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Will Walmart’s Executive Reshuffling Produce A Smoother Supply Chain?

Walmart is making major changes to its organizational structure, adapting to evolving shopper needs by integrating various store and digital operations positions, most notably within the supply chain. The timing of…

Executive Viewpoints July 24
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How The Right Data Management Strategy Builds Customer Loyalty

Being a popular brand is no longer good enough. A new survey from Criteo puts numbers to a trend we’ve seen over the last few years: outside of luxury goods (or…

Executive Viewpoints July 24

BBQ Guys Optimizes Shipping Choices To Streamline Fulfillment Processes

Maintaining clear communication is vital to retail success, but this can be a challenge for fast-growing companies with an expanding roster of suppliers, workers and carriers that need to stay…

News July 24

Etsy Acquires Musical Instrument Marketplace Reverb

Etsy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reverb, a marketplace for new, used and vintage music gear, for $275 million. Reverb will continue operating as a standalone business after…

News July 23

GNC To Close Up To 900 Stores Amid Mall-Based Struggles

GNC will close up to 900 stores as part of its goal to reach 2019 and 2020 cost-saving targets, CEO Ken Martindale revealed in a Q2 earnings call. GNC officials…

News July 23

Alibaba Opens B2B Marketplace To U.S. SMBs

Alibaba has opened its platform to more than 30 million small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S., enabling these companies to sell their products to B2B buyers on Alibaba.com both locally…

News July 23

Starbucks Licenses Mobile And Loyalty Tech To Restaurant Solution Provider

Starbucks will license technology to and take a minority stake in Brightloom, an integrated digital platform for restaurant brands. The solution provider, which was formerly known as eatsa, also raised…

News July 23

Perry Ellis International Upgrades POS Solution

Perry Ellis International (PEI) has gone live with the latest version of Oracle Retail Xstore Point-of-Service (POS), with customization and deployment services provided by BTM Global. Oracle Retail Xstore is…

News July 23

Wakefern Launches Automated Micro-Fulfillment Center For Online ShopRite Consumers

Wakefern Food Corp., the grocery cooperative that operates 353 supermarkets in the Northeast under banners including ShopRite, The Fresh Grocer, Price Rite Marketplace and Dearborn Market, has launched its first…

News July 23
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