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Report: Brands and Consumers Increasingly Embracing Third-Party Commerce

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The benefits of having access to a near-limitless supply of unowned inventory (on the retailer side) and having access to other brands’ and retailers’ sales channels (on the brand side), has been compelling to put it mildly. This becomes particularly important as brands expand the number and type of channels they are selling through.

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4 Key Steps to Profitable Store-Based Fulfillment

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The dramatic increase in ecommerce volume triggered by the pandemic increased many retailers’ topline revenues, but many are finding it difficult to contain the costs of new types of order fulfillment such as BOPIS, ship-from-store and curbside pickup, according to a report from Incisiv , commissioned by Manhattan Associates Inc.

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Asda Fortifies Omnichannel Approach by Updating OMS and Fulfillment

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Asda, which operates 640 stores including supercenters, superstores and supermarkets, also will work with Bringg to upgrade its fulfillment capabilities. British retailer Asda is enhancing its end-to-end supply chain and retail operations by partnering with Blue Yonder to improve order management.

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Shopify to Acquire Deliverr in $2.1B Deal to Fortify Fulfillment Offerings

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Shopify will acquire fulfillment solution provider Deliverr for $2.1 With the Deliverr acquisition and integration of its 6 River Systems ’ warehouse automation technology, the ecommerce platform plans to fortify its Shopify Fulfillment Network (SFN).

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Real-Time Inventory and Search Integration: The Backbone of Next-Level Ecommerce

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Moreover, customers are paying attention to delivery details (particularly during the holiday season) and will abandon a transaction if fulfillment parameters are unacceptable. Furthermore, the integration of inventory visibility and search reduces the likelihood of stockouts and overselling while enabling seamless cross-channel fulfillment.

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Is Your Fulfillment Strategy Healthy Enough to Keep Pace with Customer Expectations?

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By my recollection, the world of flexible fulfillment hit an inflection point about 15 years ago. It was at that point that putting the technology and operations in place to fulfill from an increasingly complex supply chain network embarked upon its next frontier. Let’s start with demand forecasting and inventory deployment.

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Retailers Increasingly Turning to Third-Party Resources to Handle Fulfillment

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Store-based fulfillment of customer orders got an enormous boost during the COVID pandemic, when both curbside pickup and delivery offerings became survival tactics for so many retailers. Want to find out more about how retailers are meeting omnichannel and fulfillment challenges?