Tag Archives: Retailers

US Food Supply Chain Disruptions due to the pandemic

Posted on August 19, 2021 by aviyer2010

An article in the McKinsey & Co website titled “US Food Supply Chains: Disruptions and implications from Covid-19” describes the shift in the mix between grocery and food service to serve the US population. With grocery moving from 56% to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged distribution, flexibility, grocery, mgmt5612021, Retailers, transmission, virus | 61 Comments

Benefits of customer flexibility during the pandemic

Posted on August 19, 2020 by aviyer2010

An article in ASCM Insights (https://tinyurl.com/yyneu93x) describes reasons why retail grocery customers might be stockpiling. The article suggests that retailers should deal with each reason separately, with appropriate steps to reassure customers. There is also discussion of smaller retailers … Continue reading →

Posted in Capacity, consumer, Cost, delivery, logistics, product, retailers | Tagged grocery, mgmt5612020, mgmt5612021, pandemic, Retailers | 106 Comments

Hardware Chain Growth through the pandemic

Posted on August 19, 2020 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (August 16, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/yxuaxu64) describes the impact of the pandemic on hardware chains such as Home Depot and Lowes. From cancelling customer attracting, but low margin, promotions to ensure social distancing, to reordering … Continue reading →

Posted in Capacity, competitiveness, congestion, consumer, Coordination, Cost, logistics, retailers, supplier, Uncategorized | Tagged hardware, mgmt5612020, pandemic, Retailers, stockouts | 49 Comments

Growing retail logistics options for customers causing confusion ?

Posted on November 18, 2018 by aviyer2010

An article in the Wall Street Journal (November 18,2018) titled “Black Friday Shoppers Beware:Online Shopping Gets More Complicated” describes the many options for shopping and pickup at retail stores. At Target there are 6 options from store purchase, to curbside … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer, Cost, delivery, Ecommerce, logistics, retailers, Service Operations | Tagged delivery options, omnichannel, Retailers | Leave a comment

Are droids better than drones for last mile delivery ?

Posted on April 21, 2016 by aviyer2010

An article in the Chicago Tribune (April 19, 2016) titled “Droids, not drones, are the future of e-commerce deliveries”, describes plans by Starship Technologies to develp mobile delivery robots to do home deliveries. The company claims that its robots weigh … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cost, delivery, droids, drones, Retailers, robots, Supply Chain | Leave a comment

USPS evolution as ecommerce delivery expectations increase

Posted on March 3, 2015 by aviyer2010

An article in EcommerceBytes (March 2, 2015 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y15/m03/i02/s04 ) titled “Online Selling and the future of package delivery”, describes the possible role for the US Postal Service that already serves every postbox every day. It describes use of the US Postal … Continue reading →

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France’s inconsistent rules regarding retail store operating hours

Posted on November 5, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in the Financial Times titled “France retailers battle restrictive opening hours (November 4,2013) describes rules that permit garden centers, furniture and food stores to be open until 1 pm on Sundays but does not permit do-it-yourself and department … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Service Operations | Tagged competition, Consumers, Cost, France, regulation, Retail, Retailers, Trends | Leave a comment

A deeper Jacksonville port to accommodate larger ships through the Panama Canal

Posted on July 27, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (July 27, 2013) describes a move to increase the depth of the Jacksonville port from 40 to 47 inches, through dredging, to accommodate the larger ships that will be passing through the Panama … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues, Sustainability | Tagged Capacity, competition, Consumers, Costs, Jacksonville port, Panama Canal, rail, Retailers, shippers, ships, Supply Chain, transport | Leave a comment

The US alliance vs the European accord’s plans for Bangladesh garment factories

Posted on July 18, 2013 by aviyer2010

An article in the New York Times (July 14,2013) describes plans by an alliance of the US retailers to offer shared inspection reports of over 500 factories in Bangladesh, loans from a pool of $100 million to factory owners to … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Service Operations, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Apparel, Bangladesh, Capacity, Collaboration, Cost, Europe, Global, inspection, manufacturing, Retailers, Suppliers, Supply Chain, US | 24 Comments

Apparel retailers masking price increases

Posted on April 23, 2011 by aviyer2010

A New York Times article (23 April 2011) describes attempts by retailers to carefully choose price increases by type of apparel in an effort to manage the impact of cost increases. Some of the strategies listed include changing from 50 … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Contexts, Operations Management, Supply Chain Issues | Tagged Apparel, Consumers, Cost, Margins, Retailers, Suppliers | Leave a comment