Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation , a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fulfillment centers (MFCs) since 2016. in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2025

Target has ambitious plans to drive an additional $15 billion in sales growth by 2030. The retailer revealed these long-term plans along with financial results of its 2024 fiscal year, which ended Feb. Targets net sales decreased by 0.8% compared to the previous year, falling from $107.4 billion to $106.6 Comparable sales rose 0.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2023

Walmart is reportedly eliminating hundreds of jobs at five ecommerce fulfillment centers, according to Reuters and CNBC. The affected fulfillment centers are located in Pedricktown, N.J.; Fort Worth, Texas; Chino, Calif.; Davenport, Fla.; and Bethlehem, Pa.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2024

Walmart has opened the fourth of five next-generation fulfillment centers in Greencastle, Pa., Walmart is paving the way for good jobs and great careers in the south-central Pennsylvania region with the Greencastle fulfillment center,” said Karisa Sprague, SVP, Fulfillment Network Operations for Walmart U.S. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The home improvement retailer also plans to open 10 to 15 stores per year for the next several years. The retailer is working with both new sellers and existing suppliers to populate its new marketplace, with plans to include products at a range of price points designed to appeal to both value-oriented and more affluent customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

I got a view of everything around Sephora; I got to see what it was like to do digital marketing, the ecommerce business, the forecasting and planning business,” Turley said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “I We’re all so conditioned for everything to be on-demand, and the impact is that you don’t plan,” she noted.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Athleisure brand Fabletics will adopt a suite of SaaS-based supply chain planning solutions from Blue Yonder , including demand planning, allocation and replenishment, merchandise financial planning and size scaling. The transformation will be supported by Blue Yonder partner Plantensive.

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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. As the technology is rolled out in more fulfillment sites, Ikea will test new features and capabilities. this summer.

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Postal Service has launched an online ecommerce catalog powered by Toys ‘R’ Us for the fulfillment of gifts in its Operation Santa program. With the launch of this new ecommerce platform, we’re making it simpler than ever to help fulfill wishes and spread holiday joy.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

But the merchant was suffering from a bit of an image problem that made it seem fusty and old-fashioned, a situation that led to a companywide turnaround plan initiated in 2020. In the words of Paula Mitchell, Digital General Manager, We wanted consumers to think of Freedom not as your mums brand but as your best friends brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Discount shopping app Shein has announced plans to open a Seattle-area office as it continues to expand its U.S. fulfilment and logistics, furthering the company’s ongoing effort to localize fulfillment and support speedier delivery times for American customers. Fulfillment and Logistics at Shein in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Amazon is rolling out new AI-powered technology across its warehouses to detect damaged goods in a bid to decrease the number of damaged items sent to customers and speed up the fulfillment process, The Wall Street Journal reports. MIT Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi, author of The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

For retailers, 3P commerce provides the ability to offer an increased selection of products and helps reduce the risks of managing fulfillment — an issue we saw firsthand with recent supply chain disruptions,” said Lou Keyes, CEO of Rithum in comments shared with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Walmart , which had announced plans to open four next-generation fulfillment centers in June 2022 , will build a fifth location scheduled to open in 2026 in Stockton, Calif. The 900,000-square-foot facility will help Walmart fulfill online orders for West Coast customers more quickly and efficiently. “In in a statement. “In

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 6, 2025

This, combined with Amazons dedicated focus on building a vast fulfilment network to underpin its delivery proposition, has allowed the brand to achieve the size and scale it has in the UK. Fulfilment expansion Amazon Australia is heavily investing in expanding its fulfilment capabilities in the local market.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2024

Amazon Australia plans to invest $490 million in opening two new fulfilment centres in Horsley Park, Western Sydney, with one to open later this year and the other by 2026. Once fully operational, the two fulfilment centres are expected to generate over 1000 local jobs. million large items. million large items.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Amazon will increase pay for hourly frontline workers in its transportation and fulfillment network by at least $1.50 Sam’s Club also increased compensation for hourly workers earlier this week , announcing a plan that will see associates’ wages rise faster within their pay range, increasing between 3% and 6% based on years of service.

