Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

It’s just the latest example of how extreme weather has taken a toll on the supply chain; the same dramatic dry/wet weather patterns also have increased prices for coffee, nuts and select produce. They hit the supply chain without warning, and businesses are alarmingly vulnerable to them.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Tractor Supply will purchase the privately held online pet pharmacy Allivet in an all-cash transaction that the retailer plans to fund through its balance sheet. For the past several years, Tractor Supply has offered digital pet pharmacy services by leveraging the Allivet PetRx platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2024

Tractor Supply Co. Tractor Supply is focused on providing customers with what they need at the everyday low prices they deserve,” said Matt McGrath, VP of Pricing, Events and Presentation at Tractor Supply in a statement. Tractor Supply partnered with Martha Stewart on a line of branded gardening apparel in March 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The pandemic made “supply chain” a commonplace term, and now Amazon wants to make it a commonplace service. With Supply Chain by Amazon, Amazon will pick up sellers’ inventory directly from their factory and manage the supply chain logistics through delivery to customers’ doorsteps.

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My Wife Quit Her Job

APRIL 3, 2024

What You’ll Learn How Sally grew from 6 to 7 figures Sally’s additional sources of revenue Sally’s plans for future growth Check Out Sally’s […] The post 529: How My Student Sally Wilson 10x’ed Her Ecommerce Business Selling Cross Stitch Supplies Online appeared first on MyWifeQuitHerJob.com.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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: Retailers need additional tools to fully integrate these stores’ back-of-house (BOH) operations into the rest of their supply chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Manhattan’s WMS, TMS and DFIO solutions have transformed our supply chain operations, enabling us to meet the evolving demands of our customers,” said Matt Beenblossom, SVP of Distribution at Hy-Vee in a statement.

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Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Do you recall all the supply chain drama of the Covid shut downs from March 2020 to December 2021? Do you remember the feverish discussions about a ‘New Normal’? Sales And Operations Planning And Execution Go Multi-Enterprise CPG led the way with enterprise-wide Sales & Operations Planning.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Tractor Supply Co. Tractor Supply has a rich history and track record of success, said Hal Lawton, President and CEO of Tractor Supply in a statement. 28, 2024, Tractor Supply generated net sales of $3.47 Tractor Supply purchased online pet pharmacy retailer Allivet in October 2024. billion , a 1.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

However, it is Boll & Branch’s improved supply chain visibility that is most helping the business uphold its vision and values as a Fair Trade partner and better calculate premiums to invest back into local farm and production communities.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 21, 2021

Worry not, your supply of Cool Ranch Doritos is just fine. The world is suffering from a systemic shortage of chips. The chips I’m talking about here are based on silicon, not potatoes or corn. Semiconductors power just about everything now. Your car is a small data center on wheels. When you do a Zoom […].

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2024

Addressing the Role of Suppliers’ Sustainability Profiles Making this kind of progress requires involvement from a host of entities throughout the retail ecosystem, particularly in the supply chain.

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Forrester eCommerce

JUNE 30, 2021

Many organizations are finding their ground in setting the right targets, penetrating the supply chain, and addressing their customers’ questions on sustainability. The telecommunications sector is at a crucial juncture in its sustainability story. We spoke with R.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 21, 2021

With catlike reflexes, the IT channel emptied the laptop supply chain and became […]. On one hand, customers and governments recognized partners as an essential service and central to their ability to rapidly respond to a worsening pandemic early in the year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 6, 2025

While policymakers often champion tariffs as a mechanism to protect domestic industries, their ripple effects are far-reaching, inflating costs, disrupting supply chains and, ultimately, burdening consumers. The lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have left supply chains strained.

