September 19, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Automated Micro Fulfillment CentersRetailers face challenges with steadily rising consumer expectations around online convenience, rapid delivery and cross channel integration. Micro fulfillment centers offer a cost-effective solution to reach more customers faster and more reliably.
September 5, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Gamification Helps to Engage Employees and Improve Customer ExperienceGamification in supply chain and inventory management training can motivate employees. To be effective, gamification training programs should be well designed, have clear objectives and be able to provide real-time feedback and rewards.
September 4, 2019 Insight Report Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: Supply ChainIn this report, we continue our Retail-Tech Landscape report series, which spotlights innovative retail-tech companies that are disrupting the retail industry. This retail-tech landscape covers innovation in the supply chain, featuring start-ups in addition to a few more established companies that are disrupting the current scenario.
August 22, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Chief Supply Chain Officer Role Emerges to Improve Efficiency and Oversee Supply Chain OperationsThe role of CSCO is relatively new, but we’re seeing more companies in retail and apparel hiring CSCOs to oversee their increasingly complex supply chain operations. Leveraging a CSCO role offers many benefits for forward-looking companies.
August 18, 2019 Deep Dive Premium RFID and NFC in RetailRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near Field Communication (NFC) are key technologies to digitalize store operations and can be instrumental to facilitate omnichannel retail.
August 12, 2019 Deep Dive Premium RetailTech: In-Store TechnologyThis deep dive represents the third installment in the RetailTech series and covers everything from beacons to magic mirrors to robots.
August 8, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Robotic Process Automation Brings Productivity and Precision to the Supply ChainRPA offers numerous benefits to supply chain operations and the retail industry. Companies such as Walmart and Walgreens have adopted RPA. With RPA’s promise of greater efficiency, increased productivity and greater, we expect to see more retailers adopt this technology.
August 6, 2019 Insight Report Premium US-China Trade Issues: US Applies Tariffs to All Imports from ChinaFast retail is Coresight Research’s term for a new approach to retail featuring shorter leases, more shared spaces and more short-term stores. In this report, we profile the prevailing major fast retail formats in the US, ranging from pop-ups to marketplaces.
August 2, 2019 Deep Dive Premium US Retail Inventory Tracker, 1Q19Most Coresight 100 retailers witnessed a decline in consumer spending, which translated into poor sales and inventory buildup in comparison to the same quarter last year. Tariffs and strategic investments also drove inventory accumulation.
July 30, 2019 Insight Report Premium New Retail Briefing: Tmall Launches Offline Experiential Center to Connect Brands to ConsumersAlibaba’s flash sale and group buying platform Juhusuan introduced an updated version of Jutudi, an initiative to offer fresh farm produce at a lower price. Tmall launched an experiential center to invite brands to connect with customers offline.
July 25, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Digital Twins Bring Visibility and Speed to the Supply ChainWhile the concept of the digital twin has been known in manufacturing for some time, it is still relatively new to consumer retail. But we see vast potential as the industry moves into the era of the Internet of Things.
July 17, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Seven Ways Machine Learning Improves EfficiencyMachine learning generates insights from data to help retailers make better decisions and predictions and improve operations including inventory management and last-mile delivery.
July 11, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: 3D Design Brings Speed and Customization to the Supply Chain3D design technology helps retailers better meet fast-changing consumer demand, while also improving product quality and cutting costs. The technology is already helping many companies in fashion and furniture create new product designs more quickly and with higher precision.
July 4, 2019 Insight Report Premium Supply Chain Briefing: Virtual Assistants Bring Speed and Save Costs in the Supply ChainIVAs can improve supply chain operations by cutting labor costs and enabling faster and more accurate service delivery, ultimately leading to better customer experiences. Companies such as Alibaba and Aramex have been employing IVAs to improve supply chain efficiency.
July 1, 2019 Insight Report Premium Retail-Tech Landscape: Last-Mile DeliveryAs e-commerce consumer expectations rise, last-mile delivery is emerging as a crucial component of supply-chain logistics. This report profiles innovation in last-mile logistics, featuring last-mile solutions and platforms disrupting the landscape. We curated select established companies in the space and feature 40 in over 10 countries.