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Retail Bound

MARCH 20, 2025

But Kickstarter fulfillment is where many projects run into trouble. If you approach your campaign with a well-planned fulfillment strategy, it will be much easier to keep backers happy, ward off unexpected costs, and set the stage for long-term success. People dont pay much attention to fulfillment when it goes well.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Morrisons will utilise long-standing tech partner Ocado’s fulfilment centres to help drive its move to more in-store fulfilment, as the bricks-and-mortar grocer reassesses its online grocery operations. Steiner said that the reduced pressure on the Erith fulfilment centre would allow Ocado’s online grocery arm to grow. “As

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

What Amazon plans to do next is grow, and how Herrington plans to do this boils down to two factors: delivery speed and what Herrington calls “ cost to serve; ” essentially, finding cheaper ways to be faster. fulfillment centers serving the whole country. fulfillment centers serving the whole country.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

Instacart has launched the Instacart Developer Platform (IDP) , a publicly available API program that will enable third-party companies to integrate Instacart’s fulfillment and delivery functionality into their websites and apps. for meal planning or cooking content, for example).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2025

Even if you’re a couture bride looking for a high-end gown or you’re on a budget and [planning] to get something on Amazon, at some point you’re going to encounter David’s Bridal because of the way people consume media in and around their wedding. Here’s how Davids plans to do it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 27, 2024

In its latest move to combat the growth of discount Chinese shopping apps Temu and Shein , Amazon is reportedly planning to add its own China-direct section, according to The Information. Amazon told Chinese sellers that it would start signing up merchants this summer and plans to begin accepting inventory in the fall.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

Zulily Group has engaged the advisory firm Gordon Brothers to sell off more than $85 million of inventory and the assets of its two fulfillment centers following the online retailer’s decision late last year to shut down. Screenshot of the Zulily website from December 2023 highlighting the going-out-of-business sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Amazon hasn’t formally announced its plans for this new Low-Cost Store, but The Information reports that Amazon plans to ship orders to the U.S. from a facility in Guangdong, China, and that it would charge sellers significantly lower fulfillment fees for items sold through the new storefront than items shipped domestically.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

Ikea stores, long known as warehouse-sized selling spaces scented with the wafting aroma of Swedish meatballs, have been shrinking and changing functions in recent months — including taking a bigger role in last mile fulfillment. It’s also giving you the opportunity to plan your space yourself, and then to buy.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These facilities are significantly smaller than traditional fulfillment centers but are designed to prepare items for immediate delivery — and Amazon is poised to expand from 45 same-day sites (as of 2019) to at least 150 in the next several years, according to MWPVL International. per package, compared to $1.75

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Another aspect of Ikeas strategy to enhance accessibility is the retailers plan to open eight new store locations, including seven new plan and order points with pickup in Cherry Hill, Pennsylvania; Hunt Valley, Maryland; Beaverton, Oregon; Scottsdale, Arizona; and three locations in California Thousand Oaks, Ontario, and Colma.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

That transformative impact fulfills The North Faces goals for the flagship location, which opened on Londons Regent Street in late March 2024. In October 2022 The North Face unveiled a five- year expansion plan that will add 300 global retail and partner locations, as well as updating existing stores with a refreshed approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

The transaction excludes all of Zulily’s liabilities, liens and debts, as well as the company’s remaining inventory and two fulfillment centers, which advisory firm Gordon Brothers was engaged to sell off in late January 2024. plans to relaunch Overstock.com as a standalone site later this month. Beyond paid $4.5 Now Beyond, Inc.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2024

David’s Bridal also plans to expand the resale program by introducing a store and mail-in trade-in program for authentic David’s garments. Additionally, the retailer plans to introduce storied and vintage items into its ecosystem.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2025

Tractor Supply will open 90 new namesake stores and a total of 10 new Petsense by Tractor Supply Stores this year, along with the addition of the rural-oriented retailers 11 th distribution center (DC).

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2025

A Connected Grocery Shopping Experience In February 2024 Hy-Vee began leveraging Instacarts Fulfillment-as-a-Service to integrate same-day delivery fulfillment capabilities into its owned and operated websites. Hy-Vee first partnered with Instacart for deliveries in 2018.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

Even though more than half ( 56% ) of retailers surveyed by KPMG completed a major payments modernization program within the past year, even more 83% already are modernizing their payment infrastructure, or are planning to do so in the new future.

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