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Forget omnichannel, it’s all about unified commerce

Inside Retail

Inventory management: Unified commerce ensures a holistic view of inventory across all sales channels, from physical stores and e-commerce websites to mobile apps. This real-time visibility allows businesses to optimise stock levels, prevent stockouts and fulfil orders efficiently. But the benefits of unified commerce are clear.

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Ikea’s US expansion plan: New stores, lower prices and a major NYC flagship

Inside Retail

Since entering the US 39 years ago, Swedish furniture giant Ikea has come to dominate the furniture and home goods market with its wide array of accessibly priced products, unique store layouts and dedication to providing top-tier customer service. per cent in the past five years.

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Inventory Accuracy: The Not-so-Secret Ingredient for Holiday Sales Success

Retail TouchPoints

This created a ripple effect for retailers that were experiencing a higher volume of ecommerce orders and had to leverage stores as fulfillment centers to process and ship online orders. As stores were closer to consumers in the “last mile,” orders shipped from stores were able to arrive much more quickly and cost effectively.

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12 Proven Customer Retention Strategies in Retail

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Offering expedited delivery options, such as next-day or same-day shipping, can significantly improve the customer experience, especially for those who need their purchases urgently. Ensure that your fulfillment operations are streamlined to meet the expectations of quick delivery.

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3 Key Retail Metrics and How Supply Chain Readjustments Can Help

Retail TouchPoints

The right transportation technology vendor can route local pickups from multiple vendors going to the same customer, batch them at a cross-dock, and once they fill up a full truckload, ship them directly to the customer’s facility/store with no additional steps. This can be the entire shipment, a pallet or a parcel.

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The 2020 Holiday Shopping Season Promises to be a Tale of Two Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

On one hand, personal safety and security are still top-of-mind for consumers, driving changes in everything from online shopping to brick-and-mortar store layouts and delivery models. Possible shipping delays caused by weather or COVID-19 may ratchet up consumer anxiety and prompt more people to use curbside pickup stations.

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Store’s online fulfilment capabilities top retailers’ roadmap post-pandemic

365 Retail

Reimagining the role of the store as an online fulfilment channel will become an increasing priority for retailers in their post-pandemic recovery, the latest IDC White Paper, sponsored by Sensormatic Solutions , the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls , has revealed.