Ivalua, provider of global spend management cloud solutions, has announced the findings of a worldwide survey of supply chain, procurement and finance business leaders, on the status of their digital transformations, the obstacles encountered and keys to success.
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RSSCommissioned study reveals digital maturity in procurement is lagging behind perceived progress
May 07, 2019
What social networks deliver greatest benefit to fashion ecommerce?
May 07, 2019
Fashion retailers understand that social media plays an important role in driving awareness, traffic and orders. However, given the complex shopping journey of today’s fashion consumer, it’s difficult to clearly identify the relative merits of different social networks – particularly as the networks themselves are continuing to evolve and introduce new features.
UK hit by more than 1,000 shoplifting incidents every day
Apr 30, 2019
The UK retail industry suffered from an average of 1,035 reported incidents of shoplifting every day in 2018, according to the latest analysis of UK Police data by loss prevention solutions provider, Checkpoint Systems.
Instagram struggling to deal with counterfeit luxury goods
Apr 30, 2019
The research from Ghost Data shows incredible detail. The research team scanned around four million Instagram posts, identifying more than 56,000 accounts involved in counterfeiting activities – more than double the 20,000 accounts the same group found in 2016.
Premiere for Siemens Digital Logistics at transport logistic
Apr 30, 2019
Siemens Digital Logistics is coming to the transport logistic trade show in Munich (June 4-7, 2019) to present an integrated portfolio of software and consulting solutions for the precise planning and control of global supply chains.
Adyen study shows the value of omnichannel shoppers for retailers
Apr 30, 2019
New data released by Adyen, the payments platform of choice for many leading companies, highlights the value of unified commerce to retailers. Its report The Unified Commerce Indexanalyses data across its global payments platform, which processed €159 billion in transactions in 2018.
TrueCommerce Datalliance releases first platform update of 2019
Apr 23, 2019
TrueCommerce, a global provider of trading partner connectivity, integration and unified commerce solutions, has announced that TrueCommerce Datalliance, its division focusing on vendor managed inventory (VMI) and collaborative replenishment (CR) software, has released its first of three software updates for 2019.
One in three retail workers holding out for redundancy before switching careers
Apr 22, 2019
34% of retail workers in the UK are waiting to be made redundant before switching careers, according to a survey released by professional training provider Learning People.
2 in 5 data-driven initiatives are failing in the retail industry, with 43 per cent of failures due to a skills shortage
Apr 22, 2019
New research by Exasol, the analytic database provider, has found that almost half of data-driven initiatives are failing in retail organisations.
Figures show internet retailing continues to rise throughout March
Apr 22, 2019
Today’s ONS retail sales figures revealed that online spending continues to rise. The percentage of online purchases has risen by 8.0 per cent in March 2019 in comparison to March 2018.
