPoints

As a result, they are organizing the back-of-house environment in an efficient way that allows them to fulfill orders efficiently and accurately. They need the ability to install and have optimally running tech solutions that require minimal maintenance, which deploying at the edge can support.

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‘Retail is a combination of creativity and analytics’: H&M’s Linda Li 

Inside Retail

Since joining H&M in 2014, Li has worked her way through several different roles at the Swedish-born accessories and apparel brand, including merchandising, store development and e-commerce, to her job as head of customer activation and marketing for H&M Americas.

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Non-Alcoholic Brand Boisson Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Closes all Stores

Retail TouchPoints

While this is certainly disappointing, taking these actions will allow the company the opportunity to put forth a restructuring plan aimed to focus on the wholesale distribution and ecommerce divisions, which continue to operate, accepting and fulfilling orders without interruption.”

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The Waste Management Challenge of the Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

The holiday season brings a surge in shopping, both in-store and online. From mountains of packaging to returned products that may contain hazardous materials, management of returned, damaged or expired products becomes increasingly complex and voluminous during the holidays and post-holiday season.

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What the metaverse means for retail and consumer goods

Inside Retail

Create virtual planograms for associates to collaborate on core store-visualisation tasks such as merchandising, store layout and seasonal updates. Industrial. Digital Twins.

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Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains? What you offer [in terms of fast fulfillment], and to whom, is very important. What kinds of pressures do these demands put on them? To provide a 99.5% Retailers have to right-size consumer expectations.

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How Woodman’s Markets is Harnessing In-Store ‘Anti-COVID Robots’

Retail TouchPoints

The robots also provide location data down to four-foot sections, which Woodman’s Markets will use to empower associates when it comes to fulfilling online orders and stocking shelves. In addition to finding misplaced displays, the robots can detect pricing mistakes and sale price discrepancies.

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