Retail Supply Chain Insights Guest Contributors

  1. What You Need To Know About This Year's Holiday Sales Predictions 10/26/2017
    With the holidays right around the corner, it’s important to stay updated on latest trends to keep your shoppers happy, especially with the expected sales increases during the upcoming holidays. The National Retail Federation (NRF) expects that holiday retail sales through November and December will increase, going from $655.8 billion in 2016 to between $678 billion and $682 billion.
  2. 5 Ways To Boost Holiday E-Commerce Sales 10/3/2017

    On Cyber Monday (Nov. 27, 2017), NRF estimates over 120 million people in the U.S. will go online to conduct some of their holiday shopping. While most consumers see this day as the beginning of the holiday shopping season, retailers know the season is really the culmination of months of hard work and preparation.

  3. Why Retailers Should Equip Their Temporary Holiday Workforce With Mobile Devices 9/25/2017

    The holiday season is quickly approaching. This means retailers need to start preparing for the influx of seasonal temporary workers required to get through the holidays.

  4. Traceability: The Solution To Product Recalls 9/18/2017

    It seems product recalls are now the norm on a wide range of products from cellphones to ATVs, high heels, children’s clothing, and more.  In one week, the CPSC reported several recalls on its website: incorrect venting Nutrilife® hydrogen peroxide bottles cause fires or burns; By Gary Barraco, Director, Global Product Marketing, Amber Road

  5. 4 Reasons You Need To Take Blockchain Seriously 9/5/2017

    Retailers are bombarded with so many new technologies it’s difficult to keep up. Each new tool or platform makes bold claims of transformative capabilities. By Sunny Lu, Co-founder & CEO, VeChain

  6. 5 Ways To Enhance Your e-Commerce Inventory Management Process 8/22/2017

    With the surge in the e-commerce, the need to employ appropriate inventory management practices for e-commerce warehousing has increased tremendously. By Kevin Hill, Quality Scales Unlimited

  7. How To Beat Amazon By Digitizing Your Supply Chain 8/17/2017

    If traditional retailers have not gotten the newsflash yet, here it is: Amazon is coming after your business. As demonstrated by Amazon’s intent to purchase Whole Foods, there is no stopping the e-commerce giant from using its vast resources to continue its pursuit of retail dominance. By Bernard Goor, vice president and industry evangelist, One Network Enterprises

  8. Why The Distinction Between Online And Brick-And-Mortar Is Dead 8/9/2017

    A look at the future of retail in the wake of the Amazon-Whole Foods deal. By Heidi Dethloff, VP, Marketing, Digimarc Corporation

  9. AV Over IP Creates New ROI Paradigm In Retail Environments 7/31/2017

    Our lives — at work and play — revolve around computer networks. And in retail, most of the technologies we use are IP-based and connect to, or through, the network: VOIP/telephony, WiFi, cell phones, conferencing, control signals, access control, CCTV, etc. And that’s not to mention the impact of cloud computing on our daily routines. Everything lives through “the network.”

  10. Utilizing Feature Recognition As A Sales And Marketing Tool For Asset Protection Teams 7/25/2017

    Retail places emphasis on loss prevention techniques which help companies recover losses. With criminals continually developing more sophisticated ways of stealing company assets — internally and externally — business has had to respond. Technology has been used to make detection techniques better and recovery easier.