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Praktiker, a Central European DIY retailer, centralized replenishment to streamline business processes, improve efficiency and scale. Moving away from previous forecasting solutions and providers, Praktiker leveraged Blue Sky’s demand forecasting service to provide reliable decision support in its merchandising team.

This article is originally from RIS News. Walmart is entering its first multi-city autonomous delivery collaboration as a new last-mile answer for online orders.

BACKGROUND In the last 12+ months, retailers have experienced unprecedented supply chain and inventory challenges. A combination of closed factories, backed-up ports, container scarcity, and labor shortages took its toll on the industry. In this article we will take a look behind the scenes and try to understand the dynamics behind these volume shifts, and...

This article is originally from RIS News.  In the last couple of years, the retail industry has experienced a proactive shift in the data digitalizing process across retail operations, supply chains, customer-facing interfaces, and collaboration models and ecosystems. They have had to quickly adapt to emerging technology and innovation, especially with the surge of AI/ML,...

This article is originally from RIS News. Vera Bradley shared more details about the steps it’s taking to boost its in-person and virtual customer service and experience capabilities.

This article is originally by RIS News. Whether you’re buying online or in a physical store, shopping should be easy, simple and enjoyable. In the customer’s mind, the retailer or brand is one entity, regardless of the sales channel. For this reason, customers expect their journey to fluidly shift between digital and physical touchpoints with...