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North Carolina Welcomes Amazon’s Newest Mega-Warehouse
Amazon unveiled its newest warehouse in North Carolina, a 620,000-square-foot facility that will provide 1,000 new jobs to the area.
Apple Overtaken as World’s Largest Phone Seller
Samsung has overtaken Apple in overall phone sales as upstart Chinese companies take away market share.
Can Artificial Intelligence Save the Retail Industry?
A new report highlights how retailers are losing money due to in-store inefficiencies, and how many are leaning on AI to get back on track.
Investments in Supply Chain Technology Paying Off
Companies that invest in supply chain technology are reaping the rewards, according to the latest research from Cleo.

Retail Resources

Top 7 Retail Distribution Models, Explained
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4 Logistic Secrets to Exceed Your Customer’s Expectations
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Retail News

The Complete Guide to Ship-From-Store
In this guide, we detail how a ship-from-store strategy leverages store inventory to fulfill orders, which impacts your entire retail network - from supply chain to store operations and customer service.

The Rebound Podcast: Supply Chain Transformation at GE Appliances
Listen in as GE Appliance’s Marcia Brey discusses the logistics behind one of the largest appliance distribution networks in the country.

4 Ways Smart Businesses are Revamping Returns Processes in 2021
Trends in e-commerce are only going to create more strain on shipping and fulfillment in 2021 and beyond.

The Rebound: Is there a Subscription in Your Supply Chain Future?
Listen in as Ranjan Roy, vice president of strategy for Adore Me, discusses what it takes to roll out a subscription-based supply chain.

Walmart Retail Ecommerce Architect Marc Lore Announces Retirement to Build a ‘City of the Future’
Walmart's e-commerce executive Marc Lore has announced his retirement and is leaving the retail giant to build a 'city of the future' molded on a 'reformed version of capitalism' as well as writing a book and starting a TV show.

Reducing Costs of Returns in the Omnichannel Supply Chain
The simple fact of the matter is that any customer-facing organization must support the ideology of processing returns; whether or not that process can be efficient and productive comes down to how returns are handled.

Optimize and Orchestrate the Overall Consumer Goods & Retail Value Chain
A control tower solution synchronizes and coordinates all parties and systems around a single version of the truth, eliminating blind spots, and providing a solid foundation for optimization, decision-making, collaboration, and automation.

The Essential Shopper Experience: Safety, Speed and Convenience
Shopping has changed forever and the entire experience has been transformed; retail will continue to evolve and its future relies heavily on the types of technologies retailers will deploy to meet customers' demands.

Riding the Pandemic’s Wave of Change through Retail Supply Chain Innovation
During the pandemic, stay-at-home consumers switched to online buying, and the 2020 roll call of bricks-and-mortar bankruptcies reads like a “who’s who” of retailing, however, the pandemic has also unleashed a wave of unparalleled supply chain innovation.

Why Automation in Retail Supply Chains Requires Improving Dock Scheduling Capabilities
Retail is continuously looking for a bigger, better way to move freight, please more customers, avoid losses, and reduce the risk of disruption, Automation in the retail supply chain unlocks this capability, but it comes with a catch, without efficiency in procurement processes, particularly the management of inbound freight on the dock, it will fail.

A Dock Scheduling Requirement as Retailers Double Down on WMS & WES Solutions
Supply chains across the globe need more efficiency to survive, the opportunities to grow fulfillment and improve the flow of inbound and outbound freight depends on multiple factors, items need efficient unloading and comprehensive, digital put-away processes.

Retail Distribution Centre Automation: Using Technology to Stay in the Game
In this paper, you will learn about the changing retail environment and how automation options can be adopted as a means of building the velocity, accuracy, and efficiency it takes to thrive on the retail battlefield.

Warehouse Software Systems: The Brains Behind the Operation
In this paper, we look at the absolute fundamental importance of the software systems that underpin distribution center operations: warehouse management systems, warehouse execution systems, and warehouse control systems.

