Omnisend

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In this piece, we’ll examine the pros and cons of using a 3PL over in-house logistics, and compare popular solutions like leveraging Amazon or Shopify fulfillment. Here are a few advantages of using a 3PL: Less investment/risk: You don’t have to invest in an expensive warehouse, storage, packing, or shipping supplies. What is a 3PL?

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Fabric Blog

MARCH 25, 2025

Order fulfillment complexity Omnichannel retail often means managing multiple fulfillment methods: buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, ship-from-store, dropshipping , etc. What is supply chain order management? Here are the benefits of a robust supply chain order management system.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As a veteran supply chain professional, I know the connection between excess inventory and margin erosion is undeniable. In the omnichannel context, inventory is spread out across multiple distribution channels that usually include digital and brick-and-mortar points of sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Buzek, who has studied and quantified retail technology for decades, shared the top 10 contactless trends to watch for in the coming months and years. These and other benefits will feed “massive increases in groceries, soft goods and the hospitality sector” for mobile deployments, explained Buzek.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Tractor Supply Co. , Tractor Supply Co. 5G can also connect mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals , self-service kiosks, scan-and-go checkouts and other forms of frictionless shopping with ease. During these times of supply chain chaos and high prices, savings in the supply chain can be a boon to retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In addition to the products and services they offer, retailers are reconsidering the environmental and social impacts of their supply chains, employee activity and even which partners they choose to work with in an effort to fulfill a moral obligation to their consumers — especially the younger generation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2024

The retailer is in the midst of rolling out new next-generation store technology, including new point-of-sale (POS) hardware and software, as well as upgrading its stores’ WiFi and network bandwidth. However, there’s been even more going on behind the scenes and in a growing number of JCPenney stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2023

Issues can range from a lack of legal and financial stability to limited banking options to poor infrastructure that hampers supply chain development. They all have their problems, but the roads and the supply chain can work there, and you can capture a large part of the population if you focus on the urbanized consumers.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Additionally, National Retail Solutions (NRS) , which provides point-of-sale and other store management solutions for more than 17,000 bodegas and neighborhood convenience stores, is partnering with Uber Direct to support same-day delivery offerings. Uber Eats expanded ordering hours and live order tracking in July 2022 ; and.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Riding a serious hype wave, RFID was sure to be the next big thing in supply chain execution technology. So why did the first wave of RFID rollout fail to deliver on its promises of perfect inventory accuracy and complete product traceability throughout the supply chain?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

The discrepancy may occur due to clerical errors, goods being damaged or lost, or theft from the point of purchase from a supplier to the point of sale.” Department of Commerce data shows ecommerce sales have been growing steadily for over a decade, with significant growth in the past three years.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Even the best business plans expect some bumps along the road: financial insecurity among consumers, supply chain complications, a shortage of labor or reduced in-store traffic. But the COVID-19 pandemic forced retailers to grapple with all of the above, all at once. The Online-Offline Hybrid.

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RetailMinded

JULY 3, 2022

Supply chain issues have hit 80% of US merchants in the last year, according to a new Brightpearl survey. Almost half of shops and ecommerce brands (52%) have experienced stockouts, resulting in a loss of sales. The survey found that shortage of goods was the biggest supply problem – experienced by 67% of respondents.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Paper Store promises top-notch customer service in its 100+ brick-and-mortar stores, with associates helping shoppers choose from its widely varied assortment of apparel, accessories, jewelry, water bottles and even packaged food from Stonewall Kitchen (along with paper, pens and school supplies, of course).

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

Depending on local restrictions, some stores were allowed to do phone sales or customer visits by appointment, but “very few of our doors were wide open at that point,” she noted. Where we didn’t have great visibility was between what was in our physical stores versus what was in our distribution center.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Rather than having fragmented or isolated data across different stores, warehouses, or sales channels, a centralized database ensures that every bit of information—such as inventory, sales data, customer details, and vendor records—is stored in one unified system. Key Benefits of a Centralized Database for Retailers 1.

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Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 9, 2020

It also covers the entire supply chain, from production to retail and warehousing to shipping, plus any stock movement in between. Or updating your inventory according to purchase orders and fulfillment. You also get inventory tracking, barcode scanning, and order fulfillment benefits that are standard with most inventory solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Spanish fashion retailer Encuentro Moda is deploying a radio frequency identification solution across its 125 stores, both to meet omnichannel requirements and to gain visibility into the stock availability at each store and throughout the supply chain. When goods are received at a store, sales associates use the ! .

