Industries > Retail | SupplyChainBrain

Retail: Page 67

Walmart Halves Chicago Stores to Just Four as Losses Mount

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon warned last year that rising retail theft around the U.S. could prompt store closings.

Photo: iStock.com/Sundry Photography

IDC Reports Steep Drop in Global Shipments of Traditional PCs During Q1 2023

IDC said COVID-driven PC shipping demands are coming to an end, caused by weak global demands, excess inventory, and a worsening macroeconomic climate.

Photo: iStock.com/Andrew_Howe

Uniqlo’s Automates Store Checkout with RFID Chips

The company is applying a new generation of RFID readers in its checkout machines, allowing shoppers to simply drop their goods in bins at automated checkout stations that read the RFID tags

A Uniqlo store in Tokyo. Photo: iStock.com/winhorse

Walmart Revises its Supply-Chain Strategy

Walmart want to improve fulfillment capabilities at its stores, and it is trying to automate operations, both in stores and at dedicated fulfillment centers.

Photo: Bloomberg

How to be Successful in Omni-Channel Commerce

The grace period is gone; consumers will find what they want elsewhere if a retailer can’t deliver the product(s) and experience they’re looking for.

Photo: iStock.com/style-photography

Retailers Plan to Change to Made-to-Fit Boxes for Home Delivery

The made-to-fit packaging addresses a major environmental issue in online shopping, and a cumbersome expense in shipping out orders.

Photo: iStock.com/SARINYAPINNGAM

Panera to Adopt Palm-Swipe Payment Systems, Sparking Privacy Fears

Amazon is now facing a lawsuit after a shopper in New York City claimed customers were not properly notified about the data that would be collected.

Image: iStock.com/metamorworks

Dollar General is Deemed a ‘Severe Violator’ by the Labor Dept.

Since January 2017, OSHA has cited the company for 111 instances of workplace safety violations and imposed more than $15.5 million in penalties.

Photo: iStock.com/jetcityimage

Walmart is Changing the Way Its Employees Get to Work

When the new Walmart campus opens, roughly half its employees will live within five miles of their work. The plan is for every employee to have easy access to bike parking, showers and lockers.

Photo: Bloomberg

Freight Rebound Hopes are Fading Because of Retailer Caution

Big shippers including Nike, Target and Kohl’s remain guarded in ordering from suppliers as they continue to dig out from a glut of inventory.

Photo: iStock.com/thitivong

Amazon to Cut Another 9,000 Jobs in New Round of Layoffs

Amazon said the cuts would fall mostly in its cloud services, advertising and Twitch live-streaming units.

Photo: iStock / hapabapa

Retail Consumer Data: The Key to Personalization, or Privacy Violation?

Retailers strive to personalize the shopping experience, especially for online purchases. At what point, though, does that effort cross the line and become an invasion of the consumer’s privacy?

Photo: iStock.com/oatawa

Page 67 of 600

Featured Product

Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska

How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)

Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.

Moving Robots Site-to-Site