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…
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…
Organisez votre Supply Chain autour de la demande client
Une Supply Chain moderne est bien plus qu’un flux efficace de stocks optimisés en amont, pour répondre à une prévision de la demande client. Bien sûr, c’est une grande partie de ce qu’il faudrait faire, mais la demande peut être à la fois satisfaite et…
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…
It’s a Great Day To Say ‘Thank You’ to Your Local Supermarket Workers
Thanks to The Food Industry Association (FMI), February 22nd is Supermarket Employee Day. If you find yourself at a supermarket today, please take the time to thank an employee before you leave. Supermarkets play a vital role in our daily lives, and it’s the employees…
Future Proof Your Grocery E-Commerce Supply Chain
By Nina Seth, Director Product Marketing – Commerce and Pawan Gupta, Sales and Strategy – Commerce Online grocery sales are soaring to new heights. U.S. online grocery sales reached nearly $98 billion last year. In fact, more than 70% of U.S. households, or 93 million…
E-Commerce On Fire
In November 2021, Target CEO Brian Cornell announced that third-quarter sales through same-day services such as buy online, pickup in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup and Shipt expanded by nearly $2 billion, or 400%, over the last two years. And etail behemoth Amazon took market share in U.S. online…
Blue Yonder WFM Can Cut Labor Spend More Than 5%
Labor shortages, rising wages, and increased turnover rates are impacting businesses around the globe. Retailers have it especially tough, with 94% of retailers having trouble hiring for open positions and 74% expecting labor shortages in customer-facing positions this year. Investing in your workforce has…
3 étapes pour surmonter les défis de l’omnicanal en cas de perturbation de la supply-chain
Cet article a été co-écrit par Terence Leung , Senior Director Marketing produit Supply Chain Execution, et Nina Seth , Directrice Marketing Commerce chez Blue Yonder Deux ans après le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, les acheteurs sont revenus en magasin. Les consommateurs achètent…
Achats omnicanaux : Pourquoi les distributeurs devraient offrir une expérience fluide à la fois en magasin et en ligne
Si le début de la pandémie mondiale de COVID-19 a accéléré la croissance du e-commerce avec des millions de consommateurs achetant des produits en ligne, une fatigue digitale pousse désormais de nombreux consommateurs, à revenir aux achats en magasin. Selon le Wall Street Journal, les…