POS, Inventory and Great Customer Experience
You can find many photographs online of abandoned malls and how they look on the inside. They can be haunting and beautiful illustrations of the great retail shift currently underway. eCommerce has...
View Article3 Ways to Make Your Apparel Brand Connect
You may have heard of a little brand called Gucci. According to analysis published last month in Business of Fashion, Gucci is the hottest selling brand on the planet. While labels like Gucci occupy a...
View ArticleHow Automated Inventory Fits the New Supply Chain
Robots and data and drones, oh my. Every day, we read about some new technology to revolutionize supply chains. From the factory floor to last-mile delivery, technology promises greater efficiency....
View ArticleIs a Disaster-Proof Supply Chain Possible?
We just saw a record-breaking hurricane slam into a major US city. Setting aside the devastation to people’s lives, we also know theirs businesses will contend with Hurricane Harvey’s destruction into...
View ArticleWhen Will Amazon Australia Launch for Real?
When will Amazon Australia Launch in full? From the first 2016 reports of Amazon’s imminent arrival Down Under, media based predictions on spotty clues. Furthermore, Amazon remained silent on its plans...
View ArticleThe Tech in the Brick-and-Mortar Experiment
Big retailers continue on their brick-and-mortar experiment to win over customers. From one perspective, the big disruption to retail isn’t an Amazon. Nor is it eCommerce in general. Customer behavior...
View ArticleWhat Will Your Smarter Supply Chain Look Like?
Where is supply chain management headed and why should you care? In the first place, any business selling a product runs a supply chain. While the engineering of supply chains spurred professions and...
View ArticleAre You Ready to Handle eCommerce Returns?
Now that we’re all selling so much online, the way we handle returns becomes central to business. Obviously, as consumers buy more online, eCommerce returns increase. For example, one prediction...
View ArticleThe Trial and Error of Innovative Retail
Retailers, we know the struggle is real. After all, every time a brick-and-mortar turns the tide in the eCommerce challenge, something else comes up. For example, a brand creates an innovative retail...
View ArticleWhich Kind of Online Marketplace Will You Add?
Theoretically, a business can use any number of channels to reach customers. If they have the scale to meet demand, a brand can retail directly to customers, wholesale to other retailers, sell in...
View ArticleAutomation, Live Integrations, Fixes and More
Welcome to the September update, providing a summary of Cin7’s most recent live integrations, feature upgrades, and product fixes. The Automation of eCommerceCin7 this year entered a new phase in its...
View ArticleHow We Just Made it Easier to Handle Deposits
Imagine what it was like when retailers and wholesalers did everything by the book. I mean that literally. First, they kept a ledger to track stock by hand. Then, someone wrote sales figures in an...
View ArticleThe 3 Musts of the Modern B2B Business
Digital channels and other technology change how the modern B2B sells. In fact, many predict online marketing, online channels, and smarter tools contribute to B2Bs anticipated growth. By 2019, the...
View ArticleAre You Prepared for a Big Holiday Season?
As we head into the final quarter of 2017, businesses should already be prepared for the big holiday shopping season. In fact, US companies probably even started to order and stock up. After all, the...
View ArticleDoes Fast Fashion Always Work Wonders?
Fast fashion retailers seemed to be made of Teflon. While other apparel retailers scale back or go out of business, companies like H&M and Zara expand. However, their focus on fast sales cycles and...
View ArticleCan Big Retailers Use Amazon and Win?
You read about Amazon on a daily basis. We talk about it a lot here, too. After all, Amazon occupies a unique position. First, it became to online selling what Google became to search engines; it’s...
View ArticleA Creative Marketplace to Broaden Your Reach
Online marketplaces parallel real-world spaces, to a degree. Amazon, for example, approximates real-world malls. Sellers pay a fee to rent a virtual slot for customers to stroll past using a search...
View ArticleCin7 Lands in Inventory Leader Quadrant Again
Cin7 performed very well in an evaluation of inventory software solutions. Once again, Software Advice placed Cin7 in the Leader quadrant of its FrontRunners for Inventory Management for September...
View ArticleIs Amazon Vendor Always Invitation-Only?
Well, the short answer to the title question is no. In the first place, Amazon creates distinctions in its vendor program as it does among its Sellers. Secondly, any business can register for Amazon...
View Article3 Reasons Your Business Needs Effective 3PL
Why do companies continue to outsource more services to third-party logistics providers? Because they can offer a lot more than warehousing and freight, an effective 3PL relationship has become crucial...
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