No one wants barcode labels to fall off or start peeling away. When this happens, you can end up wasting time and money reprinting labels or tracking down missing products, shipments, or equipment.
Retailers’ supply chains are growing larger and more complicated. Fast fashion, short product life cycles, personalized and localized demand and always-on shopping have seen to that. The increase in competition as the same or similar products are now available to shoppers from countless retailers, on and offline, isn’t helping. All of this makes supply chain…
It’s time for another disruption. Retail has been working through major shifts in how people shop, their customer service expectations and creating a marketing and logistics infrastructure that meets these changes in consumer behavior. The next wave of disruption is coming in how consumers pay for their goods and services. Digital payment options are expanding…
Your customer places a product in their online cart. Then they proceed to checkout and… nothing. The sale never goes through. And you’re left wondering why. Now, abandoned carts are nothing new in online sales. In fact, a whole industry has cropped up with tools to analyze those reasons. This comes as no surprise, when…
Offering the right selection of fulfillment options is an important strategic decision for any retailer. More and more businesses are discovering competitive advantages in providing the fulfillment methods their customers want. In this post, we’ll identify the major types of fulfillment, why customers want those options, and how you as a retailer can provide them.…
Does it ever seem like your logistics team faces an uphill battle? Your executive team knows the value they provide, of course, but they often don’t realize how much more value is being left on the table. Other projects and initiatives get the resources and funding, while the logistics changes you’ve been asking for get…
Many retail stores face a growing challenge. As more and more technology falls into the hands of consumers, some shoppers are leaving traditional retail associates behind. This is seen in Zebra Technologies’ 2017 Global Shopper Study. According to their survey, fully one half of millennial shoppers feel they are better connected than the actual retail…
