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Aligning shared values in retail

Proxima

The demise of the high street portrayed in the news is all too often attributed to the rise of the internet, a cash-poor society, political uncertainty in the wake of Brexit, and now Covid-19. It’s about understanding the person behind the consumer. No longer can retailers rely on their product offering alone. Local and global.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7-11, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Are you’re still looking for a personal challenge this year? If this sounds like it would be a fun and meaningful personal challenge for you (with the added benefits of meeting other supply chain and logistics professionals and raising money for a good cause), then sign up to join our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team!

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A World in Flux: Global Supply Chain Predictions for 2021

ToolsGroup

So let’s start with some of the basics. Business has to have some really challenging decisions to make here. There’s some consternation in that. In some cases, Amazon does their inventory management and their actual customer fulfillment. Mary Vasile: And those are some excellent points. Thank you, Bob.

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Expand Your Business to Europe: How to Do It Successfully With an Online Shop

ShipBob

Here are some of the most up-to-date facts about the European ecommerce market. . Understanding cultural differences in buying habits, pain points, and personal needs can take some work. Since your store’s website is the buying hub, you might need to make some content changes or tailor your messaging based on different markets.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

Our panel represented a diversity of views on these issues that shed a lot of light into these problems. However, some categories are capacity constrained. Thermo is very much affected by Brexit, and has worked on creating strategies to deal with this. There is a deadlock in the UK and in the EU, and an election next Thursday.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2020 (Who knew I’d still be writing this blog 18 years later!)

NC State SCRC

Given that we are about to enter a new decade, I thought it would be good to give these forecasts a good “think” (as they say in the soon-to-be-ex-EU-member UK), and come up with some predictions that could also be a bit provocative for discussion. As I noted in a recent podcast , person to person relationships are key.

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Whither Globalization?

Enterra Insights

Some even predict that trading volumes may suffer a sharp reversal as disputes between leading nations intensify after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and as companies strive to build more resilience into global supply chains.”[1] ” Giles, however, reports that some pundits see the last gasps of ailing system. ”[8].

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