What Does Amazon Prime Day 2018 Tell Us About Consumer Retail Trends?
What can the 36-hour Amazon Prime Day sales event tell us about the trends currently shaping retail? That’s what JDA set out to answer with our annual Amazon Prime Day survey. We asked 1,000 U.S. consumers to tell us about their experiences. And, while technical…
Friday in 5: Target Announces One-Day Sale to Challenge Amazon Prime Day
Welcome to Friday in 5 – news from around the world of supply chain, served up in one place to keep you up-to-date. This week: Target goes head-to-head with Amazon Prime Day; warehouse availability is at its tightest in two decades; IBM creates a new…
Friday in 5: Whole Foods Deals Added to a Longer Amazon Prime Day
Welcome to Friday in 5: news from around the supply chain landscape, served up in one spot to keep you up to date and informed. This week: Amazon Prime Day gets longer and adds Whole Foods deals; U.S. tariffs start to impact manufacturing; year-over-year orders…
Centralized Pricing: A Challenge That Awaits Retailers
In our consulting practice, we speak to many different retailers about their pricing needs. For many years across all industries the trend has been moving towards specialized services, and we seem to have hit that point with pricing in retail. At retailers, we often see…
Waveless Picking: Is Your Supply Chain Able to Compete with Amazon?
Think back five years ago when you shopped online. Back then, when you placed an order online and the estimated delivery date was 10 days later, that was acceptable. Now think about your online shopping and shipping expectations today – a 10-day delivery estimate is…
Claire’s Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: Claire’s Stores Inc., known for their tween jewelry and ear piercing, has become the latest victim of the retail…
Robot Fired from Grocery Store for ‘Utter Incompetence’
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: A robot was just fired from a grocery store in Scotland for confusing some customers and freaking out others,…
Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em, “Christmas in October” Sales Get Results
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: Earlier Christmas promotions may not be popular, but they get results; some shoppers say the quality of produce at…
Amazon’s Australia Launch Highlights Fulfillment Challenges Evolving Retailers Face
A lot of attention was focused on the full launch of Amazon’s retail operations in Australia this week. Reflecting its U.S. roots, until this week Amazon.com.au had remained an online bookseller, but in the early morning hours of Dec. 5 the site joined the ranks…
Your Next Pair of Gap Jeans May be Delivered with the Help of a High-Tech Robot
Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. This week: Your next pair of Gap jeans may be delivered with the help of a high-tech robot, why this is…