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Supply Chain Technology Study 2020: Balancing Supply Chain Resilience and Efficiency

In our first annual Supply Chain Technology Study, RIS benchmarks the state of the retail supply chain, identifies technologies that are keys to success, and recommends ways retailers can improve their ability to recover quickly from disruption. Benchmark your supply chain tech against the industry's best!

Equipping the Supply Chain of the Future

The worldwide pandemic has accelerated retailers’ supply chain investment plans as they shift to meet consumers’ changing needs. Learn which technologies can help you keep pace.

Why “Essential” Is the Gangster Move in Retail

The pandemic has had a profound impact on shopper behavior and retail success, but will it last? One thing will. “Essential” retailing. Find out why.

Next-Gen Tech Investments Fueling Post-Pandemic Grocery Shopping

Months of near-lockdown conditions have kickstarted new retail tech strategies and solutions that grocers are ready to embrace. See which ones have been pushed to the forefront and which are ready to move off the back burner.

Time to Break Up a Broken Supply Chain

Many shoppers experienced break downs in the retail supply chain during the crisis. This exposed a decades-old, slow-to-change system that needs kicking into high gear.

How Forward-Looking Retailers are Preparing For the Post-COVID-19 World

Being able to simulate multiple scenarios, as quickly as possible, will be the key to successfully “resetting” the company to the future economic and consumption state.

Learning From the COVID-19 Crisis: Post-Pandemic Grocery Shopping

view on-demand! The global pandemic is putting increased demand on grocers and their suppliers as the industry continues to operate under extraordinary circumstances.

Forecast Accuracy: Why It Matters and How to Improve It

Brick by brick every major business decision is built on the foundation of demand forecasts. However, forecast accuracy is something that is rarely talked about, except within supply chain organizations.

The Arrival of Experience Lifecycle Management: Enabling P&L Owners in the Digital Age

Digital supply chain, digital customer experience, product experience, and real-time marketing capabilities are reframing commerce management for the digital age. The arrival of Experience Lifecycle Management will put enhanced profit levers into the hands of the apparel merchant and category manager.

See Inside JCPenney’s New Retail Lab: Penney’s

JCPenny has opened a living retail lab as a direct result of customer insights. Take a look inside the brand-defining store at the center of new CEO Jill Soltau’s plan to rebuild the chain.

Macy’s Reimages Layout and Merchandise at Flagship

Macy’s reveals a major renovation to its 14,500 square-foot main floor men’s department in its Herald Square flagship, including a new space dubbed The Park. Take a look inside.

Inside Look: Xcelerate Dallas Breathes AIR into Retail

Amid a charged crowd in Dallas, Kevin Sterneckert, CMO, Symphony RetailAI, opened the Xcelerate, Breathing AIR into Retail event. Uncover how two days packed with exciting presentations really drove home the idea that knowing your customers is the key to never losing them.

How AI Can Optimize Inventory For Every Department in the Store

Many retailers depend on disconnected systems for demand forecasting and are missing the big picture when it comes to how fresh impacts center store categories and vice-versa. Joe Skorupa, Editorial Director for RIS News, and Kevin Sterneckert, Chief Marketing Officer for Symphony RetailAI discuss why retailers need a holistic view of consumer demand across all categories.

Lumber Liquidators Announces New CEO

Lumber Liquidators has promoted a key member of its executive team to chief executive officer. See who claimed the top spot.

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