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…
13 Reasons Why Taylor Swift Did Not Cause the Vinyl Record Shortage
Calling myself a Taylor Swift fan would be a gross understatement. My younger friends would say I’m a stan, but the label I’m most comfortable using for my 16-year obsession with the 11-time Grammy Award winner is that I’m a “Swiftie,” the nickname lovingly donned by…
Pass the Produce: 5 Grocery Trends Retailers Should Be Aware of Ahead of the Holidays
The holiday season is upon us and grocers are preparing for what is bound to be an interesting shopping season. With product shortages still commonplace and consumer habits continuing to shift, grocers need to ensure they are using data-driven solutions to provide a stellar customer experience. To…
Don’t Procrastinate This Holiday Season
Procrastinators beware… 2021 is not your year. Heed our warning when we say — start your holiday shopping early. We aren’t being alarmists here. If you thought 2020 was filled with retail chaos due to store closures, in many ways the retail sector is struggling…
Say It Ain’t So — Now There’s a Coffee Supply Chain Shortage?
This blog was written by Bryant Miller, Corporate Communications, with insights from Jim Hull, Senior Industries Strategy Director at Blue Yonder I could handle the toilet paper shortage — I wanted a bidet anyway. No chicken wings? Bring on the thighs. Eighteen months to wait…
Could Supply Chain Automation be the answer to the Great Resignation?
This blog is co-authored by Terence Leung, Senior Product Marketing Director; Bonnie Milam, Product Marketing Director; Michael Orr, Product Marketing Director; and Nina Seth, Product Marketing Director The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt retail. Having experienced demand and supply challenges, survived enforced lockdowns and an…