Omnichannel

4 Dos And Don’ts for Retailers This Holiday Season
December 5, 2016 at 9:20 am

It doesn’t take a genius to know that the holiday season is the Super Bowl of retail. Retailers plan for months, evaluating the competition, sweating the details, and getting ready for kickoff — i.e., Thanksgiving weekend. And we know why: This year, total holiday sales are estimated to be about $630.5 billion. Generally, holiday sales…

Specialty Retail’s Best-Kept Secret: Pool Distribution
December 2, 2016 at 11:33 am

While e-commerce is growing rapidly, the vast majority of retail revenue still comes from stores. And now that the holiday shopping season is here, retailers are bracing for the tidal wave of consumer demand and its impact on their supply chains. For specialty retailers such as Famous Footwear and GNC, pool distribution — in its contemporary…

Plan for Increased Omnichannel Orders This Holiday Season
November 29, 2016 at 11:39 am

This holiday season, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is expecting “retail sales in November and December (excluding autos, gas and restaurants) to increase 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion. Online sales are forecast to increase between 7 percent and 10 percent over last year to as much as $117 billion.” OrderDynamics tends to agree. Looking at the past two…

Retail SMBs: Making it in the Omnichannel Big Leagues
November 23, 2016 at 10:19 am

With Black Friday in two days, the holiday season fast approaching and e-commerce exploding around the globe, opportunities for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) in the retail industry are skyrocketing — and the rules of the game are changing. Cloud-based e-commerce and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications are lowering the barrier to entry, while mobile technology is…

Casper Plans to Open Physical Stores
November 22, 2016 at 11:31 am

Online mattress brand Casper has plans to open a fleet of physical stores, according to help wanted ads placed on its website. The two-year-old company has plans to sell its foam mattresses — which are currently delivered tightly folded in a box and inflate on their own when opened — in other stores, and to even…

Making the Right Pricing Decisions During the Holiday Season
November 4, 2016 at 12:51 pm

The holiday season is almost upon us, with sales starting on Black Friday — and often even before then these days — and running through New Year’s. Retailers are looking to do whatever they can to get consumers to purchase from their business during this busy shopping period. There are many factors that influence each…