Are You Ready for Today’s Savvy Hybrid Shopper?
2022 holiday sales numbers are in and it’s a huge win for retailers focused on delivering engaging and delightful experiences to customers both online and in-stores. While we normally hear about e-commerce sales, foot traffic to stores has come back with a roar and continues…
2023: The Year of the Employee?
As I have been reviewing many retail predictions for this year, one prediction I keep hearing is that 2023 would be the year of the retail frontline employee. Several reasons were shared on the “why,” including the labor shortages, increasing wage rates, tough to hire,…
NRF 2023: Key Highlights
We are just returning from an incredible three days reconnecting with customers. After a three-year hiatus, Blue Yonder returned to an in-person National Retail Federation’s Retail’s Big Show – and the first time appearing as Blue Yonder since changing our company name back in February…
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…
Why Blue Yonder Was Recently Recognized for Its OMS Microservices in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Retail Distributed Order Management Systems
We are very excited to announce that Blue Yonder has been recognized for the first time as a Representative Vendor in the latest Gartner® Market Guide for Retail Distributed Order Management Systems. The acceleration of omni-channel commerce in the past few years has put significant…
Blue Yonder Named as a Notable Vendor in the Forrester Order Management System Landscape, Q4 2022
The acceleration of e-commerce in the past few years has put significant pressure on businesses to rethink their entire commerce strategy. Today’s savvy shopper expects seamless and enhanced experiences across channels – in-store and online – with the goal of getting the right product, at…
La question qui se pose aux détaillants : Substituer ou ne pas substituer ?
Imaginez la scène : Vous arpentez les allées de votre supermarché et vous vous précipitez sur le premier article de votre liste. Votre marque habituelle n’est pas là. Rupture de stock. Un petit soupir plus tard, vous avez déjà trouvé ce qui vous convient le…
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…
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…
Le vrai gagnant de la Coupe du monde 2022? La Supply Chain
Le monde entier se prépare à la Coupe du monde de la FIFA 2022, qui se tiendra au Qatar du 20 novembre au 18 décembre 2022. Pendant quatre semaines, 32 équipes et plus de 1,7 million de supporters descendront au Qatar pour cet événement –…