Inventory & Merchandising

Bringing Sustainability and Innovation to the Grocery Store Supply Chain

In the grocery industry, as in so many others, sustainability is an increasingly important topic of conversation. As an organization that is…

Sell More, Retain Customers Longer, and Have Fun with Discovery Shopping

You know the feeling when you are in a store and see an amazing, exciting, perfect thing that you instantly know you…

Exclusive Q&A: How Amazon’s Marketplace Disconnects Sellers from Their Customers

Jon Elder gives credit where it’s due: selling on the Amazon Marketplace and using Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) services offer brands enormous…

L Brands Selects Ascena Executive to Lead Bath & Body Works

As part of a raft of executive changes, Bath & Body Works parent company L Brands has named Julie Rosen its new…

Walmart Offers Free At-Home Pickups for Online Product Returns

Seeking to minimize customers’ return complexities, Walmart has partnered with FedEx for at-home pickup of unwanted gifts or ill-fitting apparel. Customers can…

Target Extends Pickup and Same-Day Delivery Deadlines to Christmas Eve

Procrastinators rejoice: Target has extended its same-day delivery and order pickup deadline to 5 pm on Dec. 24. The retailer also has…

Webinar: Kearney Supply Chain Expert Identifies 5 Key Resiliency Challenges

The COVID pandemic caused significant disruption to 80% of supply chains around the world, with the result that nearly half (47%) of…

Exclusive Q&A: Can Anything Slow the Amazon Behemoth?

Amazon’s dominant role in ecommerce — and in retail as a whole — isn’t likely to diminish any time soon. In fact,…

How Model No. is Disrupting the Furniture Industry with 3D Printing and Products Made from Food Waste

Five years ago, retail innovator Phillip Raub disrupted the industry when he co-founded b8ta, a retail-as-a-service company with experiential, data-driven showrooms designed…