Latest posts about Retail
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Zebra Technologies to acquire Reflexis Systems for $575 million
July 28, 2020
Combination of workforce and task management to help customers in retail and other vertical markets empower front-line workflows with richer and larger sets of real-time data.
Blue Yonder acquires Yantriks to deliver customer-facing fulfillment strategies
July 27, 2020
Acquisition to enhance real-time inventory visibility and order fulfillment, end-to-end supply chain visibility and personalized consumer experiences.
Peak season forecast remains muddled
July 8, 2020
Reduced consumer demand, lower import levels, heavy job losses, the ongoing United States-China trade war, and overall economic unease suggest the 2020 peak season will be anything but normal.
Voxware survey finds Covid-19’s impact on holiday shopping behaviors will strain distribution
July 1, 2020
Unprepared distribution centers will struggle to meet consumer expectations in what is expected to be a make-or-break buying season.
Llamasoft: 73% of retailers believe AI can add significant value to their demand forecasting
July 1, 2020
More than half of retailers are struggling to respond to rapid shifts, and 46% of average or underperforming retailers focus on cost at the expense of flexibility.
GS1 US, FoodLogiQ, IBM Food Trust, ripe.io and SAP complete food traceability proof of concept
June 23, 2020
Project to define and validate industry data requirements before exploring use cases leveraging traceability standards and any industry-specific requirements to enable interoperability at that stage.
PFSweb and Arlington Research compare U.S. and U.K. consumer response to Covid-19
June 19, 2020
Retailers encouraged to pursue alternative commerce solutions to provide a customer experience that meets expectations.
Digital twin market set to grow 10x by 2025
June 19, 2020
Earliest digital twin projects focused primarily on manufacturing, assisting plant operators to optimize production activity. Their project list today spans multiple sectors, including commercial real estate, retail, infrastructure and smart cities.
TrueCommerce announces Sage Intacct accounting system integration
June 18, 2020
New integration helps joint Sage Intacct and TrueCommerce customers better connect to sales channels by automating sales order, remote warehouse and inventory document processing.
Study from Blue Yonder and WMG takes a look at impact of Covid-19 on retail supply chains
June 15, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a jarring impact on retail supply chains in many ways, in terms of how retailers had to respond and react to a new way of handling their supply chain operations. That was made clear in the findings of a recent study published by Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, and WMG, an academic department at the University of Warwick, England that provides research, education and knowledge transfer...
Other Voices: Shifting U.S. consumer behavior in the face of Covid-19
June 4, 2020
Consumers have been forced to navigate new channels to find goods, and merchants have to pivot to try new sales and delivery channels.
April retail sales sink to new lows, reports Commerce and NRF
May 15, 2020
April retail sales data, which was issued today by the United States Department of Commerce set records, but not in a good way, as they continued to feel the economic pain of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic.
Ware2Go study: Online shoppers buying from more sellers and broader categories
May 13, 2020
Merchants are pivoting from a business-to-business (B2B) to a B2E (business to everyone) model, with unique shipping, logistics and fulfillment requirements.
ISM: April non-manufacturing data sees steep declines due to COVID-19
May 5, 2020
The report’s key indicator, the NMI, fell 10.7% to 41.8, coming off of March’s 52.5 reading, which stands as the highest reading in the last year. It is the lowest reading since the 40.1 recorded in March 2009 and contracted for the first time since December 2009, halting a 122-month stretch of growth.
Other Voices: Balancing demand for faster and cheaper delivery in a socially responsible way
May 1, 2020
Social responsibility encompasses automation, green shipping, improving last-mile delivery, maintaining a positive workplace and more efficient planning.