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The Supply Side: Online grocery a $35 billion market by 2022
The online grocery sector is forecast to grow from $15.1 billion in 2017 to $34.7 billion over the next five years. That’s a healthy increase of $19.6 billion, with an…
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The Supply Side: Internet of things growth in grocery is underway
The future is here in terms of interconnected “smart” devices, also dubbed the internet of things (IoT). While proliferation of the technology is not mainstream among grocery and food companies,…
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The Supply Side: Drop shipping an ‘interesting option’ for online retailers
Wal-Mart Stores and many of its online competitors are requiring suppliers to shoulder more of the outbound supply chain risks with drop shipping direct to customer. Forrester Research recently noted…
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The Supply Side: Wal-Mart seeks price protection on layaway items
Suppliers to Wal-Mart Stores are receiving notice from the retail giant of a cost shift requiring product suppliers to provide price protection for items such as electronics, apparel and toys…
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The Supply Side: Study examines gender gap in shopper preferences
While men and women often have similar shopping behaviors there are a few key differences, according to a recent report by Euclid Analytics. The study also found 90% of retail…
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The Supply Side: Machine learning via artificial intelligence gaining ground
Machine learning falls under the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), and though the technology has been around for a long time, it’s becoming more relevant when married with big data,…
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The Supply Side: Wal-Mart exec tells suppliers why OTIF was needed, says bar is high but necessary
Wal-Mart said without great product availability on its shelves, its promise of delivering low prices is empty. That is why the retail giant recently upped the ante on supply chain…
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The Supply Side: Omnichannel proficiency still lacking in retail, demand remains
Wal-Mart Stores and other retailers have spent billions trying to gain omnichannel proficiency in the past three years, but few retailers have attained proficiency, according to a recent study conducted…
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The Supply Side: Supplier questions linger on Wal-Mart’s ‘On Time, In Full’ D-Day
Two Wal-Mart logistics managers spent most of Tuesday morning fielding supplier questions and explaining the reasoning behind the new On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) policy that was first unveiled by the retail giant…
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The Supply Side: Survey: In-store pick up preferred options by consumers
More sales of grocery, apparel and even electronics are gravitating online, but consumers still value the option to pick up online orders in-store, according to a recent report from JDA…
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The Supply Side: Wal-Mart gives DC Sweet Potato Cake go-ahead
April Richardson and sisters Deborah Wilson and Tamekia Dorsey of DC Sweet Potato Cake drove 17 hours from their home in Hyattsville, Md., to pitch their sugary confections to Wal-Mart…
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The Supply Side: DeeBee’s, greenlighted by Wal-Mart, sees big possibilities
An entrepreneur from Canada is hoping a deal with Wal-Mart Stores that includes frozen tea pops will push the company into the black. Dionne Laslo-Baker, a medical toxicologist by trade…
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The Supply Side: In retail sales, technology can’t do it all
At a time when tech investments among retailers like Wal-Mart Stores and Amazon are in the billions, suppliers should remember that technology can’t do it all with respect to selling…
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The Supply Side: Wal-Mart says its culinary center is a game changer
The Wal-Mart Culinary and Innovation Center in Bentonville has been open one year. In that time, the retailer says hundreds of food and beverage products have been reformulated, and hundreds…
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The Supply Side: Fayetteville inventors to again pitch a new product at Wal-Mart’s Open Call
Hugh Jarratt and his wife Nicole have been doing business with Wal-Mart Stores for more than three years. Their taco plate was picked up by the retail giant at its…
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The Supply Side: Blockchain technology traces food from farm to table
Tracking down a bad food product sold by any grocer is obviously important for the customer, but it also can help a supplier more quickly recover the recall cost and…
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The Supply Side: Wal-Mart pushes for better quality private label products
Walmart U.S. Chief Merchandising Officer Steve Bratspies said the retailer is passionate about offering a wide assortment of private label products and investing in quality. It’s a message closely parsed…
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The Supply Side: Suppliers of Wal-Mart and Jet at risk for audits, chargebacks
The low cost mission of Wal-Mart is similar to that of Jet.com, and the recent purchase of Jet by Wal-Mart could spell audit trouble for suppliers who have done business…
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The Supply Side: Jay Howard enters Act 2 with newest venture Howse
Jay Howard, 36, is busy growing his second entrepreneurial home furnishing business and expanding his wholesale line of home products to retailers across the country. Howard launched Howse in 2015…
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The Supply Side: Tango Press looks to fill digital production demand
Given the setup costs associated with off-set printing, boxes printed with colorful graphic designs and display stands used at retail have been a challenge when needed in smaller quantities. John…