Retail

It’s an omni-channel world, and retail warehouse and DC operations must now seamlessly orchestrate a combination of software, automation, hardware and supporting equipment to meet ever-increasing customer expectations or be rendered irrelevant.

JLL research suggests industrial space faces squeeze with record-high rents and historic vacancy lows.

Winners revealed at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ, Unilever retains the top spot in rankings as Amazon joins the "Masters."

Third ‘For Dummies’ book from JDA offers five steps for tackling supply chain digitalization, including leveraging virtual reality, IoT and advanced analytics.

Following its acquisition of Bastian, TICO continues its strategy to increase its presence in automated material handling.

The NRF reported that April retail sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants, saw a 0.3 percent seasonally-adjusted increase over March, and were up 3 percent on an unadjusted annual basis, and the Department of Commerce reported a 0.4 percent increase from March to April at $474.9 million and a 4.5 percent gain over April 2016.

Traceability and connectivity are critical for the digital transformation, even as the physical supply chain footprint continues to expand.

Acquisition is intended to strengthen TICO's materials handling business and follows the acquisition of Bastian Solutions.

Rapidly evolving customer preferences have a substantial impact on supply chain operations.

Smart technologies to provide shoppers with new levels of personalization, speed and convenience.

Acquisition to strengthen trading partner connectivity and omni-channel enablement.

Commerce reported that January retail sales were up 0.2 percent compared to December and saw a 5.6 percent annual gain at $472.1 billion. The NRF reported that retail sales, excluding automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants, headed up 3.8 percent annually in January and were up 0.4 percent on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to a very strong December.

Bridging the gap between the order management and warehouse management systems can maximize routes, deliveries, and customers’ experience.

Contract packager to increase primary packaging capabilities and direct-to-retail distribution.

The NRF is calling for 2017 online and other non-store/online sales (which NRF includes in its over all number) to head up between 8 and 12 percent.