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Supply Chain Leaders Rearranging Deck Chairs? Yes, I Think So.

Supply Chain Shaman

Comparing 2010-2019. Shown in Figure 1 are the aggregate sector results for apparel retail. Aggregate Results for Apparel Manufacturers for the Period of 2010-2019. Aggregate industry sector results were better in 2000, and 2010 than in 2019. I hope by the end of this article, that I have you fired up.

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The basics of customer-centric multi-channel retailing (Part 1)

DELMIA Quintiq

Back in university, I was fully engaged with the topic of multi-channel retailing thanks to a marketing professor who had a long-standing passion for everything retail and digital. I learned a lot about omni-channel retailing and the customer’s way of looking at it. The new reality. Fulfilling the vision top down (i.e.

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Healthcare: A Call For Action

Supply Chain Shaman

The first value is the average for the period of 2010-2016 while the second number shows the average change comparing 2016 to 2010. For example, for the period of 2010-2016, pharmaceutical company margins averaged 22%. Comparing 2010 to 2016, operating margin improved by 4%. The highest of any industry.)

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The basics of customer-centric multi-channel retailing (Part 2)

DELMIA Quintiq

In the first part of this blog series , I talked about the multi-channel retail experience and the critical prerequisite retailers need to fulfill to get started on this journey. In this post, I will explore how retailers can design their bottom line with the customer in mind. Let’s take an online grocery retailer as an example.

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How can retailers get ahead in 2021

Proxima

2020 was a year that changed retail. Consumers were forced to drastically change shopping habits as we moved our lives onto digital platforms, and retailers had to quickly shift all their operations online to adapt to the new reality. The world of retail has changed, and this means supply chains must change with it. Technology.

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5 Success Factors in Effective Omnichannel Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Online shopping has been on a steady rise since 2010. Luckily, we did not have to set up our camping tents in front of our favorite stores, but just logged in to their mobile apps. With the global pandemic, it became a necessity.

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Will the Rapidly Shrinking Store Save Retail?

Supply Chain Brain

It had taken more than a year to renovate the store, part of a companywide effort to square a difficult retailing circle. Sears Holdings, which hasn’t posted an annual profit since 2010, is trying to pare costs while making its stores attractive to a generation of shoppers who are increasingly buying online. Read Full Article.

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