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CommerceHub to Acquire Retail Technology Provider Mercent

January 14, 2015

CommerceHub, provider of a software platform for electronic commerce, is acquiring Mercent, a Seattle, Wash.-based vendor of retail technology.

Drawing the Omnichannel Road Map

January 14, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

What does it take to develop an omnichannel road map? Joe Dunlap, senior director of supply-chain services with Fortna, lays out the steps that companies need to take. And he explains why the omnichannel is not for everyone.

U.S. Imports Expected to Rise as West Coast Port Issues Continue

January 14, 2015

NRF

Year-over-year import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to continue to rise during most of the first half of 2015 despite significant congestion still impacting West Coast ports, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Epicor Acquires ShopVisible; Partners on Electronic Payment

January 13, 2015

Epicor Software Corp.

Epicor Software Corp. has completed its acquisition of ShopVisible LLC, a provider of cloud-based software for retail order management and digital commerce.

Retailers Experience Slight Rise in Fraudulent Returns for 2014 Holiday Season

January 12, 2015

FierceRetailIT

Retailers estimate that they will lose $3.8bn to return fraud for the 2014 holiday season, up from last year's $3.4bn estimate, according to a recent National Retail Federation (NRF) survey. Retailers also estimated that 5.5 percent of all holiday returns are fraudulent, similar to last year's 5.8 percent.

For Retailers, 2015 Must Be the Year of Omnichannel Commitment, Study Says

January 12, 2015

Shopatron

Less than half of retailers currently offer order fulfillment solutions like in-store pickup or ship-from-store to consumers, but 2015 provides a chance to improve their business operations and invest in technologies that will improve the bottom line and create unforgettable customer shopping experiences in all channels. Shopatron, a provider of cloud-based distributed order management solutions, says retailers must view 2015 as the year when omnichannel commitment becomes the priority.

Visibility Key to Productivity Gains, But Many Companies Still Not Technologically Sophisticated, Report Says

January 9, 2015

Trace One

Research suggests that 83 percent of global private label supply chain executives say supply chain transparency impacts productivity and overall consumer confidence. However, it also found that 43 percent of organizations are still using offline methods, like Excel documents and the telephone, to communicate with supply chain partners.

Report Spotlights Best Practices in Fleet Management in Retail Industry

January 9, 2015

PRSM

The Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM) has issued a report to provide the retail store maintenance industry with best practices and tools to benchmark the costs of keeping technicians and a fleet of vehicles operating reliably in the field.

The Promise of Cross-channel Marketing Nirvana Could Be Realized This Year

January 8, 2015

MultiChannel Merchant

For years, marketers have had two goals. They wanted to truly be able to engage with customers uniquely, based on both their interests and their value to the retail brand. They have also wanted to manage that conversation across every digital marketing channel, unifying email, web/mobile sites, display ad, and social efforts. While widely viewed as two separate goals, they were innately connected – how can you have cross-channel marketing without knowing who, specifically, you are communicating with? 2015 is the year when the promise of cross-channel marketing nirvana is fulfilled, finally.

Spotlight on Growth of Mobile Internet Usage in Europe

January 5, 2015

BCG Perspectives

In less than a decade, the mobile internet revolution has overtaken the digital revolution and is still accelerating. Mobile penetration is increasing, the costs of access and devices are coming down, and more and more people in both developed and developing economies are using the mobile internet as their first - and often their only - means of going online. Let's look at the phenomenon in Europe.