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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

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Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Data source: eMarketer.

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The Evolving Warehouse: Prepare Your Warehouse for Disruption

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According to the CBRE Global E-commerce Outlook 2021 report , e-commerce growth will require another 330 million square feet of warehouse space in the United States by 2025. Do you have real-time visibility into your orders, inventory, and shipments? Can you easily and rapidly deploy fulfillment centers when necessary?

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10 Wholesale Distribution Industry Trends for 2022 and Beyond

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Global supply chain disruption, rapid technological evolution, changing buying and selling habits – wholesale distributors have had to deal with some rapid and radical changes over the past couple of years. Excelling in online selling and logistics may convince your customers that your service is still the most cost-effective and efficient.

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Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS): A Golden Opportunity for the Supply Chain Industry

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Companies with advanced supply chain practices excel in delivering quality third-party logistics management, SKU optimization, efficient transport management, and swift handling of B2B/B2C shipments. This partnership improves inventory management, particularly for medicines with limited shelf life, utilizing dedicated storage facilities.

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AI in eCommerce: Benefits, Use Cases, and Risks

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Shoppers can now enjoy more personalised buying journeys, as merchants make it faster and easier to find the products that they’re most likely to purchase. The global AI software market is expected to increase to USD 126 billion by 2025 , according to data from Statista. These examples are just the tip of the iceberg.

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Digital Transformation Helps with Corporate Alignment

Enterra Insights

For example, manufacturing may be tasked to fill all orders which requires having inventory on-hand in distribution centers. However, distribution centers may be given the conflicting task of minimizing excess inventory space and cost. Consumers will purchase more and more goods and services online. ” 10. ”[4].

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What is Click and Collect? (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

It is also sometimes known as “buy online, pick up in store”, or BOPUS for short. Consumers around the world are showing a growing appetite for the speed and convenience of the buy online, pick up in store model. In the UK, the click and collect model is particularly popular with experts predicting that usage will double by 2025.