With retail buying power concentrated in ever fewer hands – especially in the grocery sector – CPG suppliers must conform to their various customers’ supply chain processes.
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Online retailers are bullish about the run up to Christmas with sales estimated to rise to £6.4bn in December, according to IMRG, the e-commerce trade association
The Supply Chain Company has launched the JDA Adaptor, a tool that allows retailers to share their individual store, product and inventory availability as part of Google’s “local availability” feature
Damco is targeting the retail market with an end-to-end logistics solution designed to help retailer’s source products directly overseas which it reckons can save up to 20 per cent of the cost
New strategy helps cut stock and improve availability of wines.
South African retailer Edcon has selected Oracle’s retail merchandise planning and supply chain execution software
Footwear retailer NG2 Group is set to speed up processes, reduce errors and improve its eco-credentials after implementing a TGW automated warehouse system.
ASOS, the online fashion retailer, has selected Retail Assist’s Merret supply chain IT system to replace its core buying and merchandising systems
Home Retail Group, which owns Argos and Homebase, says it cut operating and distribution costs by £39m in the first half
Research in IT retail priorities suggest that many supply chain systems are due for an upgrade – and vendors are eager for sales.
