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Fashion Industry Challenges Require Elegant Demand Planning

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When you’re perusing luxury handbags online, or testing which cocktail dress suits you the best, you probably don’t pause to consider all the supply chain complexities and analytics required to ensure the fashion items you’re craving are in-stock. Requirements for demand forecasting in the fashion industry. trillion U.S. trillion U.S.

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10 Wholesale Distribution Industry Trends for 2022 and Beyond

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What’s happening in the industry right now, and what can you expect next? Industry economic trends and an outlook for the future The global wholesale industry took a downturn in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related trade and personnel restrictions – but it’s expected to grow from now to 2025. billion to $64,334.41

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Walmart’s Impressive Q4 and FY2023 Financial Performance

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives to retailer Walmart’s report of Q4 and Fiscal 2024 financial and operational performance. Specifically, high inflation and economically stressed consumers have been more selective in their purchase decisions. The reported profitability for the holiday quarter of $10.6

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SAP Reports Positive Q3 Financial Performance

Supply Chain Matters

In a period where multiple enterprise and specialty software firms are reporting what are perceived to be disappointing or declining profitability, replete with select headcount reductions, SAP SE seems to have countered this trend, reporting better than expected Q3-2022 financial performance. percentage points to 71.7

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Textiles 2030: Purpose is the new luxury for the fashion industry

Proxima

Fashion is widely regarded to be one of the most wasteful industries on the planet. Impacts from the fashion industry include over 92 million tonnes of waste produced per year and 79 trillion liters of water consumed, according to a study by Aalto University in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment journal. But times are changing.

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3 Ways Technology Can Enable Retailers to Enhance Deliveries in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

As more consumers flock to e-commerce, purchasing big & bulky goods such as furniture, appliances, and wholesale electronics online is becoming more common. The trend of purchasing big & bulky items online will continue to grow, with Statista predicting 35% of furniture sales worldwide will be made online by 2025.

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What Are the Trends in Last Mile Logistics?

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Also, same-day delivery will reach a 25-percent market share by 2025. Up to 84 percent of global freight spend on trucking costs, including fuel, labor, technology and asset tracking, amounting to more than $800 in the industry. Analytics Will Drive Last Mile Logistics Costs Down. trillion by 2018 as well.