Emerging Digital Technologies for the Retail Supply Chain: Strategic Advantage or Big Question Mark?
This paper outlines three rapidly evolving technologies that have demonstrated benefits for supply chain operations; 5G communications, digital twins, and blockchain, and is designed to help you make the critical decisions that will drive your organization forward and stay ahead of the retail game.

Artificial Intelligence: Making Machine Learning Analytics Work for Your Retail Operation
In this 'paper' we look at some of the ways warehouse and distribution center operations are evolving, and how to ensure that all your systems are in sync to make the most of new strategies and technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The Internet of Things: How IoT Is Reshaping Retail The Deal Is in the Data
In this paper, we take an Internet of Things reality check and discovered IoT does have numerous applications for retail operations, but not necessarily where we thought they might be a few years ago.

Walmart’s Bid for TikTok Could Benefit the Retail Giant’s Ecommerce and Advertising Businesses
Walmart's move is part of a broader play to bring more shoppers, advertisers, vendors into the fold as the lines between content and commerce continue to blur.

Walmart Ecommerce Sales Rose 74% in First Quarter - Shuts Down Jet.com
Walmart reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings today, driven by a surge in e-commerce and higher traffic in stores as the coronavirus pandemic sparked massive purchases in household goods.

National Retail Federation Forecasts 2019 Holiday Sales Will Grow Between 3.8% & 4.2%
“The U.S. economy is continuing to grow and consumer spending is still the primary engine behind that growth,” said National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay.

Honeywell Helps Apparel Logistics Group Triple Daily Output from Its Ecommerce Distribution Center
Honeywell Intelligrated’s technology and technical support services will help The Apparel Logistics Group expand its e-commerce parcel shipping capability, increase productivity at the shipping dock, ensure order accuracy and expand its value-added services capacity, which includes returned merchandise management and product customization.


Featured Companies

Slice Intelligence
Slice Intelligence is the only direct measurement of all digital commerce activity and customer loyalty. By collecting and cataloging actual shopping behaviors from online shoppers in the wild, Slice Intelligence precisely measures what others have only been able to approximate,…
Flintfox
Flintfox develops trade and revenue management software and provides ERP consulting and implementation services. We have over 29 years of experience delivering solutions for pricing, accruals and rebates to the retail, consumer goods, manufacturing and wholesale distribution industries. To support our…
Adobe
Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right…
PINC
Hundreds of the largest organizations in the world rely on Kaleris software solutions to gain real-time visibility into transportation and yard operations, manage and maintain transportation assets, and automate and optimize inventory orchestration throughout the supply chain.
RIS Retail Info Systems News
This magazine advises retailers on how to improve their business performance through the use of information technologies, thus generating greater productivity, profitability and competitive advantages. It covers current ideas on how to use technology to improve operating efficiencies and much…
SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce perfects the power of trading partner relationships with the industry’s most broadly adopted, retail cloud services platform. As a leader in cloud-based supply chain management solutions, we provide proven integrations and comprehensive retail performance analytics to thousands…
Verigo
Verigo is technology company on a mission to reduce supply chain abuse and help keep the products you rely on safe. From fresh produce to pharmaceuticals, Verigo develops quality management solutions that empower stakeholders to ensure safety and reduce shrink…
Eagle Technology
Eagle Technology, Inc. is a software company of a cloud-hosted Next-Gen Computerized Maintenance management solution called Proteus MMX, offering all the features of a traditional solution, preventive maintenance scheduling, work orders, and asset management combined with the latest digital trends…
RetailNext
The first technology platform to bring e-commerce style shopper analytics to brick-and-mortar stores and malls, RetailNext is the pioneer focusing entirely on optimizing the in-store shopping experience. Through its hardware-agnostic SaaS platform, RetailNext enables retailers to collect and correlate data…
National Retail Federation
As the world’s largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, NRF represents retailers of all types and sizes, including chain restaurants and industry partners, from the United States and more than 45 countries abroad. Retailers operate more…
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