Consumer Packaged Goods

Solving a Returns Problem Leads to Complete U.S. Fulfillment Strategy

October 13, 2015

Challenge: An online fashion retailer's model for distributing product from Europe to end customers in the U.S. created high shipping costs that made it impossible to ship returns back to Europe. The retailer was forced to sell returned merchandise to discounters for a fraction of its value.

'Healthy Growth' in Holiday Sales Predicted by Retailers' Trade Association

October 13, 2015

NRF

The National Retail Federation expects sales in November and December (excluding autos, gas and restaurant sales) to increase a solid 3.7 percent to $630.5bn - significantly higher than the 10-year average of 2.5 percent. Holiday sales in 2015 are expected to represent approximately 19 percent of the retail industry’s annual sales of $3.2 tr. Additionally, NRF is forecasting online sales to increase between 6 and 8 percent to as much as $105bn.

Amazon Is Top Site for Online Shoppers

October 12, 2015

FierceRetail

A growing number of consumers go to Amazon first when shopping for online products. According to a Survata study, commissioned by BloomReach, 44 percent of shoppers go straight to Amazon, beating out the 34 percent who go direct to search engines and 21 percent who go directly to a retailer's e-commerce site.

Global Trade Pacts Raise Unanswered Questions

October 12, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership have at long last come to a successful end. But ratification of the agreement is far from assured - and some key questions remain to be answered.

China-Based Automotive Logistics Company Creates a Modern Automobile Logistics Park

October 9, 2015

Challenge: In order to create a unified automobile supply chain logistics platform, this Chinese company needed to reduce uncertainty of the coordination process through information sharing and integration.

A New Supply Chain for a Changing Industry

October 9, 2015

Challenge: A top global publisher was looking to reform its supply chain to adjust to declining print volumes and increases in smaller, more customized orders.

Walmart, 7-Eleven Team Up in Canada to Deliver Items to Convenience Store Lockers

October 9, 2015

Toronto Star

Walmart Canada and 7-Eleven Canada are joining forces to do an e-commerce pilot project in the Toronto area.

Bringing Lost American Jobs Back From China

October 9, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The Reshoring Initiative would like to slap the "Made in U.S.A." label on a lot more products. Can it succeed?

The Omni-Returns Experience

October 7, 2015

Genco

Retailers, How Many of Customer's Senses Do You Appeal To?

October 7, 2015

CRM Daily

It takes a lot of work for retail brands to deliver a remarkable experience. It can be done, however, by making sure the environment touches each of the five senses.

Consumer Packaged Goods

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the consumer packaged goods industry. Learn how consumer packaged goods companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.