
Retail (156)
Food Safety Modernization Act, and What You Need To Do With ASNs
- Sunday, 01 July 2012
- Retail
- Written by Cameron Laird
It's time for grocers to adopt Advance Ship Notices (ASNs)--but the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 isn't the most pressing reason.
Leveraging Stores as Fulfillment Nodes in the Supply Chain
- Sunday, 01 July 2012
- Retail
- Written by Beth Bacheldor
A recent study by Retail Systems Research (RSR) reveals that while more retailers are employing cross-channel distribution models, retailers are still not fully leveraging perhaps their biggest source of inventory - stores.
Is Social Media Really Sociable?
- Tuesday, 03 July 2012
- Retail
- Written by Ken Kinlock
Is Social Media all about true interaction between two parties or is it just “tapping keys”? Should the word "social" be changed in Social Media to either "Digital Media" or "Emedia."? We define Social Media as "Digital communication between multiple individuals or organizations in an effort to further the personal and professional endeavors of each,"
Edge Integration: Leveling the Supply Chain IT Playing Field (5)
- Thursday, 02 August 2012
- Retail
- Written by
For years innovation and integration in supply chain software was limited to the Global 1000. They purchased multi-million dollar ERP and supply chain apps, drove integration between trading, partners, demanded EDI connectivity, vendor managed inventory (VMI) , etc.. The ability for small and medium businesses to profit from these strategies was limited. It was simply too costly. Smaller companies simply had to react. However, cloud computing, e-commerce, and edge integration are changing the game in the most profound way.
POS Data Sharing – Could the new Merchant Customer Exchange Spur Retailers to Share More with Suppliers?
- Tuesday, 11 September 2012
- Retail
- Written by Beth Bacheldor
Point of sale (POS) data has long been the domain of the retailer that collects it. It hasn’t always available – in detail, anyway – to manufacturers and suppliers that could use the data for such things as demand planning, improving supply chains to avoid stock outs and to better understand and act on buying habits so they can more accurately allocate advertising dollars. Of course, all those benefits would in turn benefit the retailers, which could improve planning and forecasting, reduce (or eliminate) stock outs, and even have leverage to enact and enforce service level agreements with suppliers.
Innovation in payment
- Sunday, 09 September 2012
- Retail
- Written by Cameron Laird
Sometimes "The Payoff" writes about you. Sometimes it's about your customers. Installments like "Qthru Aims for a Different Self Check-Out" obviously apply to the many readers working in retail organizations: a better way to get shoppers through check-out certainly matters to you. Why waste space, though, on currency exchange in Malta or ordering pencils in Pretoria?
Predicting payment winners: deep complexity
- Tuesday, 28 August 2012
- Retail
- Written by Cameron Laird
I don't know, and I don't care.
Not exactly, but almost. A couple of weeks ago, reader Mike reacted to "Google Wallet: High Risk, High Reward" with sensible questions:
Read more...What's Next?
- Monday, 20 August 2012
- Retail
- Written by Michael Martz
Those of us who have been around ecommerce for a few years can probably remember hearing or reading about the ‘next big thing’. Whether that next big thing was handwriting recognition software, the ‘netbook’, server virtualization, or internet TV, it’s been a little hit or miss. That’s to be expected; things move quickly in this hyperconnected world, and technology never stands still.
Google Wallet: High Risk, High Reward
- Monday, 13 August 2012
- Retail
- Written by Cameron Laird
Google Wallet has a lot to overcome. Not even a year old as of this writing, it has already weathered enough bad news to capsize less well-supported projects. Google continues to invest in it, though, and seems committed to sticking with Wallet until it succeeds.
JCPenney "all-in": RFID, M-POS, Self-Checkout, More
- Monday, 30 July 2012
- Retail
- Written by Cameron Laird
JCPenney (JCP) CEO Ron Johnson promised to build on his successes as a retailer at Target and Apple to re-fashion the long-faltering department chain. Whether he's eventually judged successful or not, credit Johnson for a serious effort.
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