Category Management

5 Retail & Consumer Products Trends to Watch in 2022

Industry insider Justin Honaman gives his annual take on the top trends to watch in the New Year.
Returns Management: Maximize Operations to Improve the Experience

Quick, seamless, and economical returns management is vital to success in an increasing digital marketplace. Benchmark your efforts against your peers and discover how leading retailers are investing in the returns process to improve the customer experience and shopper journey.

The Art and Science of Successful Planning in a Customer-Centric World

Getting inventory to the right location at the right time has become infinitely more challenging in today’s climate, making the ability to adequately predict and plan for demand vitally important to ongoing success.
RIS’ 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 build a supply chain of the future that ensures resiliency against the next major disruption.
It’s Time to Give Grocery Categories a Customer-Centric Refresh

Retailers are coming to terms with the fact that omnichannel isn’t going away, and for this reason, they’re rethinking everything.
Leveling the Playing Field with Optimized Pricing Solutions

Pricing products correctly is a market differentiator that helps attract and retain fickle consumers in an increasingly competitive marketplace. See where you pricing capabilities stack up against the industry.
AI-Powered Fulfillment and Distribution

Retailers and CGs are deploying AI/ML solutions to aid in supply chain efforts at increasing rates. Explore this Targeted Research report to discover where the competition is placing big tech bets and to benchmark your supply chain of the future roadmap.
Wakefern Beefs Up Merchandising and Data Analytic Prowess

Wakefern Food Corp. is taking steps to improve its merchandising decision-making capabilities.
Beyond Amazon: Why Retailers Must Adopt Cross-Platform E-commerce Strategies

The sense of urgency around a cohesive cross-platform strategy is real, and it’s critical for business leaders to ensure e-commerce is properly resourced internally.
Navigating CBD Retail: How Palmer Jane Untangled Inventory Management

Inventory management is a challenge for all retailers, but it’s particularly fraught for today’s cannabis retailers given the industry’s complex system for managing incoming and outgoing SKUs.
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Effective Order Management Is Vital to Ongoing Retail Success

As the retail marketplace continues to evolve savvy retailers are investing in next-gen order management solutions to ensure they can deftly route and fulfill orders at need-it-now speeds.
Kroger’s Fred Meyer Chain Reimagines How it Merchandizes Tech Products

Fred Meyer, a division of The Kroger Co., is updating its home electronics departments after a successful pilot. Learn why the grocer is experiencing roughly 92% sales lift in the new departments.
Party City Getting Granular On Category Spend

Party City Holdings is investing to gain more visibility into category spending at its 800-plus company-owned and franchised stores in North America.
$1 Trillion Problem: Managing Out-of-Stocks and Omnichannel Fulfillment During COVID-19

Despite the changes that have occurred in 2020, retailers have not reduced expectations for minimizing out-of-stocks and are still willing to cut ties with suppliers unable to fulfill evolving demands.

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