Category Management

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.
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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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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Getting the Most From Customer Data

Find how unprecedented amounts of shopper data has allowed tech-savvy companies to differentiate themselves from the crowd with products and offerings tailored to their customers’ wants and needs.

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