Recession Proofing Your Retail Business
This blog was co-written by Wayne Snyder, VP, Retail Industry Strategy, and Nina Seth, Product Marketing Director. It’s a tough world out there. Inflation, rising interest rates, layoffs, high labor and transportation costs and much more. There is so much doom and gloom in the…
Managing Excess Inventory Needs a New Profitable Approach
Recent reports have highlighted the challenges many retailers are having with excess inventory. With supply chain disruptions continuing, purchasing more stock in advance to meet the forecasted upturn in demand made perfect sense. However, the boost in sales was short-lived as inflation and political instability…
Les transformations de la chaîne d’approvisionnement doivent se préparer à l’absence de nouvelle normalité
« Nous entrons dans la « nouvelle normalité ». » Sans aucun doute, nous avons tous entendu ou lu cette phrase quelque part. Une ritournelle qui décrit en réalité les moments difficiles vécus au cours des trois dernières années, composés de trajectoires politiques et économiques, ainsi que d’événements imprévus…
Les 5 étapes pour exécuter rentablement vos opérations le jour même
Le marché de la livraison le jour même devrait doubler au cours des trois prochaines années. Selon une enquête de Gatepoint Research intitulée « Stratégies de commerce électronique dans les entreprises d’aujourd’hui », 40 % des détaillants considèrent ce type de livraison comme l’une de leurs priorités pour…
Santa’s Supply Chain: Holiday Logistics in 2020
This blog is co-authored by Wayne Snyder, VP, Retail Industry Strategy EMEA, and Alan Duncan, Senior Director of Industry Strategy, EMEA. “T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by…
Retailers Are Changing Stores into Micro-fulfillment Centers with Robots
Reuters recently hosted a panel on the topic of optimizing omni-channel fulfillment to prepare for holiday peaks. Panelists included Jason Lerman, Director Operations at UNTUCKit; Jon Gold, VP of Supply Chain and Customs Policy at NRF; Wayne Snyder, VP Retail Industry Strategy at Blue Yonder; Gina Anderson, VP…
Digital Supply Chains: Now or Never for Retailers
Things have never stood still in the retail world. With lines blurring between physical and digital worlds, and ever-changing consumer demands, retailers find themselves continuously evolving to keep pace with competitors. Today, more than ever, retailers need to be agile, responsive and resilient. The COVID-19…