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Using event-driven software to enhance warehouse automation

Inside Retail

Everything that happens in an automated warehouse – from the simplest tasks to the very complex – can be classified as an “event” from the perspective of a WMS (warehouse management system) such as SynQ. Event-driven management, supported by robust communication architecture, delivers results as close to “real-time” as one can achieve.

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Should you be friends with your co-workers? Here’s what the research says

Inside Retail

By specifying friendship types, and understanding the benefits of each, we can make informed decisions about whether investing in specific relationships is worthwhile. Merely sharing information with another person doesn’t provide these opportunities though — an emotional exchange is needed.

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Lacoste Japan advances towards a zero-party data strategy

Inside Retail

The second was that the preference data they collected in the form of zero-party data can now be used for sales promotions in-store. Lacoste Japan’s Manager of CRM/Marketing Koji Aono said, “This time, our major innovation was to see if we could take action based not only on behavioural history data, but also on the customer’s needs.

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Two for one: Why age diversity in the workplace is a good deal

Inside Retail

Barriers to recruiting older workers are reduced when managers challenge ageist stereotypes, utilise an age-diverse hiring panel, use age-inclusive language in recruitment documents and focus on the specific skills required for the job. Age discrimination, or ageism, is a commonly experienced form of discrimination.

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Data dynamism: Three ways embedded analytics are transforming retailers’ data into competitive retail insights

Retail Focus

Often, data is left to atrophy in a stand-alone IT department when it should be available in an accessible form to everyone in the organisation, exactly when and where they want it. Andrew Dunbar, General Manager EMEA of global digital consultancy Appnovation.

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What are digital layoffs and what do they mean for employees and companies?

Inside Retail

The widely reported memo also informed employees that they would find out their fate by email. It said: Given the nature of our distributed workforce and our desire to inform impacted individuals as quickly as possible, communications for this process will take place via email.

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Bunnings axes the catalogue, but has it made a huge mistake?

Inside Retail

In July, Bunnings management flagged to hardware, gardening and tool suppliers that it had been rethinking its marketing mix — last week, merchandise director Jen Tucker confirmed the print catalogue as we know it was no more. We know more of our customers are choosing to seek project inspiration and product information online.