Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2022

To keep up with rising demand, you need to set aside outdated supply management tactics and adopt longer-term solutions that help you get ahead of potential problems instead of reacting to them after it’s too late. Traditional Supply Chains Aren’t Built for Disruptions. Plan for future variability.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Will the item purchased arrive on time and as planned? Additionally, residential delivery surcharges can be managed effectively by tools like Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI), which categorizes addresses to help companies choose the most cost-efficient shipping methods. How easy is it to complete a purchase?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

8fig provides ecommerce businesses (primarily marketplace sellers) with bespoke funding plans, optimized according to their supply chain and cash flow needs, to accelerate growth. With this latest round of funding, 8fig plans to scale its funding capabilities in order to support more ecommerce businesses.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2022

Purple has appointed supply chain veteran Eric Haynor as its COO, effective June 6, 2022. We are very confident in Eric’s abilities to help us mature our operational activities and unlock the underlying value of our organization.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

marketplace, while CNBC has reported that the company plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of NFTs. The team also will help Indian sellers meet standards for creating new international product lines and enhance their capabilities in packaging, marketing and supply chain management.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Designed to drive greater efficiency and ensure products align optimally with the needs of each store’s customers, the new system will enable more effective collaboration among store managers, supply chain managers and merchandising leaders.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2022

Developing a sustainable supply chain strategy begins with ethical sourcing and creating a circular economy with healthy business practices. The road to achieving net zero is long and starts with technology adoption and a five-point action plan. Step 1: Big Data and Predictive Analytics for Supply Chain Sustainability.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2022

REI is known for an amazing culture and I’m excited to join REI leading supply chain operations, demand planning and vendor services teams to further the mission to connect more people to nature.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

One of the most powerful tools you should implement to ensure your long-term success is a retail Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. You can use this information to identify trends as well as plan and implement actionable strategies with confidence and speed to grow your business. What is a Retail ERP System?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The solution sets up a unified supply chain data lake using AWS Supply Chain’s built-in connectors, which use pre-trained machine learning models to understand, extract and aggregate data from ERP and supply chain management systems. AWS Supply Chain is available in preview in U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2020

The first of these truths is that companies must develop comprehensive, proactive contingency plans that will allow them to continue functioning in the wake of supply chain disruptions. Organizations would do well to identify secondary suppliers that can help mitigate risks in their supply chain.

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Inside Retail

JULY 12, 2021

The transaction combines Youfoodz’s strength in developing and manufacturing delicious ready-made meals with HelloFresh’s expertise in supply chain management, technology and direct-to-consumer marketing,” Youfoodz said in its statement to shareholders. The bid values Youfoodz at approximately $125.3

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Retailers acted with agility, changing the way they planned and managed inventory in a remarkably short time. If data is gathered, categorized and structured properly, it becomes easier to forecast potential issues with supply chains. In the years to come, AI will prove extremely useful in supply chain management.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2022

Supply chain disruption may have become a singularly hot topic in retail circles these past years, but a focus on improving supply chain planning and forecasting is far more than just a passing trend. The post AI-driven solutions take supply chain planning to the next level appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2022

One approach for smaller e-tailers lies in investing in demand planning tools to better understand customer needs and reduce waste. Dedicated software using machine learning can also factor in supply chain management, marketing and other relevant business operations to provide better insights about what products are needed where, and when.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2022

The successful execution of our omni-retail strategy, our enhanced digital capability, proactive supply chain management, and an outstanding contribution from our team members were central to this performance,” he said. The post Super Retail Group delivers record sales, eyes expansion appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail Minded

OCTOBER 2, 2023

UPS utilizes route optimization software to plan the most efficient delivery routes, reducing fuel consumption and delivery times. Risk Management and Resilience: Develop robust risk management strategies and contingency plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2022

Circling back into the feedback loop, manual supply chain management can contribute to product inaccuracies, thus further heightening the levels of returns. A disconnect occurs in supply chain planning when products sit idly in the warehouse, creating a misconstrued illusion that inventory is low.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Some of the retailer’s plans include redesigning back rooms to accommodate pickup, delivery and ship- from-store orders; adjusting staging operations for orders to drop in three-hour increments to maximize space; and sending overflow delivery orders to the crowdsourced Spark Driver network.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

