The 4 Biggest Retail and Technology Trends at NRF’s Big Show 2025
The annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City wrapped up Tuesday evening, bringing to an end 3 full days of keynotes, conference sessions and exhibitor talks about almost everything under the retail sun. While the show covered plenty of ground, some…
The Network Effect Part 1: Driving Value Across the Supply Chain Ecosystem
In recent years, companies have outgrown the traditional capabilities provided by hub and spoke, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. Based on an increasingly omni-channel world, these systems are challenged to handle the combination of downstream demand variability, upstream supplier variability, and the risk that comes…
Three Strategies for Optimizing Your Results in “Returnuary”
January marks the start of a brand new year. That means consumers everywhere are making resolutions, joining gyms, journaling, cutting back on alcohol and calories, and engaging in other self-improvement activities. Unfortunately for the world’s retailers, consumers are also returning products. A lot of products….
Making Retail Returns Greener Is Always in Fashion
Sustainability is an increasing concern for every retail business, and for a good reason. Food, apparel, textiles, packaging materials and other consumer products not only cause environmental impacts as they’re produced and transported, but they often end up in landfills. With their trendy offerings and…
Fashion Returns Fraud Is Growing — But Digitalization Helps Retailers Fight Back
Product returns are an expensive, and growing, problem for fashion retailers. According to a report by Appriss Retail and the National Retail Federation (NRF), total returns for the retail industry amounted to $743 billion in merchandise in 2023, creating huge reverse logistics costs. For fashion…
Resolve to Join a Blue Yonder User Group This Year
Now that the holidays are behind us, ‘tis the season for gym memberships, “damp January” and other self-improvement plans. This year, why not resolve to increase your company’s returns on Blue Yonder software, improve your supply chain results, and find a like-minded community of peers…
Looking for Unique Value? LSPs Should Look No Further Than Blue Yonder.
Logistics teams in every industry are experiencing tough pressures, from rising costs to labor shortages. But it’s important to remember that not all logistics organizations are created equal. For example, the world’s logistics services providers (LSPs) are facing very different challenges and opportunities today than,…
Looking Ahead to NRF 2025
From Jan. 12 – 14, 2025, over 40,000 retail professionals will descend on the Javits Convention Center in New York City for the retail industry’s biggest show of the year — NRF ‘25. Every year, retail professionals gather to learn from their peers, see and…
Navigating the Future of Supply Chain Planning: Blue Yonder’s Insights From the 2024 Gartner® Supply Chain Planning Summit
I had the pleasure of attending the Gartner® Supply Chain Planning Summit 2024, held on Dec. 3 – 4 in Denver, CO. This event offered a unique opportunity to engage with industry leaders and gain firsthand insights into the latest trends and innovations in supply…
LSPs Need to Build Digital Leadership Quickly. Blue Yonder Can Help.
Faced with unprecedented supply chain complexity, more companies are making a strategic choice to focus on their core business, while outsourcing their warehousing and transportation to the experts — logistics services providers, or LSPs. Among Fortune 500 companies, 80% are outsourcing logistics — and 68%…