After a successful rollout of robotic fulfillment at its distribution center in Toronto recently, Hudson’s Bay Co. plans to expand the capability to a DC in Pottsville, PA sometime in 2017. See how the technology performed in Toronto, and how the company performed in terms of ecommerce growth during the third quarter.
Do your employees know what makes your company tick, and better yet what helps move the needle? Merchants need to do a better job of educating them on sales drivers and profitability, and the business benefits of investments and process improvements. The more they know, the more invested they’ll be in your success.
Finding the right help during the holiday season isn’t always easy but it is critical, as these are the people who will get the job done for you during the busiest time of year. Here are how three merchants are handling seasonal staffing for holiday 2016.
Delivering a quality experience means customers are more likely to become advocates, telling their friends and coming back to buy more. But undeliverable shipments will move things in the opposite direction fast this peak holiday season. Here are some tips to help you avoid that worst-case outcome.
Omnichannel order fulfillment is complex and can overwhelm legacy systems, processes and personnel. See how an order management system (OMS) can help solve the challenges, and how two major retailers are addressing it.
While we’re not through peak season yet, there are 8 quick steps you can take now that will help with post-season assessment of your fulfillment operations and planning for 2017. They will prove invaluable in January and February as you look for ways to implement improvements during the next peak.
Selecting the right IT resources for your operations, including OMS, WMS and WCS, is critical to the success of your business. Equally important is getting the most out of your current resources. Here are 6 ways you can make them more productive.
Having a killer in-house customer service team is invaluable, and they should your surprise customers in a more personal manner, or in this case, wowing your customers the “old school” way. Here are the benefits of customer happiness, and a few methods that have worked well for online eye wear seller Readers.com.
The holidays are just around the corner and retailers are gearing up to increase their digital marketing and advertising strategies to offer online promotions earlier to increase sales for holiday 2016. Take an inside look at what some of the key trends and insights for holiday 2016.
Question: How prepared is your company to deal with change in your fulfillment operations today and be profitable in the future? This first installment in a four-part series focuses on ways to help you reduce costs, increase productivity and improve customer service in your multichannel business.