Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

Zulily Group has engaged the advisory firm Gordon Brothers to sell off more than $85 million of inventory and the assets of its two fulfillment centers following the online retailer’s decision late last year to shut down. Screenshot of the Zulily website from December 2023 highlighting the going-out-of-business sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

While virtually every retailer uses inventory management software, they still suffer from stockouts, and often find that physical inventory counts don’t match what the software is reporting. In recent years, new computer vision technology has emerged that enables retailers to take instant, accurate inventory snapshots.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2023

GoBolt ’s Merchant Portal is a web-based app with a suite of features designed to enable retailers to manage their orders, inventory and shipments more effectively so they can stay on top of their fulfillment and delivery operations and make better informed decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

and Google Cloud have launched BrainOS Inventory Insights, a proprietary solution that aims to deliver next-generation in-store inventory analytics to retailers. The platform is designed to be an end-to-end solution for analyzing the inventory data collected by BrainOS-powered inventory scanning robots. Brain Corp.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Retailers acted with agility, changing the way they planned and managed inventory in a remarkably short time. Effective inventory management plays a vital role in this — and data-led solutions can make a real difference here. And manually checking on inventory takes employees away from making sales or other valuable activities.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Siman Group , which operates 15 large department stores across Central America, has deployed an item-level RFID solution that has raised its inventory accuracy levels from the 65% to 70% range up to 95%. The solution also supports omnichannel offerings such as BOPIS by transforming how Siman tracks inventory across the chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Retailers need to handle inventory in stores and distribution centers, keep an eye on both digital and physical shelves and keep costs down with efficient logistics and routing. Another key challenge for Hot Topic’s inventory management system is ensuring its BOPIS options run smoothly even as it fulfills orders across multiple channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Sam’s Club has completed the addition of inventory scanning capabilities to the fleet of robotic scrubbers in its nearly 600 stores. The warehouse club retailer began testing the inventory scanning functionality in October 2020 and started this chainwide rollout in January 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

After three years of supply chain logistics and shipping delays, retailers have too much inventory sitting on shelves, and consumer demand continues to be in flux as inflation maintains a strong grip on budgets everywhere. This means the way consumers shop has drastically changed as new financing options rise in popularity.

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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. Manhattan Active Omni’s RFID capabilities are designed to streamline and automate inventory counting and receiving processes.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Sensormatic Solutions ’ TrueVUE Cloud was designed to help global retail enterprises reach and maintain inventory accuracy and fulfillment for customers across all channels.

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Fabric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“Inventory is fundamentally evil. Tim Cook, CEO at Apple For retailers, improving inventory health sounds simple enough. But in practice, managing inventory is much more complicated and difficult to get right. On the other hand, when you have too much stock, you’re stuck with capital tied up in inventory. Let’s dive in!

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lululemon is in the process of rolling out a cloud-based RFID inventory management solution to its 600+ stores globally that will help the retailer optimize its in-store product assortments. Having a fully mobile cloud solution in our stores greatly contributes to this experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 7, 2023

American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) plans to implement a new RFID and computer vision-based store inventory tracking system from Radar at approximately 500 stores across the U.S. Our initial test with Radar provided visibility into inventory availability and placement with impressive accuracy. over the next year.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Supply chain experts agree that the most powerful solutions are those that use predictive analytics to place the inventory customers want in locations as physically close as possible to that end consumer — a simple theory that can be devilishly hard to put into practice. Inventory allocation] tools are predictive but they’re not perfect.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Perry Ellis is managing this challenge through the rollout of RFID technology, in partnership with Mojix , that will help the retailer manage its supply chain from the store level all the way through broader inventory planning. But if you look at sizes, that varies a lot. I believe that with RFID investment, the potential is limitless.”

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Groove

MARCH 18, 2022

What Is Inventory Automation? Inventory automation enables eCommerce merchants to create a frictionless back end experience for employees and front end experience for customers. Inventory automation , or inventory management, is when businesses use software to manage SKUs in their warehouse in real time.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2022

Investment in the proper technologies needed to build a strong supply chain not only enables prompt replenishment of products in inventory, but also optimizes planning capabilities in rapidly evolving business ecosystems while minimizing duplication, errors and inefficiencies. Seems simple enough, right?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2020

I had an inventory problem. Every business has to manage excess capacity and/or inventory: restaurants have excess food and empty tables; hotels and homeowners have vacant rooms; retailers have overstock and returns. Inventory levels will be further exacerbated by a spike in returns. Dealing With Excess Capacity.

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BigCommerce

MAY 18, 2020

But, one thing remains the same throughout time: inventory is at the center… As consumer behaviors change, so must retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

Sam’s Club will add Inventory Scan capabilities to its existing fleet of nearly 600 robotic scrubbers chainwide, in partnership with Brain Corp and Tennant Company. Sam’s Club is adopting these processes to reduce waste and help fight inventory loss. This intelligence allows us to proactively manage our clubs in an efficient manner.

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Algopix

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Inventory management is a critical aspect of running a successful business, whether you’re a small retailer or a large multinational corporation. In today’s fast-paced and competitive business environment, the efficient management of inventory can make or break a company. Minimize carrying costs and holding expenses.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Gift buyers are expected to shop early, extending the holiday season even as retailers grapple with inventory problems. To take full advantage of consumers’ willingness to open their wallets, however, retailers will need to successfully deal with inventory issues to meet booming holiday sales expectations, according to NRF.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Vallarta Supermarkets will implement Logile IMS, an inventory management solution that will allow the Southern California regional supermarket chain to manage orders and receiving while also handling in-store production and service, via integration with the retailer’s forecasting and workforce management solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Capabilities include: Digital shelf labels with QR codes to help shoppers make informed decisions; Real-time pricing and inventory management tools to help retailers analyze and optimize where, how and how often products are sold, in order to reduce waste; and In-store marketing tools to enhance the relationship between product and shopper.

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Kissmetrics

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Fortunately, when you want to market vehicles on social media, dynamic Automotive Inventory Ads (AIAs) can reduce friction dramatically. Today, we will discuss what makes the Automotive Inventory Ad such a powerful dealership marketing tool and how you can implement one properly. What Are Automotive Inventory Ads (AIAs)?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2021

Trax , a cloud-based solution that helps CPG brands and retailers optimize their inventory strategies through data and analytics, has secured $640 million in Series E funding. The Trax suite of solutions is aimed at accelerating the digital transformation of grocery retail by providing granular visibility of inventory and store conditions.

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Kissmetrics

JUNE 11, 2021

Whether you’re just looking to save some money or you’re into retail arbitrage, the ability to easily check product inventory from the comfort of your home is something many people only dreamed about. The website quickly evolved into a massive platform that includes inventory information on just about every product stocked by retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2023

Leveraging AI- and machine learning-based prescriptive recommendations, the Blue Yonder tech is designed to offer SSB a holistic, connected view of its supply chain, enabling better forecast accuracy and inventory management. “At

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The solution was designed to help retailers achieve perfect inventory visibility, with zero waste and no losses, by tracking every unique item movement throughout the supply chain and collecting data in a cloud-based inventory repository.

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Algopix

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For those eager to venture into the world of selling but constrained by the lack of capital for substantial inventory investments, a myriad of innovative methods exists to facilitate your Amazon selling journey without the encumbrance of physical stock. Dropshipping: Effortless Inventory Management What is Dropshipping?

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