Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Associates have to be omnichannel fulfillment specialists. the fulfillment scenarios really are endless. Your POS system needs to account for that. Customer and product information at their fingertips What are some of the functionalities and data that your POS system needs to serve up? It’s a lot harder than it sounds.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2024

Ikea has embarked on the latest phase of drone adoption by rolling out an upgraded AI-powered system that will allow the drones to work efficiently alongside human workers in distribution centers. By integrating this new system into fulfillment spaces, Ikea’s operations will “run continuously,” the company shared in an announcement.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Amazon unveiled a number of new technical innovations set to be deployed across its operations, including a lighter, more durable drone for deliveries and a new robotic system than can handle individual product sorting. New Fulfillment Robot: Sparrow. Next-Gen Drones. Just as customers in a few select U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

Two digital-first brands, Misen and ModCloth , are partnering with Cart.com to improve their omnichannel fulfillment and logistics operations. fulfillment partner. Cookware and knives brand Misen has made Cart.com its official U.S. The brand will ship its products out of two U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2022

PFS’ RetailConnect aims to enable retailers to fulfill ecommerce orders from brick-and-mortar stores efficiently and without disrupting ongoing store operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2024

It’s not that this fulfillment method wasn’t popular — the arts and crafts retailer shipped nearly 3 million orders from its 1,300+ stores across the U.S. To begin this process, the retailer had to “artificially inflate replenishment” at these hub stores, but Luke noted that “eventually the system would learn where the demand is in the U.S.,”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2023

Natural food products retailer Freshmart has adopted online sales and fulfillment solutions from eGrowcery. The customized system features a focus on fresh and prepared foods and fulfillment options including store pickup and integrated delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Misfits Market has introduced Fulfilled by Misfits (FBM) , offering its logistics platform for perishable brands to store, pick, pack, fulfill and deliver their products nationwide. FBM already is working with consumer brands including Spot & Tango , Cometeer and Little Spoon.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2023

Walmart has opened an in-store Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) at Store 100 in its home town of Bentonville, Ark. MFCs will significantly increase the number of orders a store can fulfill in a day, according to a Walmart blog post , providing faster fulfillment with less substitutions and freeing up associates to help in-store customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Inkga Group, owner and operator of 482 Ikea stores and ecommerce in 31 countries, will adopt a solution from Made4net to power fulfillment centers and store operations worldwide. The deployment follows the purchase of Made4net by Ingka Investments , the group’s investment arm.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Hy-Vee will leverage Instacart ’s Fulfillment as a Service (FaaS) to integrate same-day delivery fulfillment capabilities into its owned and operated websites and apps. Technology partner Upshop facilitated the FaaS integration into Hy-Vee’s systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Fulfillment technology company Fulfillment IQ has expanded its portfolio with an investment in Tusk Logistics, a regional delivery network. Tusk is designed to integrate easily into a shipper’s existing operational software, such as a warehouse or transportation management system.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Staples will install autonomous item-handling robots in its fulfillment centers as part of a multi-year agreement with RightHand Robotics. The solution provider’s RightPick system is powered by advanced hardware, a sensor suite and RightPick AI software designed for a wide range of warehouse tasks. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For larger-scale professional customers, Lowes has enabled a direct interface with supplier systems for large special orders. Lowes said it will rely on major suppliers to execute fulfillment and delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Amazon is rolling out new AI-powered technology across its warehouses to detect damaged goods in a bid to decrease the number of damaged items sent to customers and speed up the fulfillment process, The Wall Street Journal reports. MIT Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi, author of The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Walmart , which had announced plans to open four next-generation fulfillment centers in June 2022 , will build a fifth location scheduled to open in 2026 in Stockton, Calif. The 900,000-square-foot facility will help Walmart fulfill online orders for West Coast customers more quickly and efficiently. “In in a statement. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2023

Burgeoning demands for exemplary customer service and lightning-fast order fulfillment leave unprepared retailers scrambling for their share of the market. Data-heavy, complex operations hamper efforts to deliver positive customer service interactions, address errors and fulfill orders accurately.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To better serve a growing legion of West Coast customers, Tapestry , parent company of brands including Coach and Kate Spade , opened its 788,000-square-foot North Las Vegas Fulfillment Center in November. Tapestry already operates a fulfillment center serving the East Coast located in Jacksonville, Fla. Designed to distribute 22.2

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2023

13 that has affected its ability to fulfill orders on time — a major challenge at any time, but one that’s particularly fraught so close to the Christmas holidays. The filing revealed that “the threat actor disrupted the Company’s business operations by encrypting some IT systems, and stole data from the Company, including personal data.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2024

With the growth in ecommerce and higher consumer expectations for convenience, it is essential for retailers to make returns processes as efficient as outbound fulfillment. Crawford has worked at various companies such as Manhattan Associates, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Georgia Tech Intelligent Transportation Systems and Eastman Chemical Company.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

For brands, the challenge is not just about demand fulfillment; it’s about demand generation. Brands must have scalable logistics systems ready to respond to sudden spikes in demand. At the same time, logistics systems must be agile enough to handle the unpredictability of on-demand ecommerce. The key lies in preparation.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2024

To make the issue worse, this trend shows no sign of slowing down, as fraudsters continue to develop new and innovative methods to exploit retail systems. This deceptive practice takes various forms, each designed to exploit different vulnerabilities in retail systems. Another prevalent method is the abuse of chargeback systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

The idea of transforming malls into “mixed use” gathering spots has become popular, but an aerial view of these complexes provides an interesting perspective on another potential evolutionary path for the mall: as a fulfillment center. “ All those back-of-house loading docks are just perfect for fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As a result, they are organizing the back-of-house environment in an efficient way that allows them to fulfill orders efficiently and accurately. They need the ability to install and have optimally running tech solutions that require minimal maintenance, which deploying at the edge can support.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2024

Northwell Health , the largest health system in New York State, will partner with Instacart Health to expand access to nutritious food, beginning with a focus on moms-to-be in communities that have long-standing disparities in maternal care.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2025

Motivations range from the need to replace legacy systems and obsolete technology, particularly prevalent among online retailers, to the two-thirds of luxury retailers saying an inability to innovate using their existing systems was an important trigger for payments modernization.

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Groove

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

If desired, you can use third-party fulfillment applications like NetSuite and Brightpearl to scale your business as it grows. BigCommerce's headless commerce capabilities also offer the flexibility required for unique order flows and integration with external systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Supermarket chain Hy-Vee has optimized its distribution and transportation network with the help of three solutions from Manhattan Associates : the solution providers’ Warehouse Management System (WMS), Transportation Management System (TMS) and Demand Forecasting and Inventory Optimization (DFIO) module.

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Fabric Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

And that’s where order fulfillment software comes ina comprehensive tool designed to streamline and optimize processes like order processing, inventory management, shipping, and returns. Yet, order fulfillment in an omnichannel environment is not without its hassles. This is where the need for a unified system becomes evident.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

GNC has partnered with autonomous delivery system Zipline to begin offering fully electric drone delivery in select markets in the U.S. In 2024, GNC will begin using Zipline’s newly announced Platform 2 system, which is designed specifically for urban delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

It’s not enough to effectively manage your inventory as we discussed above – it’s about building resilience in case one part of the system is suddenly shut down. Grover holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences from the University of Toronto, specializing in Computer Engineering and Communication Systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Blue Yonder has launched two solutions – Warehouse Execution System (WES) and Adaptive Fulfillment & Warehousing — designed to speed up digitalization in both warehousing and micro-fulfillment operations.

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