Shekar Natarajan of American Eagle Outfitters, a finalist in the 2022 Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Award, describes building a successful fulfillment and transportation edge network.

The multinational fast fashion retailer has now succumbed to the online shopping revolution, but it is not planning delivery service.

The shift comes as merchants are stepping back from competition over who can deliver within a day or even hours after an online order is placed.

Lifecycle assessment models are the best method we have for finding and shoring up the weakest links in our supply chain, because they provide the best data to address environmental impact at scale.

Officials locked down an assembly plant in Zhengzhou, on November 2, for seven days, and it is now operating at a significantly reduced capacity.

In the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for many consumer products surged. But few industries experienced an explosion of activity like the furniture business.

Despite the pandemonium of COVID-19, there are ways to reduce risk to smaller retailers as peak season approaches. 

Capacity, reliability and cost containment are the most important factors in successful e-commerce delivery, says Rob Glover, vice president of sales at OSM Worldwide.

Retailers offering free returns have fallen by half this year, suggesting easy returns is another trend unlikely to outlast the pandemic.

Retailers have invested heavily in predictive analytics to drive accurate purchasing. Yet they still have significant overstock problems.