Reimagine Inventory Planning: Aligning Allocation and Replenishment Across the Supply Chain
Many retailers are witnessing a surge in point solutions that promise to address the challenges associated with inventory planning. While these tools enhance efficiency for individual teams, they often perpetuate silos that undermine true supply chain optimization. The result? In the quest to find a…
The Top 10 Causes of Shipping Delays — and How to Mitigate Them
Getting shipments from the production facility or warehouse to the retail store or the consumer’s doorstep is a lot more complicated than it used to be. Today’s supply chains span thousands of miles, cross continents and oceans, rely on multiple modes of transportation, and involve…
Nucleus Research Names Blue Yonder a Leader in Warehouse Management Systems
Once again Nucleus Research has named Blue Yonder a Leader in its recently published WMS Technology Value Matrix 2024. This annual report offers an overview of the current market for warehouse management systems (WMS), examines trends, and assesses the software providers in this space. Among…
A Life-Saving Initiative: Blue Yonder India Associates Give Back by Hosting Blood Donation Drive
In the U.S., January is National Blood Donor Month, an observance that honors voluntary blood donors and encourages others to help save lives by donating blood. In India, Blue Yonder associates host an annual blood donation drive at our Bangalore campus. Blue Yonder associate Jhansi…
Blue Yonder Named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail AI-Driven Assortment Planning Solutions for 2025
As the complexities of assortment planning have grown starker in recent years, the need for technology that can help empower retailers has grown in equal measure. This is especially true when it comes to building space-aware assortments that are designed to meet the needs of…
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…