Supply Chains Are Ready for Change: Replacing ‘Scan it’ With ‘Sense it’
Supply chains across the globe are becoming increasingly complex, competitive, and under the scrutiny of existing and developing regulation. To date, the guiding solution has been elementary: scan it. For years, scanning products have allowed supply chain professionals to keep track of every item in …
Let’s Solve the Hidden Problems With Commerce Media Before They Hurt Retailers
No other advertising channel has ever grown as fast as commerce media. In just five years, the market went from $1 billion to $30 billion — more than twice as fast as it took social media advertising to achieve the same milestone. And by all …
Long-Lasting Sustainability Strategies for Retailers
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
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 …
Nike Announces Plan to Cut $2B in Costs
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
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
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 …
November US Retail Sales Beat Expectations
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 …
Total Retail Releases its Top 50 Tips of 2023 Report
Challenging economic and labor markets combined with evolving consumer behaviors have required many retailers and brands to adjust their ways of doing business. However, times of uncertainty and disruption present an opportunity for companies to rise above the competition, increase market share, and win their …