Existing technologies such as demand planning, inventory optimization, allocation and replenishment and supply chain management are essential in the new era of retail. Taken together, all of these capabilities will accelerate retailers’ inventory turns and sell-through to generate cash for future investments.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2022

5G is expected to be a powerful catalyst to disrupt retail operations, from optimizing warehouses and supply chain management to transforming the in-store customer experience through personalization and product engagement. 5G can Drive Consumer Engagement.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The Middle East [is in the plan] – because Documents has some Middle Eastern clients in China…and we think our position and our style may match the Middle Eastern market,” Zhaoran said. Zhaoran conceded there is no five- or 10-year plan for Documents’ future. “I It is different now to 10, 20 or 30 years ago.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 9, 2025

He also held executive roles in global operations, sourcing and supply chain management at Stanley Black & Decker and GE Capital. As part of the COO transition, current chief supply chain officer Andy Rendich will step down and remain at the company as an advisor through the end of the fiscal year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

With a clear understanding of the entire financial flow through order processing, businesses can predict future sales trends, plan for growth and mitigate (or even avoid) potential pitfalls. It helps companies identify and rectify supply chain inefficiencies. It increases forecasting accuracy.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

In fact, 71% of consumer products CEOs and 64% of retail CEOs believe they have a clear plan for the role advanced AI will play in decision-making five years from now. And businesses are taking notice. Three in four CEOs across industries believe that competitive advantage will depend on who has the most advanced generative AI.

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Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2021

JD-backed Thai fashion e-commerce startup Pomelo plans to boost revenue by offering its own technology in analytics and demand forecasting to other fashion brands in the region, its CEO David Jou says, amid slowing offline sales. The plan comes as physical store sales and traffic have dropped.

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Inside Retail

MAY 26, 2021

JD-backed Thai fashion e-commerce startup Pomelo plans to boost revenue by offering its own technology in analytics and demand forecasting to other fashion brands in the region, its CEO David Jou says, amid slowing offline sales. The plan comes as physical store sales and traffic have dropped.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Our investment in digital transformation, including our point-of-sales (POS) system, supply chain management system and other back-of-the-house systems, also helps us maintain consistency as we expand our operations internationally, he said.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Supply chains must be agile enough to cope with unexpected gaps in workforces, which involves two levels of contingency planning. The first affects stock inventory management. The second level of contingency planning involves personnel resourcing strategies. 3) Scale up scenario planning.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

When’s the last time you took an inventory of your supply chain management technologies? This year we’ve also enhanced our demand planning capabilities through Manhattan’s DFIO software. Do your trucks sustainably deliver products in a way that aligns with your company’s values? Consider new technologies.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Although in such cases it can take time to transition production from a supplier in one location to another, it is crucial that businesses looking to diversify their supply chain plan ahead as much as possible. To this extent, using predictive analytics wherever possible can provide greater supply chain agility.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Furthermore, a global supply chain crisis and labor shortages are likely to limit the ability to keep stores stocked throughout the fall holiday shopping season and spur increased consumer demand. Recent data shows that people plan to buy more gifts and spend more money than they did in 2020.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Hong Kong is now home to the company’s sourcing, supply chain management, legal operations and financial operations, while its creative team will soon be based in New York. This year, we decided as part of this transformation plan, that the brand will move to New York City.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2022

Even a small reduction in available supply can have major impacts across the entire supply chain, so retailers need to prepare to handle rising energy costs and the associated effect on their bottom lines. Even before the Ukraine invasion, energy was a major global issue.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2020

For many, departmental silos prevented forecasting and inventory teams from working together to identify patterns and relay information to store space planning teams. The profile of the items selling also changed, requiring detailed store-level supply chain management and forecasting.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 21, 2022

According to Oracle’s latest Retail Consumer Study , 53 per cent of consumers plan to shop mostly in-store this holiday season, and an additional 25 per cent plan to shop through a combination of in-store and online channels. Preparing for the rush.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Optimizing Supply Chain Management Digital technologies provide: Real-time visibility in supply chain management. Management of inventory sales. It makes the supply chain management process more efficient and reduces costs. Allowing retailers to track product movement.

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