Walgreens and retailers are dealing with a delicate balancing act between securing goods from theft while ensuring that security measures don’t drive customers away. Recent insights from Walgreens and the National Retail Federation (NRF) illustrate the complexity of this issue and highlight strategies retailers are employing to address it.
Facing a 52% increase in stolen inventory, Walgreens resorted to locking up a wide range of products. However, as CEO Tim Wentworth noted during a January...
El comercio electrónico en México creció un 23% tan solo en 2022, posicionándose dentro de los países con mayor crecimiento de ventas online.
La demanda de espacios industriales y logísticos se mantiene en niveles saludables, lo que refleja su papel crítico en la cadena de suministro.
https://logistica360.pe/se-mantiene-la-demanda-de-espacios-industriales-y-logisticos-en-europa/
Summer’s unofficially over and we’ve made a few changes (all for the better) to The Stockout newsletter and podcast. We’re consolidating content previously under The Stockout (CPG) and Point of Sale (retail) while keeping The Stockout name. So, those subscribed to Point of Sale are now signed up for The Stockout. The content overlapped too much to do anything else, such as discussions of dynamics between retailers and their suppliers. In addition, Grace Sharkey has joined me on The Stockout...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/welcome-to-the-new-and-improved-product
The average consumer makes a shocking 35,000 decisions each day.
Big or small, each of those is influenced by a number of factors, including the weather. What’s going on outside has a direct impact on consumer moods, needs and behaviors, making weather a key consideration for retailers.
Seasonal buying cycles, for example, are ingrained in almost every retail business’ preparations each year. Companies plan inventory accordingly for spikes in demand for commodities like snow blowers in the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-advanced-weather-tech-is-reshaping-retail
Walmart, Target, Macy’s y Kohl’s recientemente cancelan pedidos para equilibrar altos niveles de inventarios, asegura RetailWire.
Esta entrada Grandes superficies (retailers) cancelan pedidos por altos inventarios Aparece primero en FullAvanteNews.
Global inflation may finally be taking its toll on consumers.
A new survey of more than 8,000 consumers and 800 merchants in eight countries found that holiday shopping will be muted this year, with as much as $46 billion in total being cut from spending budgets.
The Holiday Shopping Trends Report: Winning Customers Despite Uncertainty, conducted by Auctane and Retail Economics for ShipStation (Auctane is the parent company of ShipStation), found a disconnect between shoppers and merchants.
Accord...
This commentary was written by Ahmed Raza, vice president of PartnerLinQ. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Modern Shipper or its affiliates.
Speed and instant gratification have been the biggest catalysts for evolution in the retail industry. Customers want their goods now, and for the most part, various verticals have been able to pivot to meet these demands. Amazon, for example, introduced Prime two-day delivery in 2015 and...
With 60% of consumers willing to break up with a brand over a bad customer experience, the ability of brands to manage the e-commerce customer’s journey has never been more important.
Shippo, an e-commerce technology company that brings together technology, fulfillment and carrier partners, surveyed 1,000 e-commerce customers to find out what is most important to them when it comes to returns. Retail returns from U.S. online sales jumped to 20.8% in 2021, according to data from the National...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/e-commerce-returns-give-the-customers-what-they-want
The only thing surprising about the freight market slowdown is the speed at which it’s unfolding. The supply chain “bullwhip effect” is both predictable and expected. The surge of inventories and declining freight costs/capacity imbalances will be deflationary.
The bullwhip effect is something every supply chain 101 student learns about – the idea that upstream providers overproduce in reaction to a one-time demand shock.
What is the bullwhip effect?
According to the Chartered Institute of...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-supply-chain-bullwhip-is-doing-the-feds-job-on-inflation