Retail

Amazon Still in Driver's Seat When It Comes to Rapid Fulfillment, Delivery

May 28, 2014

Drone delivery, anyone? We're not completely there yet, but while we wait for products to fall from the sky, businesses need to maintain a competitive edge by outsourcing fulfillment to the right provider.

Walmart E-Receipt Strategy Designed to Collect Lots of Customer Data

May 28, 2014

FierceRetailIT

Walmart is rolling out a program to send shoppers e-receipts via its mobile app, and while they're surely thrilled to save a few trees the real impetus is the wealth of customer data it can provide.

Sustainability at H&M: Long Road Traveled, Long Road Ahead

May 27, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

If you're still not convinced that sustainability can be a big marketing tool for global brands, then take a glance at the latest "Conscious Actions" report from Hennes & Mauritz AB - known to clothing shoppers around the world as H&M.

Transportation Today: A Snapshot

May 27, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Matt Harding, principal in the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium of Chainalytics, offers a snapshot of the current transportation environment, looking at rates, regulation and other major factors.

Successful Supply Chain Leadership

May 27, 2014

Gough Grubbs, Senior VP Distribution & Logistics, Stage Stores

How Stage Stores Educates Its Suppliers

May 27, 2014

Tim Duvic, VP Distribution, Stage Stores

How Will the Omnichannel Change Retail?

May 22, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Curt Bimschleger, senior vice president of retail logistics with Genco, offers some observations on how the omnichannel is transforming the retail sector.

Food Costs, Minimum Wage Hikes Drive Increased Prices at Nation's Restaurants

May 22, 2014

SpenDifference

The majority of America's chain restaurants held the line on price hikes the first part of the year but plan to start raising them, according to a new survey from SpenDifference, a restaurant supply chain co-op.

Manufacturers Are Considering Near-Shoring - But Just How Near?

May 22, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Manufacturers like the U.S. They really like it!

Is Ice-Cream Parlor Business a Snapshot of Mexico's Small-Is-Better Approach to Retail?

May 21, 2014

The Economist

In almost every town in Mexico, you will find at least one garish La Michoacana ice-cream parlour, a Mexican business success story, possibly as well known as Dunkin' Donuts is in the United States. But it is not a corporation, nor a brand, nor a franchise. It is a confetti of independent, family-owned ice-cream parlours.

Retail

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