Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 23, 2018

What it amounts to is enabling a type of customer behavior that has caused apparel sellers headaches for years. Take Nordstrom’s Trunk Club , the subscription-based service that ships out curated selections of clothing periodically and invites buyers to return whatever they don’t wish to keep. The mantra today is “try before you buy.”

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This past week, Forever 21, a fast-fashion apparel retailer with over 700 stores and 30,000 employees worldwide announced filing for Chapter 11. According to an article in Forbes, over 20% of apparel purchases last year were made online, while other industries such as grocery remained around 2%. E-commerce is on the rise.

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BlueYonder

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This past week, Forever 21, a fast-fashion apparel retailer with over 700 stores and 30,000 employees worldwide announced filing for Chapter 11. According to an article in Forbes, over 20% of apparel purchases last year were made online, while other industries such as grocery remained around 2%. E-commerce is on the rise.

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Pricing Training Inventory Reduction Negotiating Skills Purchasing Training 40

FLEXE

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Small to mid-size retail and apparel companies can tackle a fast fashion strategy despite the absence of large capital outlays and the scale and volume afforded to other giants like H&M and Nike. It takes a week to mass produce the product in China and then two weeks to ship to the U.S. Then a sample must be made.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Small to mid-size retail and apparel companies can tackle a fast fashion strategy despite the absence of large capital outlays and the scale and volume afforded to other giants like H&M and Nike. It takes a week to mass produce the product in China and then two weeks to ship to the U.S. Then a sample must be made.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 1, 2018

Smaller apparel brands and specialty items won’t be advertised on Prime Day. There’s little-to-no control over your brand experience: how it’s placed on a page, the products next to it, the box it’s shipped in (which has Amazon’s logo, not yours). Today, that’s farfetched. Reasons brands don’t participate in Prime Day.

Inventory Reduction 28

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FLEXE

AUGUST 1, 2018

Smaller apparel brands and specialty items won’t be advertised on Prime Day. There’s little-to-no control over your brand experience: how it’s placed on a page, the products next to it, the box it’s shipped in (which has Amazon’s logo, not yours). Today, that’s farfetched. Reasons brands don’t participate in Prime Day.

Inventory Reduction 28

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QAD

JULY 2, 2019

Key industries include mining, iron, steel, aluminum, coal, machinery, arms, textiles and apparel, oil, cement, chemicals, consumer products, footwear, toys, electronics, food, transportation equipment, automobiles, railcars, ships, aircraft, telecommunications equipment, satellites and commercial space launch vehicles. as of 2018.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The sample is shipped back to the designer and fitting team for approval, changes are made, another sample is shipped and finally it’s approved—sometimes a month later. It takes a week to mass produce the product in China and then two weeks to ship to the U.S. Then a sample must be made.

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