Little Luxuries: A Surprising Demand Trend Impacting Category Managers
As I noted in my last blog, record inflation continues to be a significant concern for retailers — because it’s having an enormous and complicated impact on consumer behaviors. Even worse news for retailers? Stressed-out shoppers perceive inflation rates as higher than they actually are….
Developers Invited to Attend Luminate Platform/DEVCON Track at ICON 2022
Disruptive, complex environments are today’s norm. Delayed shipments, trucking concerns, workforce shortages, and cancelled flights all impact supply chains. Blue Yonder’s Luminate™ Platform provides the integrated intelligence and tools necessary to allow Blue Yonder applications to transform uncertainty into certainty, synchronizing supply chain ecosystems and…
Blue Yonder – A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader 11 Years Running, Thanks to Our TMS Customers
We believe customers and innovation are the top reasons for recognition as a Leader for the 11th year1 in a row in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report2 ! Much of our success correlates to our customer’s success. They have challenged…
The State of Omni-Channel Order Management: E-Commerce Strategies To Drive Success
Worldwide events of the last two years have created new customer demand for order fulfillment flexibility and speed, creating an imperative to transform the state of order management. As events continue to impact B2B and B2C order fulfillment, what are companies doing to succeed and…
Hardline Retailers Leverage Blue Yonder to Deliver Modern Omni-Channel Offerings
One might think that supply chain issues have been addressed or at least resolved enough to get goods where they need to go as we enter the third year of the pandemic. Unfortunately for all of us, the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on supply…
Leveraging Technology To Improve Employee Engagement and Retention
In part one, Creating a Culture That Engages and Retains Warehouse Employees, we explored successful strategies to enhance employee engagement and improve warehouse staff retention. Technology can play a critical role towards creating a culture of engagement and retention. Blue Yonder’s Luminate™ Platform includes solutions…
The Private Label Pivot — More Headaches for Category Planners
In just the few weeks since writing my last blog on inflation, the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) has jumped from a 12-month average of 7.5% up to 7.9%, with food-at-home reaching 8.6%. It’s the largest increase for at-home food in 40 years, as if…
Four Ways for Driving Agility with Integrated Demand & Supply Planning
Already in crisis, the world’s supply chains are facing additional obstacles in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Just as port congestion was beginning to clear, companies find themselves facing a new set of challenges, including product and materials shortages, blocked transportation lanes and…
Honey, They Shrunk the Ice Cream! — How Rising Inflation Is Causing Headaches for Category Planners
Inflation is on the rise. Consumers are feeling the pressure of price increases on everything from food and gas to furniture and automobiles. Newly published data shows the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) has risen 7.5% in the past 12 months, and this is having…
Leverage Stores as Part of Your Omni-Channel Retail Strategy
This blog is co-authored by Nina Seth, Product Marketing Director, and Sumit Mittal, Product Director – Commerce Solutions With the growth in e-commerce sales, one might think that the brick-and-mortar store is dead. But nothing can be further from the truth. In fact, the store…