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How to Change Your Inventory Management Strategy in the Omnichannel Era

Elementum

e-commerce market has nearly doubled in size since 2011, and is forecast to grow to $737B by 2022. There are a few solutions for the problem of inventory management in the omnichannel era. Managing stock for a variety of commerce channels is becoming more complex, costly, and risky.

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Too Much Focus on E-Commerce Shipping Practices? The Important Reminder That Logistics Fundamentals Still Matter

GlobalTranz

According to Eric Rice of Supply Chain 24/7, e-commerce growth in 2017 grew faster than it has since 2011. E-commerce growth has become part of the record books. E-commerce grew 49 percent, moving from 10 percent of total retail sales to 13 percent. Leverage freight consolidation programs.

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What is Click and Collect? (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

According to Stephan Serrano at Barilliance , click & collect is an “omnichannel retail strategy where shoppers order their items online and pick them up in store.”. Article originally published by, and permission to publish here provided by, Simon Pleass at 2flow.ie. Why Do Customers Prefer Click & Collect?

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Holiday Sales Demonstrated Necessity of Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

Khadeeja Safdar ( @khadeeja_safdar ) and Imani Moise ( @MoiseNoise ) report, “Retailers had their best holiday sales since 2011, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks payments in stores and online.”[1] ”[1] One of the primary reasons retailers are doing better is improved omnichannel operations.

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The Evolution Continues: RILA Supply Chain Becomes the RILA LINK Conference

Supply Chain Network

In 2011, the annual State of the Retail Supply Chain Report was introduced by RILA and the 2018 State of the Retail Supply Chain Report was the eighth annual installment of the study covering highly relevant topics that impact success or failure in the hyper-speed omnichannel retail environment.

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[Infographic] How to Win Customers with Click and Collect

GlobalTranz

Click and collect has experienced impressive growth over the past decade, with sales soaring from 155% as a percentage of total online sales from 2011 and 2015. For retailers, a seamless omnichannel experience can mean more foot traffic and a lower returns rate.

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Dennis Vandel of Foot Locker Named a Retail Innovator Award Winner by Retail TouchPoints

BlueYonder

Winners hail from a wide cross-section of industry segments and company sizes and are recognized for disrupting the retail industry with new digital and omnichannel initiatives, workforce innovations, unique entrepreneurial concepts and much more. More than 100 nominations were received for this year’s Retail Innovator Awards.

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