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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] ” Omnichannel Challenges. Of course, BOPIS and curbside pickup are not the only omnichannel options available to retailers and consumers.

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Why Returning to Stores Is the Ultimate E-Commerce & Omnichannel Customer Experience Play

GlobalTranz

Unfortunately, e-commerce means a higher rate of returns , but giving customers the ability to return online purchases to brick-and-mortar locations through e-commerce in-store returns is the key to unlocking greater success in the omnichannel customer experience. Why Are E-Commerce Returns Higher Than Brick-and-Mortar Sales?

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Omnichannel Fulfillment and the Amazon Effect

Enterra Insights

Second, it streamlines distribution, often eliminating the cost of shipping, and getting orders in consumers’ hands more quickly. The so-called omnichannel solution envisions those outlets operating both as familiar sites for merchandise display and as fulfillment nodes for online sales. Competing in the omnichannel environment.

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Omnichannel Logistics Solutions Takes the Supply Chain To The Next Level

GlobalTranz

Over the last year, huge strides were made in machine-to-machine connectivity, as foreseen by our predictions, ranging from the greater use of automated identification and data capture (AIDC) and stronger resolve for more omnichannel logistics solutions. Customers Pushed For More OmniChannel Logistics Solutions, and They Got It.

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Lingering Port Congestion with Paul Brashier

The Logistics of Logistics

Paul Brashier and Joe Lynch discuss lingering port congestion and other issues causing shipping delays. Having been featured in CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, The Loadstar, CBS News, Freight Waves, and Transport Topics, Brashier lends his expertise on US and global supply chain matters.

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Will the Economy Make this a Christ-‘meh’ Season?

Enterra Insights

However,] this year’s peak shipping season is arriving with a whimper.”[2] Consumers want an omnichannel, integrated experience, Meitiner says. 2] Paul Berger, “ Where Peak-Season Shipping Is Headed, In Charts ,” The Wall Street Journal, 29 August 2023. [3] down if you looked just at department stores.

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How Omnichannel Retailing Buys into TMS Technology

TMC

Total eCommerce sales in November and December 2015 are expected to be around $69 billion, a 13% increase on the previous year, reports the Wall Street Journal [1]. In response to changing consumer buying preferences, retailers have implemented multichannel or omnichannel supply chains. decrease in traffic in November and December [2].