Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Walmart has entered an agreement to acquire Alert Innovation , a robotics automation company that develops material-handling technology for automating order fulfillment in retail supply chains. Walmart has been working with Alert to customize technology for its market fulfillment centers (MFCs) since 2016. in a blog post.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To better serve a growing legion of West Coast customers, Tapestry , parent company of brands including Coach and Kate Spade , opened its 788,000-square-foot North Las Vegas Fulfillment Center in November. Tapestry already operates a fulfillment center serving the East Coast located in Jacksonville, Fla. Designed to distribute 22.2

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2023

Walmart has opened an in-store Market Fulfillment Center (MFC) at Store 100 in its home town of Bentonville, Ark. the new center uses the Alphabot automated storage and retrieval technology developed by Alert Innovation. Like the retailer’s first MFC , which opened in 2019 in Salem, N.H.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Amazon is rolling out new AI-powered technology across its warehouses to detect damaged goods in a bid to decrease the number of damaged items sent to customers and speed up the fulfillment process, The Wall Street Journal reports. The AI has been inserted into the picking and packing process.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Fulfillment technology company Fulfillment IQ has expanded its portfolio with an investment in Tusk Logistics, a regional delivery network. Fulfillment IQ will now implement Tusk Solutions into its consultation services for ecommerce clients that need regional shipping support.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2023

Walmart is reportedly eliminating hundreds of jobs at five ecommerce fulfillment centers, according to Reuters and CNBC. The affected fulfillment centers are located in Pedricktown, N.J.; Fort Worth, Texas; Chino, Calif.; Davenport, Fla.; and Bethlehem, Pa.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The MK30 also is 25% quieter than its predecessor, which Amazon pointed to as an important feature for widespread consumer acceptance of the technology. New Fulfillment Robot: Sparrow. While it’s impossible to eliminate all risks from flying, we have taken a proven aerospace approach to design safety into our system.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2022

as it seeks to enhance online shopping and fulfillment operations while maintaining its connection with shoppers. “We Over the last few months, Vallarta has been bolstering the technology supporting its omnichannel approach. By partnering with stor.ai

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

million-square-foot fulfillment center in China Grove, N.C., Once the automated direct-to-consumer fulfillment center is fully operational, the retailer said it will employ approximately 2,800 workers and account for 30% of Macy’s digital supply chain for customers nationwide. scheduled for completion in 2024. and Martinsburg, W.Va.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

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Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Running a startup is tough work, and in the ecommerce business, it often means fulfilling products from your own office, home, or even a garage. But at some point, you’ll want to find a fulfillment provider to offer faster shipping, and to focus on other parts of your business. The Best Fulfillment Centers for Startups.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

Manhattan Associates has enhanced its POS and store fulfillment solutions with handheld RFID support to assist with all inventory management and order fulfillment activities.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2022

Amazon is creating a $1 billion venture investment program, the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund (AIIF), with the goal of supporting innovation in customer fulfillment, logistics and the supply chain. Amazon is primarily interested in robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy and other emerging technologies. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2022

Instacart has introduced a new Big & Bulky fulfillment service nationwide for same-day scheduled delivery of larger products, which customers can purchase alongside smaller items such as their groceries.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Nicholas believes that to make store fulfillment a truly profitable initiative, retailers need to find new ways for their tech, operations and design teams to collaborate.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2022

has launched the Business Optimization Of Shipping and Transport engine, or BOOST, which leverages data, AI and machine learning to choose the best fulfillment option for both the customer and LS&Co.’s The in-house technology is part of LS&Co.’s s bottom line. in a statement. BOOST locates items across LS&Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

As it turned out, the solution already was in motion: Loblaw had partnered with Takeoff Technologies and was in the process of rolling out a robotic Micro Fulfillment Center (MFC) when COVID-19 reached Canada. The demand for online groceries grew to levels we didn’t expect for years to come.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2021

