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Robomart is reinventing retail on The Rebound Podcast
Ahmed Ali, co-founder of Robomart, has a new take on retail he calls store hailing. The idea is simple: Instead of you going to the store, he’ll bring the store to you.

Party City is creating the digital store of the future: The Rebound Podcast
David Levitt, Party City's VP of information technology, discusses the company's digital transformation.

The retail supply chain is hot, hot, hot
Amid shortages and disruptions, e-commerce orders are on fire at the same time as brick-and-mortar sales are heating up. Retailers are looking to technology and innovative strategies to keep up.

Retail sales finish up 2021 on solid footing, reports Commerce and NRF
Commerce reported that December retail sales—at $626.8 billion—were off 1.9% compared to November, while seeing a 16.9% annual increase. And it noted that total retail sales, for all of 2021, saw a 19.3% annual gain, and retail sales, from October through December, rose 17.1% annually.

Talking Supply Chain Podcast: What’s Up With the Crazy Pallet Market?
On this episode, Millwood’s Doug Gaier discusses why pallets are in short supply. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

The Rebound Podcast: What’s Happening in Micro-Fulfillment
Listen in as Marc Wulfraat discusses why micro-fulfillment is taking off in grocery and e-commerce.

Tanger Outlets partners with Fillogic on micro distribution hubs
First tech-enabled micro distribution hub at Deer Park Center in New York is anticipated to be a model for other Tanger Outlet locations going forward

Buoyed by solid economic momentum, March retail sales are solid, reports Commerce and NRF
Commerce reported that March retail sales—at $619.1 billion—were up 9.8% compared to February, while rising 27.7% annually, and the National Retail Federation reported that its calculation of March retail sales, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants, pointed to a 7.4% seasonally-adjusted increase, from February, and a 17.7% unadjusted annual gain.

February retail sales see a slight decline but remain pointed in the right direction
Commerce reported that February retail sales—at $561.7 billion—fell 3.0%, from January to February, with a 6.0% annual increase. NRF's data pointed to pointed to a 3.4% seasonally-adjusted decrease, from January, and a 7.1% unadjusted annual gain.

January retail sales start 2021 off strong, reports Commerce and NRF
Commerce reported that January retail sales—at $568.2 billion—were up 5.3% compared to December and were up 7.4% annually, and NRF reported that its calculation of January retail sales, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants, pointed to a 5.9% gain, for the month, on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to December and were up 10.7% annually on an unadjusted basis.

Survey on retail trends: expect more automation, microfulfillment, and ‘pop up’ DCs
Second part of survey from Blue Yonder details automation and fulfillment trends among retailers

Gap Inc.: Making resilience a core competency
The retail leader gave new life to an existing facility that sets the standard for e-fulfillment at Gap Inc. What’s more, it brought the 1.2-million-square-foot facility online two months ahead of schedule during a pandemic.

Retail comes out swinging
As retailers rebuild their distribution schemes as quickly as possible, they are still behind the curve when it comes to how the role of stores is changing and the enormous surge in e-commerce. A little empathy is actually in order, even when you can’t buy exactly what you want when you want it. Patience remains a virtue.

Inside the Caleres distribution center: Right shoe, right place, right time
Take an inside look at the new Caleres distribution center.

Caleres steps into a new level of distribution
One of the country’s largest shoe companies brought its wholesale distribution operations in house with a highly automated distribution network capable of shipping a total of 80 million pairs of shoes a year. Here’s how.


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