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Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 16, 2021

However, it will not be an easy path due to tremendous challenges ranging from supply chain and distribution difficulties to ethical and policy-related concerns. The good news is that there are now multiple vaccines paving the path to an eventual recovery of social and economic activity lost to the pandemic since 2020.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

*This blog post is co-authored by Sohm Gough Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have been battered over the past three years by the continuing to face headwinds of inflation, supply chain interruptions, macroeconomic uncertainty, and disruptive technologies that threaten market upheaval.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Industries such as fashion, for example, face significant customer stakeholder pressure as well as complex, decentralized supply chains with the heavy burden of Scope 3 emissions (approximately 96% of the sector’s total). The retail sector faces significant challenges in achieving sustainability.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This is a necessity in a “doubly disrupted” labor market, where a growing mismatch between demanded and supplied skills will drive an even bigger mismatch between current and future skills and wages.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2025

According to a Gartner survey, 39% of retailers identified cost management the mitigation and control of volatile or uncontrollable supply chain costs as one of the top three internal obstacles to achieving their supply chain goals and objectives. To overcome this challenge, organizations must focus on addressing returns fraud.

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Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Increasing cybersecurity guidelines and regulations stem from breaches with a high impact on society and bringing more focus on themes such as supply chain risk. Organizations have experienced a surge in cyberattacks, with attackers using more sophisticated methods to exploit vulnerabilities.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 28, 2023

Adtech is supposed to efficiently connect marketers with publishers — demand with supply. Marketers rely on a suite of vendors, including demand-side platforms (DSPs) to furnish brand-safe, fraud-free inventory, and publishers use supply-side platforms (SSPs) to match their unique content to relevant ads and buyers.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

There’s no shortage of supply or demand for consumer insights. As Forrester’s consumer behavior analyst, I’m going to say something controversial: the consumer does not need to be a part of every business decision.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

RFID technology is far from new; in fact, it’s already been through not one but multiple hype cycles, including the jumpstart provided by Walmart in 2003 when it mandated RFID tagging by its top 100 U.S. suppliers (and continuing to today ).

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BigCommerce

JUNE 22, 2022

Technological advances, a fading pandemic and returning confidence in the supply chain stand to make 2022 a banner year for…

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

Michelle Wlazlo, formerly the Chief Merchandising and Supply Chain Officer of JCPenney, has been promoted to Brand CEO of JCPenney. Former JCPenney CEO Marc Rosen has been named CEO of Catalyst Brands, with three brand CEOs overseeing the new companys portfolio reporting to him.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2024

A record 78% of consumers now say sustainability is important , and these shoppers increasingly are holding companies accountable not only for their direct operations, but also for the environmental and social impact of their entire supply chain.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2024

on clothing, shoes, school supplies and electronics this year, down slightly from the $890.07 Consumers also are allocating more of their BTS budget to apparel and school supplies rather than pricey electronics, although belt-tightening is likely influencing decisions in multiple product categories. they spent in 2023.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2025

election were announced, tariffs have been on every retail and supply chain executives mind. How are retailers in the B2B and B2C space preparing for supply chain disruptions caused by potential tariffs in 2025? The overall impact on supply chains from tariffs and other disruptions will certainly be significant.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Inventory visibility allows ecommerce service providers to track and monitor inventory levels in real time throughout the supply chain. This helps you provide transparency on shipping windows based on inventory supply. These next-generation always-on digital supply chain networks (DSNs) are fully interconnected.

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Forrester eCommerce

JANUARY 31, 2024

Understand the current state of location intelligence, the value it adds to your industry and key trends shaping adoption of the technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The benefits of having access to a near-limitless supply of unowned inventory (on the retailer side) and having access to other brands’ and retailers’ sales channels (on the brand side), has been compelling to put it mildly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2025

Costcos action is significant given the recent trend of companies to abandon or soft-pedal their DEI efforts, including Tractor Supply , Walmart , Target , John Deere, Harley-Davidson and Lowes. This capacity is critical because we owe our success to our now over 300,000 employees around the globe.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2024

Ryan Kelly, VP of Marketing at FedEx, refers to himself as a “supply chain geek with a contrarian streak” who loves to talk “fulfillment, returns and consumer shopping behaviors with anyone who will listen.” Our new] fdx platform [the company’s data-driven commerce solution ] helps make supply chains smarter.

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