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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

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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SanDisk’s Story of Customer Segmentation Strategies Using Inventory Postponement

Supply Chain Shaman

How do they buy from you? How will the policy be executed? How do they buy from you?” Today, there is not a well-defined template on how to build and operate a supply chain defined by customer policy and segmentation strategy. My journey to understand SanDisk started in June 2015. Why does it matter to you?

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Is A Customer-Centric Strategy the Same as Demand-Driven? Outside-In?

Supply Chain Shaman

The network senses, translates, and orchestrates market changes (buy- and sell-side markets) bidirectionally with near real-time data to align sell, deliver, make and sourcing organizations outside-in. The focus is on channel data: price; inventory positions; and policies. Order Policy. Definition of Outside-In Processes.

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Earth Day spotlight: What it means to be a Benefit Corporation in CPG

crisp

The certified B Corp makes organic, better-for-you packaged sauces and donates a meal to those in need with every purchase. The company was founded by Richa Gupta, who was inspired by the “buy one, give one” model of Tom’s Shoes. Good Food for Good was born with its own “buy one, feed one” model.

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How Hong Kong is Enhancing its Sustainability Efforts

EcoVadis

Below is a brief timeline of Hong Kong’s sustainability milestones in recent years: Hong Kong’s sustainable development effort has been catalyzed by the Paris Agreement, which was signed by China in 2015. Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence (HKAEE). Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence.

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Welcome Puff, The Magic Dragon, to Your Team

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2015, I worked with a manufacturer of men’s underwear. (My Older men buy less underwear than younger males and their packaging was not as attractive to the female shopper buying for the family. Rules, engines, policies and metrics need to align. To stir up debate, let me share some stories. I lost trust in the brand.

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Executing Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

When I called Mark to tell him that Clorox outperformed for the period of 2009-2015 in the Household Products sector and won the Supply Chains to Admire Award, he commented, “ Lora, I am happy to help. In Agrosciences is the customer the distributor of seed/additives, the farmer or the downstream purchaser of food products?