The robots are coming! The robots are coming! We aren’t talking about Robocop or even the loveable “Wall-E”. These new-age robots are headed directly to the warehouse. There has been subtle usage of robots in the warehouse for years, but Amazon’s purchase of Kiva set the stage for the current landscape of robotics within the warehouse.
There are a number of advantages to warehouse robots:
- Robots have the capability to work 24×7 without a break.
- The maintenance cost is relatively low, particularly in…
Have you noticed that the stores of your youth are slowly disappearing? The growing trend of brick and mortar stores fading away into oblivion is real. However, the better question that needs asking is: “Are these stores closing permanently or will they continue to exist but in a different form?” Retailers have an opportunity to evolve the store to better match the purchase behaviors of the much sought after millennials, consumers between the ages of 20 and 35. As the millennials and to a large extent,…
It’s our first ever blog post and we wanted to share our thoughts on the upcoming year and some of the key trends we believe will impact the retail supply chain in 2016. We are already seeing these trends impact our customers and know they will have a broader and more significant impact within the retail supply chain space in the coming year.- Order Online/Pick-up from Store – It is predicted that the percentage of consumers that expect to order online and pick-up from the store…
Nike was one of the first companies to breakthrough in the “modern” footwear industry by using the now famous slogan “Just Do It” and selecting Saturday mornings as the universal day of the week when new Air Jordan shoes were released. Since that time, the footwear industry has continued to evolve and has embraced several trends as companies battle to stay ahead of the curve. Let’s examine a few of these: 
To offer free shipping or not…that is the question. As the ecommerce space continues to grow and develop into a major shopping portal for consumers, online retailers are left with a decision to make about free shipping. A compete.com survey stated that free shipping would encourage 
Same day delivery has developed into a legitimate fulfillment model that appears to be gaining traction with consumers. By 2018, the value of merchandise delivered via same-day delivery in 20 U.S. cities is expected to reach over 