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Self-Checkout Turns Customers into Employees and Employees into Security Guards

Enterra Insights

The checkout kiosks bleat and flash when you fail to set a purchase down in the right spot. Target, for instance, is restricting the number of items self-checkout customers can purchase at one time. 8] Sommer Stockton, “ Survey: More Shoppers Turning To Self-Checkout ,” The Shelby Report, 15 January 2024. [9]

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How to Navigate ESG Risk with Supplier Management Software

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million people were in forced labor in 2021, with children accounting for more than 12% of that total. ESG Regulations are Driving Investment in Sustainable Procurement Regardless of where you stand on the ethics behind ESG issues, you’d think consumer demand would be a clear driver for sustainable product development.

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The Green Corridor: Looking for the Green Lining

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Since 2021 as the Green Corridor contributor, I’ve focused my roundup on the same basic categories. My 2024 predictions for these modes is that ocean shipping transformation will continue. At the LogiSYM conference earlier this year in Singapore, I talked to a representative of a packaging solutions firm.

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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

Retail returns occur when a customer returns the purchased items to a seller in exchange for a refund, store credit, or a similar product. 84% of buyers read the return policy before making an online purchase. 84% of buyers read the return policy before making an online purchase.

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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

As 2021’s holiday shopping statistics proved, pandemic or not, consumers are willing to spend. (My Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. When looking at global online sales, Salesforce reports 57% digital growth in 2020, and 16% growth in 2021, with eMarketer data predicting a continued increase through 2025.

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Power Your Business Sustainably Through Solar Energy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

At the COP26 climate conference in 2021, more than 1,000 companies committed to adopt targets to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals. With renewable electricity generation in 2021 experiencing the fastest year-on-year growth since the 1970s, solar power has become a major trend, seeing a record growth of 160 GW in 2021.

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

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In October 2021, Brian Olsavky, CFO of Amazon, claimed that the company would require 150,000 extra workers to cater to the heightened customer demands during the holiday season. Looking back to November of 2021, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that 686,000 people resigned from employment in the retail industry.