Retail

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.

Retailers Grapple With the Omnichannel

May 21, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Jim Barnes, president and chief executive officer of enVista Corp., discusses how retailers and distributors are addressing the unique challenges posed by the emergence of the omnichannel.

C.H. Robinson Launches Robinson Fresh for Produce Shippers

May 20, 2014

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has launched Robinson Fresh, a new service aimed at the produce industry.

Echo Global Logistics Acquires One Stop Logistics

May 20, 2014

Echo Global Logistics Inc.

Echo Global Logistics Inc. has acquired all of the assets of One Stop Logistics, Inc., a transportation brokerage headquartered in Watsonville, Calif.

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Will Still Be Around, But They Must Provide Better 'Experience' for Shoppers

May 19, 2014

Apparel

The ubiquity of the internet and smartphones has made e-commerce and m-commerce grow by leaps and bounds. But fear not, brick-and-mortar retailers: in-store shopping isn't going anywhere. In fact, brick-and-mortar retail still drives more than 90 percent of commerce, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Retail

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the retail industry — which comprises companies that operate physical or internet stores with diversified product lines. Learn how pharmaceutical and biotech companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.