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True Omnichannel Model Eludes 80 Percent of Retailers, Study Says

Retailers are working hard to transform their supply chains to a customer-centric, omnichannel model, but 80 percent are not prepared for the magnitude of change required, according to HRC Advisory (HRC), a retail advisory firm and unit of Hilco Global.

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Consumers Rack Up Retail Sales, Apparently Unconcerned About Volatility in Financial World

Retail sales in the U.S. climbed for a second straight month, a sign consumers may be looking past recent volatility in financial markets.

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As Holidays Near, Retailers Struggle to Hire Warehouse Labor

Retailers are already planning for the busy holiday shopping season, and there could be a complication this year. As the unemployment rate drops, stores are having a hard time finding workers for their warehouses. They've ordered all kinds of new stuff for the holidays, but it's stuck in a bottleneck.

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Does Target Finally Have the Right Leader to Fix Its Supply Chain Problems?

Target's supply chain woes are coming to a boil. Out-of-stocks and sometimes entirely empty shelves have become all too common, and have come to the attention of the national media.

Retail Imports Are on Rise as Holidays Approach

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.2 percent this month over the same time last year as retailers head toward the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Supplier Compliance Programs: The Gap Between Talk and Walk

Companies say they have effective supplier compliance programs in place. But reality says something quite different.

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Retailers Warned to Prepare for Delivery Expectations of 'Generation Z'

Retailers should be bracing themselves for heightened delivery expectations of so-called Generation Z, those individuals born after the late 1990s, whose media-saturated world has accustomed to them to instant access to things.

Europeans Experience High Level of Problems with Their Online Retail Orders, Study Says

European adults have experienced a high number of problems with online orders in the last 12 months, according to data from the JDA/Centiro Customer Pulse Report.

Automotive Sales Continue Upswing in Western Europe in August

The Western European passenger car market recorded another strong uplift in sales volumes in August with a 10.3 percent year-on-year rise in sales to 706,041 units, according to the latest IHS Automotive forecast. This further pulled up the year-to-date increase for the first eight months of the year by 8.5 percent year over year to 10.07 million units. Following August's result, the final adjusted trend-cycle seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales showed its highest level since February 2010 with a figure of 13.4 million units.

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Google Wants to Be Your Grocer

Google Inc. will start testing a delivery service for fresh food and groceries in two U.S. cities later this year, stepping up competition with online retailer Amazon.com Inc. and start-up Instacart Inc.

Gabon Tops Ranking of Nations With Best Retail Opportunities in Africa

A.T. Kearney's 2015 African Retail Development Index (ARDI) reconfirms the potential of many nations throughout Africa.

RangeMe Launches Product-Discovery Service in U.S.

RangeMe, an online platform serving the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector, has launched operations in the U.S.

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