Cross Channel White Papers
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How Retailers Who Connect Their Value Stream Network Can Thrive In The Age Of Software
11/1/2018
While retailers map out their omni-channel and digital strategy, a troubling trend is emerging. The digital transformations intended to stem the tide and allow established retailers to compete in the Age of Software are either moving too slowly or failing. Yet the rate of change in digital platforms, as evidenced by companies like Amazon and Alibaba, is progressing at such speeds that moving slowly is not an option for survival. The problem lies in the way most established retailers are approaching transformation.
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Racing To The Cloud: It’s Not A Marathon Or A Sprint, It’s About Being Smarter
10/25/2018
For most companies, getting everything to the cloud is no longer a goal, in and of itself. Instead, it has become a long, multi-year objective requiring more than just a technological change. Transitioning to cloud technologies requires businesses to institute cultural changes.
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What Are Consumers Telling Us About Black Friday?
10/19/2018
Regardless of stating a clear intention to participate in Black Friday, consumers appear to be keeping their options wide open when it comes to exactly which items they will buy — and from whom.
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Going Global: How Crane USA Embraced Data Standards For Omni-Channel Agility
10/15/2018
In today’s highly competitive retail environment, mounting pressure can surround any brand. Consumers want convenience, quality, and transparency. Retailers want to hold their margins. Manufacturers around the globe seek to minimize costs and balance production windows with accelerated turnaround cycles.With rising demand, manual order fulfillment and inventory management processes simply won’t yield success.
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The Future Of Cashier-Less Checkout
9/21/2018
Speed or customer service? Most shoppers face that choice when visiting a typical grocery store and head to checkout. Do they opt for the self-check lane instead of waiting in the full-service checkout line? What do consumers give up or gain with each choice? What do retailers gain or lose?
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What Can Retailers Learn From This Year’s Amazon Prime Day?
9/13/2018
In July 2015, Amazon’s iconic Prime Day online summer retail event made its first debut. Fast forward to 2018, and this year Amazon reports its fourth annual Prime Day surpassed all prior sales records in the e-commerce giant’s 24-year history – including every Black Friday and Cyber Monday – with Prime members ordering over 100 million products during the 36-hour sales event. What does this all mean for retailers, and how can they effectively compete? To examine shopper sentiment toward the event and how it’s reshaping purchasing behaviors, Periscope By McKinsey surveyed 3,000 consumers in the U.S., UK, France, Italy and Germany to understand their attitudes and actions during Amazon Prime Day 2018.
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Software Keeps Growing Retailer On The Forefront Of POS And Online Trends
9/10/2018
The political and social climate over the last few years has raised questions within the firearms community about regulations, executive actions, Supreme Court rulings, and legislation that could limit the buying and selling of some firearms, ammunition, and accessories. This has attracted more customers to make more purchases from businesses within the firearms industry.
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How Retailers Can Prepare For 2018 BFCM & 4 Relevant Trends
9/7/2018
As tempting as it may be for any overworked store owner not think the chaotic mess of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s a financial non-starter. There’s just too much money on the table not to make it a real priority and commit to meaningful preparation
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Why Your Supply Chain Is The Key To The Future Of Your Business
9/3/2018
Make no mistake about it; your business’ ability to scale up and sustain itself in the future will be affected in part by how you think about your supply chain and its ability to match your company’s culture and your customers’ expectations.
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Why Retail Needs A Web-Enabled Barcode
8/27/2018
Consumers around the globe are scanning products using their smartphones to learn more about what they want to buy — or what they’ve just purchased. Some manufacturers have responded by adding QR codes and secondary barcodes on packages that connect consumers to more product information. Not only do these extra codes take up valuable label “real estate,” but they may not even contain standardized product identifiers like UPCs, causing confusion when scanning at point-of-sale checkout counters.