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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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Consumers and Retailers Have Embraced Omnichannel Operations

Enterra Insights

.”[1] Most retailers seem to agree with that conclusion and, as a result, they have invested a lot of time and money into bolstering their omnichannel operations in order to serve consumers where and when they shop. The Omnichannel Consumer. The Omnichannel Retailer. ” That’s true across the retail sector.

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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. However, AIDC tools are making analytics in the supply chain an affordable reality.

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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

The so-called omnichannel solution envisions those outlets operating both as familiar sites for merchandise display and as fulfillment nodes for online sales. ” Sheffi isn’t trying discourage traditional retailers from developing omnichannel operations, he is simply pointing out challenges such operations must face.

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Lingering Port Congestion with Paul Brashier

The Logistics of Logistics

Paul Brashier is Vice President Drayage and Intermodal at ITS Logistics , a third party logistics (3PL) company that offers creative supply chain solutions with an asset-lite transportation division that ranks #21 in North America, a top-tier asset-based dedicated fleet, and a Top 12 intermodal and drayage division.

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Is the Retail Sector Poised for a Great Reset?

Enterra Insights

Just when brick-and-mortar retailers thought the so-called “retail apocalypse” was ending, supply chain woes and rising inflation reined in their optimism. We have to fix our supply chain. ” What is clear is that retailers need to invest in omnichannel operations. That proved not to be the case.

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