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Supply chain and cold chain optimization. IoT technology is especially relevant in managing the supply chain of sensitive products like food with short shelf life or medicine. Example: Controlant Controlant, a leader in the pharmaceutical supply chain that uses around 200,000 IoT SIMs in its devices placed in trucks, pallets and boxes.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

Also known as pay-over-time or pay-in-4 installment plans, BNPL offers consumers the chance to split up the cost of major purchases directly at the point of sale. BNPL fulfills a need that previously wasn’t being met,” said Sharp. Most buy now, pay later offers are interest- and fee-free, unless customers miss a payment.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Digital order management and fulfillment. Retail businesses that are weathering the storms caused by the increased shift to ecommerce that began the so-called “ retail apocalypse ” — long before the impacts of COVID-19 further complicated things — have focused on the need for speed and flexibility regarding order fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Sezzle is aimed at shoppers making smaller purchases, such as party supplies or gifts, while Affirm is for purchases over $100. Additionally, Sezzle can be used with Target’s same-day fulfillment services, including store pickup and Shipt delivery, and in-store via Apple Pay or Google Pay.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

During the 2021 NFL season, an autonomous store at Ford Field cut down transaction and queuing time by 50% and increased store sales by 170%. Retailers also have seen success in protecting their bottom line and increasing sales through the rise of autonomous checkout in stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2023

But it’s retailers’ reluctance to move their point of sale (POS) systems from a traditional client/server setup to a cloud-based architecture that really slows down progress. The resistance is real — people are not comfortable yet with putting their POS in the cloud,” said Dave Bruno, Director of Retail Market Insights at Aptos.

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iVend

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Read more Research reveals that 51% of operations leaders see optimizing costs as their top priority within the supply chain. The best way to achieve inventory visibility is by using powerful inventory management software, integrated with your point-of-sale (POS) system.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2020

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of the on-demand economy, it’s this: a business, service or product that allows users to request a physical object, a piece of data or a service, and have that request fulfilled. A great example of this is Tractor Supply, which sells everything from riding lawn mowers to live chickens.

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Ecommerce Platforms

AUGUST 17, 2021

Third-party logistics, or 3PL, is a term used to refer to one of the most popular and cost-effective ecommerce fulfillment methods. Keep reading to guide your search on the top 3PL fulfillment companies for ecommerce. Shopify Fulfillment : A top-notch 3PL if you're using Shopify or plan on migrating your website.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2021

“We refocused marketing, operating and retail operations to enable mobile- and web-centric customer journeys, to ensure seamless experiences while improving logistics and fulfillment, including express delivery using taxi drivers. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The UK’s largest independent builder’s merchant, MKM Building Supplies , recognized that the building supplies industry was changing, with 45% of its current customer base set to retire within the next five years.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Brick-and-mortar locations are still essential parts of the shopper journey, but they need to be reconfigured to accommodate both shopper discovery and functions like flexible store-based fulfillment. 17 from 1:20 to 2:10 p.m.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

For retailers, digital transformation has not only made it possible to serve customers in multiple channels, it’s also made it possible to use real-time data capabilities that optimize product distribution and pricing strategies, increase inventory velocity, improve product positioning and turn stores into fulfilment centers.

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iVend

APRIL 2, 2025

You know that its more than simply a point of sale, and that it offers a comprehensive platform for managing the entire retail operation. Good retail inventory management helps to manage your retail supply chain and reduce the risk (and cost) of over- or under-stocking.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2020

Appearing at Retail TouchPoints ’ Retail Innovation Conference in 2019 , CIO Todd Treonze said the company was implementing “buy anything, get it anywhere (BAGA)” fulfillment — a long-time aspiration for omnichannel retailers that has yet to be realized by most.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

Riley: We have seen a massive increase in online sales, up 5X. To adjust for this volume, we have changed some fulfillment, shipping and customer service capabilities. We now ship to 160 countries and we have three fulfillment centers, in the UK, U.S. and Singapore. We work with retailers in 20 countries and we are growing.

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ESW

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In addition to customer service, an omnichannel approach to fulfilment and logistics creates a better experience for customers. This visibility allows brands to fulfil orders from the location that is most efficient. A centralised system allows brands to fulfil orders with the stock that is closest to the customer for faster delivery.

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Korona

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Since the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses across nearly all industries have dealt with supply chain issues. In reality, the supply chain is not just about dealing with the problems we have right now but also what will be in the future. Simplify Your Supply Chain By Working Local Producers.

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GetElastic

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Using vending machines as hyper-local micro-fulfillment centers for last-mile delivery is perhaps the one use case Amazon hasn’t already patented. While obvious use cases for vending machine fulfillment include meals and grocery, anything that is typically couriered is fair game — think office supplies, auto parts and other B2B goods.

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