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Articles Tagged with ''retail supply chains''

Q&A | Retailers Confront the Need to Innovate

December 10, 2018
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The retail industry finds itself in a state of constant innovation, and the Retail Industry Leaders Association needs to respond in kind.


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Winter Shopping Is Coming
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Winter (Shopping) Is Coming. Are You Prepared?

November 7, 2018
Sean McCartney, SCB Contributor
When the days get shorter and the weather gets colder, retailers have one thing on their minds: the peak-season holiday shopping rush.
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Chinese Goods Fill World's Marketplaces - But at What Cost When So Many Are Shoddy?

December 17, 2015
New York Times
Across Nigeria, low-cost Chinese goods are everywhere, evidence of Beijing's growing dominance in global trade. The trade flow has helped keep life affordable for millions of Nigerian families, at a time when the country is struggling with economic stagnation and plunging prices, as well as the deadly costs of the Boko Haram insurgency.
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Economic Slowdown No Hurdle to Consumption Patterns of Affluent Households in China

July 2, 2015
BCG Perspectives
Despite the well-publicized slowdown in economic growth, overall consumer sentiment in China can still be described as cautiously optimistic. More precisely, caution characterizes the lower end of the consumer market, while optimism envelops the high end. China, in other words, has become a two-speed consumer market. The optimistic, "high-speed" consumer market disproportionately consists of middle- to upper-middle-class and affluent households. These consumers also make up the bulk of the digital class of active online shoppers.
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By Comparison to Other Types of Companies, Retailers Fall Short on Cybersecurity Investment

March 16, 2015
FierceRetailIT
Seeing what is happening to their customers and feeling the heat from possible threats, technology companies are increasing spending on security for their own systems, according to a survey of chief financial officers. Meanwhile, incentives to spend big on security are still in short supply for retailers and other private companies.
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XPO Logistics Acquires UX Specialized Logistics

February 24, 2015
XPO Logistics Inc.
XPO Logistics Inc., a freight brokerage and transportation services provider, has acquired UX Specialized Logistics, a North American provider of last-mile logistics services for retail chains and e-commerce companies.
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The Promise and Peril of Big Data in Retail Supply Chains

January 30, 2015
SupplyChainBrain
The emergence of Big Data poses significant challenges to retail supply chains. But it also offers the opportunity to gain new insights into customer demand. Annibal Sodero, assistant professor at the Walton College of Business University of Arkansas, explains.
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Supply Chains of the Future: Where Will We Get the Talent?

January 23, 2015
SupplyChainBrain
Companies are desperate for new talent to help them achieve supply-chain excellence, as they grapple with ever-larger volumes of data and increasing unpredictability in consumer markets. A SupplyChainBrain Roundtable discussion with Benji Green, director of global supply chain operations with Avaya; Trevor Miles, executive vice president of thought leadership with Kinaxis, and Roddy Martin, managing director of Accenture Supply Chain Strategies.
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The Driver Shortage: Are We Headed Over a Cliff?

December 12, 2014
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
The nationwide driver shortage just won't go away. And shippers are paying the price.
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Closing the Loop on Recycling - And Making Money in the Process

November 10, 2014
Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain
Even in the age of recycling, forward and reverse supply chains have tended to be treated as separate disciplines. Now the world's largest retailer is partnering with major consumer goods manufacturers to help erase that distinction.
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