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Why Asian e-commerce giant GoTo is cutting costs despite top-line growth

Inside Retail

For GoTo, the company formed in May 2021 by a merger between Tokopedia and Gojek, 2022 is shaping up to be the year that it has made serious strides toward profitability. per cent in 2021. per cent in the first 9 months of 2021. Part of the spending was aimed at poaching the best talent from other companies. per cent last year.

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Improving Supply Management for Plumbing Distributors

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This blog will explore the trends currently impacting plumbing distributors and wholesalers, as well as share ways to improve your business’s inventory and supply management to deliver more value for your customers and contractors – in 2024 and beyond. In 2023, it managed an impressive 52.3 In 2023, it managed an impressive 52.3

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Ikea and Sephora: Why businesses need to go beyond the bottom line

Inside Retail

Just last month, the Swedish-owned furniture company pledged to accelerate efforts to strengthen children’s rights and eliminate child labour from its supply chain and is supporting the United Nations’ 2021 International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. The company is also placing importance on its sustainability efforts.

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How to Improve Delivery Management Systems: A Distributor’s Guide

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The key to meeting these demands and bridging gaps in service offerings is efficient delivery management. This blog post discusses how effective delivery management benefits industrial distributors, as well as service delivery operation strategies and methods distributors can use to improve their delivery management systems.

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Mastering Retail Inventory Management: The Keys to Success

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Inventory management has never been more crucial as retailers adjust to post-pandemic normalcy. Amid recent supply chain challenges and the hovering threat of inflation, the delicate dance between inventory and sales is essential to retailers’ ability to forecast and preserve their own bottom lines. Maxx climbed 5%. vs. a year ago.

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Parcel Pending by Quadient Showcases Innovative Line of Contactless Smart Locker Solutions at OPTECH 2021 Conference & Expo

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Visit booth #620 to learn how Parcel Pending by Quadient’s contact-free, automated lockers help property owners and managers reduce operational costs while elevating their resident experience. Package management issues have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting surge in online shopping. IRVINE, Calif.—(November

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How Rugged Devices Can Lead the Way to Retail Success in 2021

Retail Focus

Less comprehensively covered, however, has been the incredible work retailers have done to adapt and to ensure hopes are high for a much improved 2021. Andy McBain, Head of Regional Product Management EMEA, Zebra Technologies. The post How Rugged Devices Can Lead the Way to Retail Success in 2021 appeared first on Retail Focus.