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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

The wonderful world of retail. The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. From a digitally-transformed shopping experience to global supply chain disruptions and a pandemic that refuses to quit, there’s one thing retailers can count on: People are always going to shop. Data source: eMarketer.

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Surviving an Economic Downturn in the Retail Sector

Enterra Insights

Correspondent Melissa Repko reports that it might take some time for retailers to figure out how consumers are going to behave over the coming months. Plus, Americans’ spending spree during the earlier years of the pandemic, fueled by stimulus money, boredom and socked-away savings, have made for tough comparisons.”[2]

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Global Study Reveals 52% of Vital Digital Supply Chain Transformation Efforts Hamstrung by Skills and Labor Crunch

ToolsGroup

With respondents’ top growth investment for 2022 being “increasing recruitment and training efforts”, this year’s study reveals the profound effect that current labor shortages are having on digital supply chain transformation. From January to March 2022, CSCMP and ToolsGroup surveyed more than 300 supply chain professionals around the world.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong. Today, inventory fire sales abound. Why We Cannot Get Inventory Right.

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NRF Report of 2023 Holiday Sales- On Target to Forecast

Supply Chain Matters

holiday period and full year retail sales in 2023. The National Retail Federation (NRF), in conjunction with its annual conference held this week, reported 2023 holiday sales based on U.S. According to the NRF release , core retail sales during the 2023 holiday season rose 3.8 percent over 2022, to a record high of $964.4

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Influenza, Covid, and Omnichannel Operations

Enterra Insights

As a result, journalist Jaclyn Peiser ( @jackiepeiser ) reports, “Major retailers are leaning into ‘omnichannel’ shopping options to draw in customers.”[4] Nevertheless, retail sector journalist Ben Unglesbee ( @Ben_Unglesbee ) reports, “Store pickup of online orders grew by triple digits amid the pandemic.

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Additional May 2022 Supply Chain Indices Point to Ongoing Concerns

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights two additional May 2022 indicators of supply chain volatility as well as logistics services trending. logistics trends reinforce a shifting tide along with concerns as to what to expect in the second half of 2022. Regarding the latter, the U.S. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index.