Prime Day Early Access: How Consumers Embraced Amazon’s New Deal Event and What it Means for the Holidays
After months of rumors, Amazon held its new deal event, Prime Early Access Sale, from Oct. 11-12 to officially kick off the 2022 holiday shopping season. With inflation rates still above 8% at the end of September and excess inventory continuing to be an issue,…
More Than a Side Hustle: 5 Steps for CPG Brands to Make D2C a Growth Engine
It’s no secret that the evolution of marketplaces and the COVID-19 pandemic altered consumer behavior over recent years. Now 51% of consumers start their shopping journey in the digital channel. It’s also hardly a revelation that retailers have responded by rethinking their strategies around inventory…
Architectures monolithiques vs microservices : il est temps de faire bouger les lignes
En raison de l’impact du COVID-19, d’une série d’événements perturbateurs de type Black Swann et de l’évolution du comportement des consommateurs, les stratégies de transformation numérique des détaillants sont passées d’une feuille de route à long terme à une nécessité immédiate. Cependant, après cette prise…
Beauty Styles Come and Go – Can Your Order Management Solution Adapt to Ongoing Trends?
Beauty trends come and go and quickly. What’s “in” for Summer is “out” by Fall. Lightweight breathable foundations make way for foundations that keeps dry skin luminous during the colder seasons. And sometimes the latest social media trend (think TikTok) plays a part in elevating…
Comprendre la différence entre ATS et ATP: il est temps pour les marques de commencer à tenir leurs promesses
Il n’a jamais été aussi dangereux de rompre une promesse faite aux consommateurs, car les attentes relatives à de nombreux paramètres deviennent plus sévères et décisives. Face à ce défi, il est essentiel que les détaillants soient capables de générer une vue en temps réel…
Achieving Profitability in Grocery E-Commerce
A Blue Yonder Perspective This blog was written by Shannon Wu-Lebron, CVP Industry Strategies, with contributions from Nina Seth, Director Product Marketing Online grocery has certainly grown in the past few years —it received a nice size bump during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, sales…
Finding Focus in the Fight Against Inflation
In conjunction with this blog post, watch our on-demand webinar Finding Focus in the Fight Against Inflation. The 1970s are known for a lot more than Star Wars and pet rocks. The era is also known for supply-side economic shocks, low growth and high inflation….
A Look Back at the Order Management Line-Up at ICON 2022
Consumer expectations have drastically changed in the past few years. Consumers expect a seamless experience across channels. They want product availability online even before they walk into the store. In fact, according to Forrester, “65% of consumers expect retailers/brands to show in-store product availability online…
5 étapes pour optimiser les stocks : Il est temps d’introduire la planification au cœur du sujet de la gestion des commandes
Pourquoi ne parle-t-on pas du premier kilomètre lorsqu’on essaie de perfectionner le dernier kilomètre ? Lorsqu’il s’agit de la numérisation du réapprovisionnement et de l’exécution des commandes, les détaillants commencent à avoir les bonnes conversations. Dans un comité, le réapprovisionnement optimal basé sur des données…
Amazon Prime Day 2022: Three Trends From This Year’s Annual Shopping Event
Amazon Prime Day may have returned to its sweet spot of mid-July, but it was not immune to the current economic challenges. And neither were the retailers that planned to ride the coattails of the annual shopping event. With inflation at a 41-year high of…