Long-Lasting Sustainability Strategies for Retailers
Ray Hatch
It’s that time of the year when retailers ready themselves for a surge in sales and roll out festive promotions. But after the cash registers stop ringing and the holiday lights turn off, many concerns surface, such as gift returns and ongoing sustainability challenges. Retailers …
Preventing Promotion Abuse: How to Leverage User Loyalty and Customer Acquisition This Year
Andre Ferraz
Innovations in frictionless-yet-secure transactions are becoming increasingly important when it comes to navigating promotions in various industries, a weapon often used to boost customer acquisition and loyalty. An estimated $1.5 million is lost each month by U.S.-based delivery companies attributed to promotion abuse, a type …
3 Tailwinds Driving Focus on Building Direct Customer Relationships
Roop
Three major digital marketing trends are causing brands to increase their focus and investments on email, SMS, loyalty, and other marketing channels where they have the most control over building and reaching their audiences. …
Cleveland Clinic Climbs Atop Gartner’s Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25
bstraight@peerlessmedia.com
The Cleveland Clinic is the top healthcare supply chain according to Gartner, which also recognized the Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Health as Masters for their continued excellence. …
Nike Announces Plan to Cut $2B in Costs
Joe Keenan
Nike on Thursday unveiled plans to cut costs by about $2 billion over the next three years as it warned about a “softer” revenue outlook for the second half of the year. The athletic brand plans to simplify its product assortment, increase automation and its …
EDA Fights the Fraudsters: Keeping Retailers and Customers Safe
Ush Shukla
The holiday season and year-end months account for as much as a fifth or more of annual sales for some retailers, with 2023 set to be no exception. Thanksgiving and Black Friday may have passed, but as consumers get ready to enjoy the final days …
5 E-Commerce Tips to Drive End-of-Year and 2024 Sales
Total Retail recently published its Top 50 Tips of 2023 report. This annual feature includes tips on how to run a more efficient and profitable retail business, and covers multiple functions for doing so, including e-commerce. Below are five tips designed for retailers that will help …
Zulily Website Down Following Layoffs
Marie Albiges
Seattle-based retailer Zulily’s website has been down for maintenance since Monday following the layoffs of 800 workers. When attempting to visit Zulily’s website Wednesday, the link redirects to https://www.zulily.com/password and displays a message that says, “We are down for maintenance.” Earlier this month, news emerged …
Expect Weak Dry Van Truckload Pricing Conditions to Continue into 2024
j.brillon@ehpub.com
Given where spot market prices are at and demand for services holding steady, slow attrition of capacity should help stave off further downward pressure on rates, says Michigan State’s Jason Miller. …
November US Retail Sales Beat Expectations
Kristina Stidham
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in November as the holiday shopping season got off to a brisk start amid deep discounting, likely keeping the economy on a moderate growth path this quarter and further alleviating fears of a recession, reports Reuters. The Census Bureau said overall …
