Retail Supply Chain Management

Fashion and lifestyle brand, Hush, has broken its daily sales record, with transactions exceeding £1m, for the first time with a new mobile-first ecommerce platform developed in partnership with digital commerce agency and systems integrator Astound Commerce UK.

Ivanti Wavelink, the supply chain business unit of Ivanti, has announced Ivanti Wavelink Avalanche now offers several new management and discovery capabilities for Zebra’s ruggedised thermal and barcode printers for the supply chain.

As Brexit looms, Amazon is starting the process of separating UK and EU sales from 14 November. UK shoppers buying gifts from EU sites and British traders selling to Europe face potential increased costs and confusion, warns the international shipping company ParcelHero.

Mytraffic, European expert in the analysis of pedestrian and vehicle flows for retail, real estate companies and cities, has tracked post-lockdown traffic in over 900 commercial areas in the UK.

Trakm8, the UK fleet management solutions provider, has agreed a long-term deal to supply its route optimisation and delivery slot booking software to one of the UK’s largest grocery retailers.

With the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend (27th – 30th November) around the corner, global eCommerce platform Kooomo advises retailers that mobile commerce, otherwise known as mCommerce and personalisation are key to maximising conversations and sales this cyber weekend.

By Sam Cortez, managing editor and outreach specialist for Scalefluence.com

Merchandising is the process and practice of displaying and arranging products for the best customer experience. The concept of merchandising is based on guiding prospective customers through the buyer’s journey and presenting them with the right products, at the right time and place, in the right quantity, and with the best prices.

While late-night shopping on the high-street is part of the annual run up to Christmas for many people, new findings suggest that maintaining this tradition will matter to just 11% of consumers this year.

Companies which collate and analyse customer data, both online and offline, have grown 16% in the past year and are more than twice as likely to significantly exceed business goals and see strong return on investment (32% versus 14%), according to a global survey of 235 organisations with annual revenues of at least $50m.

Data released by global payments platform Adyen, outlines the economic gains that could be accessed by getting more UK retailers online.