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Nike's E-commerce Skyrockets, With Mobile Sales Topping Those From Desktops

July 6, 2015

NIKE Inc.'s e-commerce business is growing, and the company attributes it to being one of the "world's most engaged brands online."

How Social Media Drives 'Fast-Fashion' Decisions

July 2, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

In the world of fast fashion, social media can be both bane and salvation for manufacturers and retailers.

Footwear Manufacturer Increases Fill Rates 10-15% with Supplier Collaboration

June 24, 2015

Challenge: A top-tier athletic footwear brand needed to gain quicker access to supplier information and share purchase order information with several hundred vendors and factories. The company was relying on manually intensive methods, with high error rates and long cycle times.

Reshoring: Reality or Hype?

June 11, 2015

Akhil Oltikar, VP Supply Chain Solutions, Riverwood Solutions

Newmine Issues Returns Assessment Program

June 9, 2015

Newmine

Newmine, a global consulting firm focusing on the omnichannel retail sector, has developed the Customer Returns Assessment Program (RAP).

Hermes-OTTO Launches ASTRA Supply Chain Services

June 8, 2015

Hermes-OTTO International

Hermes-OTTO International, a provider of electronic-commerce services for fashion and lifestyle brands, has launched ASTRA Supply Chain Services Ltd.

CIPS Partners With Procurious on Social Media

June 8, 2015

Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) is partnering with Procurious, an online business network for procurement and supply-chain professionals, to form a social media knowledge initiative.

Epicor Issues Update of Product-Packaging Software

June 5, 2015

Epicor Software Corp.

Epicor Software Corp. has made generally available its latest version of product-packaging software known as Epicor AVP.

Lean Six Sigma the Key to Turning Around Struggling Operation

April 16, 2015

Challenge: A Fortune 100 consumer product company struggled to hit target metrics for fill rates, on-time delivery, damage rates and other key distribution metrics. The company needed immediate improvements to satisfy the demands of its retail customers.

E-commerce Enables African Consumers to Buy Products Often Unavailable Otherwise

March 25, 2015

New York Times

Chris and Tope Folayan, two brothers who grew up in Nigeria and attended college in the United States, founded MallforAfrica in 2013. Tope earned an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. After graduating, he returned to Lagos, while Chris remained in the United States. Their company makes it easier for Nigerians to place online orders for American and British products that are difficult to find in Nigerian stores and that online retailers don't offer directly to most African consumers because of troublesome customs duties and paperwork, shipping costs and the fear of fraud.