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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. Data source: eMarketer. As cited in Placer Lab’s Report on the Top 10 Retail Brands to Watch in 2022 , these smaller stores (down to 32,000 sq. Image source: Bring Me the News. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Trust Google to have the answer.

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Demand Planning: Whipped And Chained by Tradition

Supply Chain Shaman

If S&OP efforts were that effective, don’t you think that we would have made more progress against inventory levels, margin, and growth? In part, this results in increasing swings in inventory in response to shifts in consumer demand as one moves further up the supply chain. Go to the source.

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2023 Mid-Year Check-In: Current Status of Supply Chains and What’s Next?

Logistics Viewpoints

We learned from the Conference Board C-Suite Outlook that rising inflation, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions were high impact issues for CEOs in 2022. In fact, pressures are very similar with warehouse labor cost inflation, labor shortages, and inventory shortages at the top of the “concerns” list.

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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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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.

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When It Comes to Planning, Please Vote with Ike!

Supply Chain Shaman

I work with a group that has a sub-team focused on cost, one on customer service, and one on inventory, but lack alignment on a standard definition of supply chain excellence. On average, industries carry 38 more days of inventory than in 2007. The problem is that most of it is the wrong inventory due to planning fallacies.

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September and Q3 2022 Global Manufacturing Indices Enter Contraction Trending

Supply Chain Matters

The September 2022 J.P. The orders-to-inventory ratio fell to another multi-year low last month as excess capacity continued to build at factories. Of particular concern, the New Orders sub-index declined more than 4 points, reaching a contraction value in September while the Inventories sub-index was 2.6 in September from a 51.7