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Take Stock in a Positive Outlook for 2017
Do you have a positive outlook for your business in 2017? A lot of US businesses (and consumers) do. Reports indicate they ended 2016 with a positive outlook on the economy. It could be a very good...
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Brick-and-Mortar Channels Dominate Holidays
Yes, you read that headline right. Brick-and-mortar sales channels represented 78% of retail sales this past holiday shopping season, according to a company that tracks sales for 900,000 stores in the...
View ArticleIs 2017 the Year for Amazon in Australia?
Rumors of the imminent arrival of Amazon in Australia have been circulating for a decade. Going by recent media reports, Amazon could be doing business directly in Australia by September. The company...
View ArticleRetail POS Predictions for 2017
Retail sales comprise a huge part of the money the average consumer spends in a year. That’s because retail includes everything from necessities like food and clothing to high-dollar purchases like...
View Article3 Outliers in Brick-and-Mortar Retail Trends
This year is only a few weeks old and this blog has already reported quite a bit about brick-and-mortar retail trends. So one more post on the subject won’t hurt anybody. The following statement will...
View ArticleOn Minimizing Everyday Supply Chain Problems
There’s nothing you can to stop big supply chain problems. Natural disasters come to mind. But as a retailer or a light manufacturer, you rely on getting orders in on time, always having ample...
View ArticleCustomer Contacts in Spreadsheets is so 2015
Why do so many companies handle customer contacts through spreadsheets? Surveys strongly indicate that that is exactly what many companies do. They write things down on paper. They copy and paste...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Supply Network, the End of Silos
We recently came across a report from 2016 that confirms what Cin7 has said for a while. Technology is rapidly turning the supply chain into the supply network. A supply chain is the steps a product...
View ArticleCin7 Named Inventory Management Solution Leader
We can’t contain our excitement. Cin7 was named category winner in a quarterly ranking of business software. GetApp placed Cin7 at number 10 among 25 solutions in its Inventory Management Category...
View ArticleThe 3D Printing Supply Chain at the End of the Universe
Most of us laypeople have a fanciful concept of 3D printing. It evokes visions of Star Trek. “Replicators” in that universe convert energy into atoms and organize that matter into anything. The...
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Cin7 Hosts First Customer Event
We always want to know our customers better. The more we do, the better we can serve you. That’s why we were thrilled to host our first-ever Customer Event on January 27 in Auckland. The meeting gave...
View ArticleCase Study: Tracking Tropical Luxury from PO to POS
SoHa Living was founded in 2002 by sisters Brooke Watson and Shyrah Maurer, who saw an opportunity to bring to market unique home and gift items they discovered in their travels through Hawai’i. They...
View ArticleHow SMBs Can Rein In Supply Chains Like the Big Boys
Big companies rein in supply chains on multiple levels. They are in competitive industries and have complex manufacturing requirements. They have dispersed geographic markets, large numbers of SKUs,...
View ArticleWill Free Shipping Give WalMart an eCommerce Edge?
WalMart last week dropped its ShippingPass subscription service in favor of a more open free-shipping policy. The move is part of the brick-and-mortar giant’s response to Amazon’s eCommerce edge....
View Article5 Tales From the Wild Frontier of Apparel Retail
How are companies cutting trails in apparel retail in 2017? Some are adapting to the omnichannel, after a commitment to brick-and-mortar. Others are dying on the online-only vine. Our news feed is...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Tips for Getting FBA Right
Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) may have seemed like a crazy idea five years ago. Today, nearly four million Amazon Sellers use FBA for warehousing and speedy delivery. Getting FBA right isn’t just...
View ArticleCin7 February Features Update
Cin7 this month rolled out two initiatives designed to make it easier for customers to implement and learn about Cin7. We’ve also added a new POS solution integration. Help PagesWe updated and...
View ArticleThe Shared Space Approach to Brick-and-Mortar
Small companies in search of more sales should never shun the brick-and-mortar route. Yes, it seems like brick-and-mortar is in a state of uncertainty. But suppliers are testing the shared space to...
View ArticleAre Fulfillment Options Blooming for Suppliers?
It looks like omnichannel suppliers will be seeing more choice in their fulfillment options in 2017. FedEx last week announced it is rolling out a service targeted to eCommerce SMBs. FedEx Fulfillment...
View ArticleHow More Sales Accelerate Your Profit
When you increase sales, you do more than push up gross profit incrementally. You accelerate your profit. It isn’t easy. It takes a good product, smart marketing, hard work, and data. What does it...
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