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Merchants Payments Coalition announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Visa for violating antitrust law by continuing to stifle competition in the United States’ credit- and debit card markets.
Direct-to-customer retailers spend an average of 2% to 4% of gross sales on inbound freight. This session will show you how to develop an effective inbound freight program to reduce expenses and improve control. Attend this session and learn how to
Take charge of vendor small parcel shipments
Leverage LTL volume to reduce costs
Negotiate cost not discounts
Avoid vendor
Evaluating which WMS and material handling equipment options your warehouse needs is complex. How do you conduct an evaluation? What are the options that you should consider? What are the key questions that you should ask yourself, and what are the key metrics to consider before you buy? And how much should you be spending for your facility? What automation is right for your needs? Hear from this panel of experts about how you can spend your money wisely.
Having the right inventory at the right time is critical to ultimate customer service. This session will discuss the importance of Planning, starting with a MAP (Merchandise Assortment Plan) before building item up. We will discuss the importance of setting Key Inventory Goals that are realistic and how looking at category/item and department relationships can improve your inventory forecasting and positioning. We will look at a pro-forma item level P& L and how all these measurements can be viewed very simply to provide strategic key management decisions.
Without thoughtful, structured hiring processes, it
In this session, you will hear the steps Backcountry.com took to efficiently manage warehouse space and strategically procure and build a second distribution center. Incentives, Timing, Strategies, RFP
Numbers released by the Federal Reserve Tuesday show debit card swipe fees collected by the nation
Ascena Retail Group will acquire Charming Shoppes in a cash transaction valued at approximately $890 million.
Traditional systems are often too inflexible or dysfunctional to provide the analytical tools needed to evaluate a multichannel merchant’s competitive advantages, or support a multifaceted evaluation of promotional response rates or even operations functions. This session features two experienced professionals who have conquered this challenge. We’ll hear how, the tools and solutions they have used, and what other business-critical functions these tools can support.