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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

In 2024, it won’t be your dad’s supply chain. These four emerging trends elevate the urgency for supply chain execs to move distributed order management (DOM) to the top of their lists. #1: 2: Real estate is becoming more dynamic. Shoppers’ retail preferences will be unlike anything we’ve seen even just a year ago.

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Distribution Channels: What They Are, Types, & Examples

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Have you defined the distribution channels that will be used by your company? In short, distribution channels determine the path goods will take from the manufacturer to the final consumer. There are many types, formats, and levels of distribution channels. What Are Distribution Channels? Direct Channels.

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Rethinking Post-COVID Shopping: ‘Retailtainment’ and Enhanced Omnichannel Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

COVID has pushed retail supply chains to their limits, from the initial stock-up period at the start of the pandemic to the unprecedented ecommerce rush of the holiday season. I think we have a responsive supply chain, it’s just going to be interesting to see what consumer behaviors stick and what are just temporary coping mechanisms.”.

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To Make ‘Store as Media’ a Success, the Retail Industry Needs a Supportive Ecosystem

Retail TouchPoints

But industry experts believe that the real power of these media networks lies within the four walls of the store. These Retail Media Networks have largely focused on the web and apps, but we see an enormous opportunity to leverage the ‘Store as Media’ channel, driving advertising and precision marketing to keep shoppers engaged.”

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Deloitte: Strengthening Employee Schedule Stability Can Help Retailers Relieve Labor Woes

Retail TouchPoints

Visibility is Paramount, From the Supply Chain to Shopper Habits. They are particularly important along the supply chain, where 73% of retailers either plan to invest in real-time traceability in 2022, or rest confident that their operations are fully up-to-date.

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The New Era Of Retail Hybridization Creates Unparalleled Opportunities

Steve Dennis

Unfortunately, much like the years-long fascination with the “retail apocalypse” and just about all things omni-channel, there is some truthiness in all this, but not much that provides tangible strategic guidance. However, many remarkable retailers—including “old dogs” like Walmart, Target , Best Buy and Tractor Supply Co.,

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How to Implement a Successful Retail Media Network

Retail TouchPoints

What emerged was a focus on companies’ wealth of first-party data, which is collected directly from their consumers, allowing advertisers to target audiences across numerous channels via retail media networks. This reorganization around proprietary data is what has led us to today’s retail media boom. Identify talent gaps.

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