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Infor’s Strategy for Differentiation

Logistics Viewpoints

Infor’s CEO, Kevin Samuelson Infor’s strategy for differentiating their business from competitors like SAP and Oracle rests on a truly differentiated approach to ensuring that their customers get ongoing value from the business applications they purchase. Often a customer has limits on how much change they can accommodate.

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NRF 2022: 4 Big Session Themes from Retail’s Big Show

ToolsGroup

In a bold move which bore resemblance to the fighting spirit of the retail industry as a whole these past two years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show 2022 went ahead as planned in New York City despite rising COVID cases and reduced attendance. Production-to-Purchase Retail and Supply Chain Planning.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3

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Pandemic success stories: What can be learned from these triumphs?

USC Consulting Group

From rising unemployment rates to businesses large and small struggling to stay afloat and entire industries in virtual standstill due to social distancing measures and shutdown restrictions, most reported news was pretty bleak. The New York City-based firm sold millions of said bicycles in the first quarter.

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Omnichannel Focus on BOPIS

Enterra Insights

Online orders would be fulfilled through distribution centers, while in-store purchases would be fulfilled with whatever inventory was on the shelves. Now, most large brick-and-mortar retailers include their in-store inventory when you are making purchases online. In New York City alone, 90,000 packages a day go missing.[4]

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CSR Leaders Work With UNGC To Drive Corporate Attention On Supply Chain Sustainability

EcoVadis

Before the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York City June 22, a pre-conference roundtable session on supply chain sustainability was held at the UN Headquarters. Government Expectations Can Drive Global Supply Chain Sustainability.

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Organized Retail Crime is Growing, Losses up 7% from Last Year

Material Handling & Logistics

A National Retail Federation report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of organized retail crime in the past year. The report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of ORC in the past year and that 71% said ORC incidents were increasing. The number was down from 40% last year and 44% the year before.

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