The Question Facing Retailers: To Substitute or Not to Substitute?
Picture the scene: You’re walking up and down the aisles of your supermarket, making a beeline for the first item on your list. Your usual brand isn’t there. Out of stock. A quick sigh later, and you’ve reached out for the next best thing instead…
Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend: Three Takeaways From Our Latest Survey
The holiday shopping season started early this year as many retailers kicked off their annual promotions well before Black Friday weekend. Amazon hosted its Prime Early Access Sale from Oct. 11-12 and Target held its Deal Days from Oct. 6-8, among many others, in an…
Supply Chain Transformations Must Prepare for No New Normal
“We’re entering ‘the new normal.’” No doubt, we’ve all heard or read that sentence somewhere. It’s an understandable soundbite that depicts the trying times experienced over the past three years, made up of both political and economic trajectories, as well as unforeseen “black swan” events….
The Real Winner at the 2022 World Cup? Supply Chain.
The entire world is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, held in Qatar from Nov. 20 through Dec. 18, 2022. Over the course of four weeks, 32 teams and over 1.7 million fans will descend on Qatar for this event — which marks…
Prime Day Early Access: How Consumers Embraced Amazon’s New Deal Event and What it Means for the Holidays
After months of rumors, Amazon held its new deal event, Prime Early Access Sale, from Oct. 11-12 to officially kick off the 2022 holiday shopping season. With inflation rates still above 8% at the end of September and excess inventory continuing to be an issue,…
More Than a Side Hustle: 5 Steps for CPG Brands to Make D2C a Growth Engine
It’s no secret that the evolution of marketplaces and the COVID-19 pandemic altered consumer behavior over recent years. Now 51% of consumers start their shopping journey in the digital channel. It’s also hardly a revelation that retailers have responded by rethinking their strategies around inventory…
Monolith Versus Microservice Architectures: It’s Time To Let the Latter Revive the Former
Thanks to the impacts of COVID-19, a host of black swan disruption events, and evolving consumer behavior, retailers’ digital transformation strategies went from being a long-term roadmap to an overnight necessity. However, upon this realization, and the incumbent need to revisit their current digital infrastructures,…
Beauty Styles Come and Go – Can Your Order Management Solution Adapt to Ongoing Trends?
Beauty trends come and go and quickly. What’s “in” for Summer is “out” by Fall. Lightweight breathable foundations make way for foundations that keeps dry skin luminous during the colder seasons. And sometimes the latest social media trend (think TikTok) plays a part in elevating…
Understanding the Difference Between ATS and ATP: It’s Time for Brands to Start Keeping Their Promises
Breaking a promise to consumers has never been more dangerous, as expectations across numerous metrics become more severe and decisive. Amid this challenge, it is critical that retailers are able to generate a real-time view of what is “available to promise” (ATP) and not just…
Achieving Profitability in Grocery E-Commerce
A Blue Yonder Perspective This blog was written by Shannon Wu-Lebron, CVP Industry Strategies, with contributions from Nina Seth, Director Product Marketing Online grocery has certainly grown in the past few years —it received a nice size bump during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, sales…