Retail Supply Chain Management

How to Cash in on Canadians' Growing Appetite for Online Shopping

April 15, 2016

As e-commerce shopping booms, Canadians are making their way to online stores and many of them are choosing outside merchants. At least 70 percent of Canadians' purchases in 2015 were from merchants based outside the country because these online retailers often have better prices or provide goods not available in Canada.

It's No Game: For Some Retailers, Virtual Reality Is Serious Business

April 14, 2016

CRM Daily

The next thing you try on at the mall might be a virtual reality headset. No longer relegated to video gamers, VR is coming to amusement parks, movie theaters and classrooms. But the technology presents a major opportunity for retailers as they try to lure fickle shoppers into their stores, particularly as consumers shift more of their buying habits online.

RFID Gives Clothing Retailer Anti-Theft Protection, Inventory Control

April 11, 2016

RFID Journal

To improve inventory visibility and prevent loss, men's clothing retailer Gieves & Hawkes has deployed a radio frequency identification system at its store in Birmingham, England.

Close Brick-and-Mortar Stores? No Way, Say Younger Shoppers

April 6, 2016

Fierce Retail

Shoppers, particularly younger ones, believe it's important for retailers to have a physical store, and they expect that store to make a good first impression.

Walmart, Manufacturer Partners Kick Off Anti-Hunger Campaign

March 31, 2016

Fierce Retail

Walmart has launched its first campaign to fight hunger and aims to provide 75 million meals through food banks.

Got Milk - Designer, Specialty Milk?

March 30, 2016

Business Week

In its quest to slake the world's thirst, Coca-Cola is intent on making milk a billion-dollar brand. But not just any kind of milk. Coke has joined forces with a dairy cooperative to create Fairlife, which produces a filtered, high-protein, low-sugar, lactose-free designer milk also called Fairlife.

Almost Everyone Likes Option to Buy Online, Then Pick Up Items in Physical Stores, Study Says

March 29, 2016

Retale

Ninety-nine percent of consumers who take delivery of online orders in brick-and-mortar stores are pleased with the experience, according to a recent survey. Twenty-nine percent said the option is why they placed the order in the first place.

Grocery Chain to Use RFID-Enabled System to Track Specialty Pharmaceuticals

March 23, 2016

RFID Journal

Publix - a southeastern U.S. supermarket chain with 980 pharmacy locations - has entered into an agreement to use AmerisourceBergen's RFID-based drug-management system, known as Cubixx, to track specialty pharmaceutical products at the retailer's pharmacies.

Could Amazon Become One of Top 10 Grocery Companies in U.S.?

March 23, 2016

Business Week

While Amazon.com Inc. is already a force to be reckoned with when it comes to online retail, one Wall Street firm says it's about to move up the ranks in yet another industry: U.S. food and beverage.

Physical Stores Are Alive, But Are They All That Well?

March 22, 2016

Fierce Retail

Brick-and-mortar shopping isn't dead, but it is certainly on the decline: just 57 percent of urban consumers said they preferred to make discretionary purchases in stores, while 39 percent claim their last such purchase was made online.