Majid Al Futtaim , the exclusive franchisee of French hypermarket chain Carrefour in the United Arab Emirates, has opened a fully automated micro-fulfillment center (MFC) at the Carrefour store in Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Walmart will open four next-generation fulfillment centers over the next four years as it seeks to reach 95% of the U.S. The retailer will utilize technology developed by Knapp and tested in a Pedricktown, N.J. The retailer will utilize technology developed by Knapp and tested in a Pedricktown, N.J. population. population.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This trend has already become evident with curbside pickup, which has become one of the fastest-growing models within fulfillment. On the back end, retailers have had to strengthen their technology in order to ensure a seamless operation takes place. But implementation hasn’t been easy on retailers. Guy Bloch is CEO of Bringg.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2021

is deploying a new order management system (OMS) as the home décor retailer seeks to offer a more modern omnichannel customer experience and improve in-store fulfillment. The retailer partnered with Manhattan Associates to implement its Manhattan Active Omni OMS to level up its sales, service and fulfillment operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2023

Nordstrom has named Jason Morris as its new Chief Technology and Information Officer, effective May 1. At Nordstrom, Morris will oversee technology functions including engineering, data science and analytics. Morris will bring more than 25 years of tech experience, most recently as SVP of Enterprise Business Services at Walmart.

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Fabric

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As businesses grow, so does the complexity of allocating resources to fulfill customer orders across multiple locations. While introducing more fulfillment centers can increase your capacity and get you closer to customers, it can also become a logistical challenge that can negatively impact operations. What is OFL?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

In an aim to increase speed and convenience for its customers, Walmart is scaling up the number of stores that also will serve as local fulfillment centers, adding dozens of locations with many more to come. Walmart piloted its first local fulfillment center in Salem, N.H., in late 2019. on the company’s corporate website.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2023

Sensory Enabling Technologies (SETs) enable consumers to feel textures, smell and even perceive the taste of a product. Relying on these technologies can help inform the consumer about the sensory properties of a product like its texture, smell, and even taste. This is no longer science fiction. virtual reality).

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 31, 2022

Chicago, and the entire Midwest region, has significant speed and cost advantages for ecommerce shipping and fulfillment. Because of all these reasons, Chicago has become a hub for ecommerce fulfillment companies. In this article, we’ll explore how to choose a fulfillment center in Chicago, along with our favorite services. .

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Walmart will test combining store/fulfillment center locations at four existing stores, using them as test beds for new technology, digital tools and physical enhancements. The stores will focus on implementing new tools that can help speed up both customer service and order fulfillment. in a statement.

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Wiser

APRIL 16, 2024

Category management in retail has evolved significantly over the past two decades, reflecting broader changes in technology, consumer behavior, and market dynamics. For category managers, this involves a deep comprehension of the retailer’s strategic goals and working collaboratively toward the fulfillment of these shared objectives.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Amazon is adding 125,000 new warehouse and transportation jobs as it seeks to staff up the 350 fulfillment centers, sortation centers, regional air hubs and delivery stations it has opened this year, 100 of which will open in September alone.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

The early-season surge can be attributed to shoppers’ awareness of potential shipping delays , which also made omnichannel fulfillment a winning solution during that final rush: stores with curbside or in-store pickup options captured 62% of global sales during the Dec. 18 and Dec. 18-31 window. “In

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Ecommerce Platforms

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Whether you work alone or with staff, the fulfillment process is bound to take heaps of time away from other, more important, money-making tasks. Fortunately, plenty of third-party solutions can handle the entire fulfillment process for you. With that said, here we're going to look at how to choose an ecommerce fulfillment service.

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RIS News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Refreshed stores, a generative AI shopping assistant, its first multi-banner omnichannel fulfillment DC, electronic shelf labels. the list of technology Canadian Tire has been investing goes on.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

Best Buy will simplify responsible recycling of tablets, cords, keyboards and other electronics with a nationwide pilot of its new prepaid Technology Recycling Box. The Technology Recycling Box will be a carbon-neutral service, in line with Best Buy’s goal of achieving zero net emissions by 2040.

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365 Retail

JUNE 20, 2022

Fulfilment – both in terms of delivery and returns – top shoppers’ considerations when buying online, the latest research from Retail Technology Show , the flagship event for retail, reveals. Fulfilment is the next battleground,” Matt Bradley continued. “The

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Retail Technology Review

JULY 5, 2021

Smart warehouse solutions provider, Breathe Technologies, has launched an order fulfilment software to help e-tailers meet both stringent online marketplace requirements and their own direct customer demand.

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