Retail - Articles - Page 267 | SupplyChainBrain

Using Science to Achieve Retail On-Shelf Availability

June 24, 2014

Rahul Tyagi, Associate Dir, Retail & CPG, TCS

How to Integrate Fulfillment Across the Omnichannel

June 23, 2014

Austin Power, business development manager for order fulfillment solutions with Retrotech Inc., lists the challenges that retailers face, as they move to an omnichannel model of sales.

Target Experiments with Same-Day Delivery in Three Cities

June 23, 2014

FierceRetailIT

Like Walmart, Amazon and a handful of other retailers, Target is realizing the potential value in offering same-day delivery.

Four Ways E-commerce May Change by 2025 - And How Logistics Must Keep Pace with Online Shoppers' Demands

June 23, 2014

DHL

Over the next 10 years, online retail will continue to gain popularity in both developed and emerging markets and as a result, logistics companies are set to play a key role in providing vital supply chain management solutions that are able to evolve with consumers' changing shopping habits.

Reverse Logistics: T-Mobile's 'Secret Weapon' for Generating Revenue

June 23, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

It's been called everything from a nuisance to a necessary evil. But reverse logistics can be much more than that.

Most CEOs Say Their Supply Chains 'Not Optimal' for Rapidly Changing Retail Environment

June 19, 2014

JDA

Digitally connected consumers have turned retail models upside down as omnichannel shopping has transformed supply chain from an important business concern to a mission critical one. So profound is this change that 50 percent of CEOs recognize that their supply chain can be a strategic differentiator. However, 83 percent of worldwide CEOs believe that their retail supply chains are "not optimal" for today's changing retail environment.

Chile Top Destination for Retail Expansion in Emerging Markets

June 19, 2014

A.T. Kearney

Among a slew of Latin American countries ready for retail expansion, Chile ranked first place in the 2014 A.T. Kearney Global Retail Development Index (GRDI).

Debut of China's Alibaba E-commerce Site Challenges Amazon, Others

June 17, 2014

FierceRetailIT

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has officially launched its 11 Main U.S. retail site, threatening eBay, Amazon, Etsy and other online sellers.

The Supply Chain Meets the Omnichannel

June 16, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Piyush Sampat, principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, charts the maturity of retailers' efforts to adapt to the omnichannel. Integration of online and store fulfillment remains a challenge, he says.

Consumers Love Free Shipping, Demand More Flexibility When Shopping Online

June 16, 2014

UPS

Online shoppers want retailers to make it easier to purchase their goods and services. Consumers also want websites and stores to work better together. For now, they also prefer to evaluate and purchase products from their desktops rather than their mobile devices, and when it comes to shipping and returns "free" is a driving factor to complete the sale. These and other findings appear in the third annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, conducted earlier this year by comScore.