Dedicated vs. Shared Operations for Retail
Canadian retail companies depend on their warehousing and distribution capabilities to effectively meet the needs of their business operations, and when those capabilities become stretched too thin, it can have a significant impact to the entire organization. When evaluating options for improving the capacity and effectiveness of warehousing and distribution, it’s essential to understand the […]
Fast Shipping vs. Free Shipping
Online shoppers are faced with a set of choices to make each time they make a purchase, but there’s one big dilemma that has always been a source of frustration for customers and retailers alike since the birth of e-commerce. That dilemma is the question of ‘fast shipping’ or ‘cheap shipping’. Often, this question can […]
The Role of E-Commerce in the Health and Wellness Product Category: Overcoming Challenges
The health and wellness segment of consumer packaged goods is a massive industry, and it contains an expansive array of different types of products. Everything from high-value electronic devices (such as electronic toothbrushes) to nutritional supplements is represented in the category. Many health and wellness companies experience challenges when adopting a more robust e-commerce solution, […]
Critical Insights on Holiday Season Logistics Trends
The last few months of the year are a critical time for retailers. Often, this is the time period that defines the annual success of a business, for better or for worse. For companies who depend on strong Q4 results, it is essential to take every opportunity to maximize all aspects of their business in […]
Benefits of Outsourced Reverse Logistics and Repair Services
We’d like to think that once we ship and deliver a product to a customer, that product functions perfectly every time and never has an issue for the rest of its operational life. This unfortunately just isn’t the case 100% of the time. It’s a reality that there will inevitably be some products that malfunction, […]
Retail Ecommerce Drop Shipping Explained
There are many different methods that companies can choose from when it comes to order fulfillment. Sometimes businesses will opt to perform all the tasks associated with it themselves, including hiring and training personnel, investing in warehouse space, purchasing capital equipment, and other required elements. While this approach can give a company ultimate control over […]
SCI’s 2017 Vancouver Omni-Channel Retail Leadership Summit
On October 5th, 2017 SCI held their second Omni-Channel Retail Leadership Summit in Vancouver featuring speakers and attendees from influential organizations in the Canadian retail environment. To view content from the first Summit in Toronto, click here. How Canadian consumers are driving e-commerce? What consumers expect from retailers? What role returns will play this holiday […]
SCI’s 2017 Omni-Channel Retail Leadership Summit
On April 13, 2017 SCI held its first Omni-Channel Retail Leadership Summit featuring speakers and attendees from major companies in the Canadian retail space. With the retail sector moving rapidly, the speakers dived into the retail business strategies in the era of evolving practices. Canadian consumers have become the driving force behind the continued double-digit growth of […]
“Growing Pains”: Seasonal Order Fulfillment and Supply Chain Enhancement Strategies
Holiday and seasonal shopping are the busiest and most stressful times for retailers. With higher demand for products in stores and increased orders online, retailers are challenged to supply enormous volumes of products in just that short peak period. What’s keeping retailers up at night during Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or Christmas? They worry about […]
Retail Supply Chain Planning – Holiday Peak Periods
For Canadian retailers, projecting resources needed to fulfill sales demands throughout most of the year is typically straight forward. However, when it comes to projecting and preparing for seasonal shopping peaks it can be the most stressful time of the year. During Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Christmas & New Year periods retailers see huge increases […]
Counterfeit Prevention in the Supply Chain
Since ecommerce has evolved into a primary distribution channel, retailers are faced with the challenge of how to prevent counterfeit products from flooding the digital marketplace. There are many examples of brands that have been victims of counterfeiting, and this is especially true for luxury brands that are sold online, and their customers are well […]
Supply Chain Quality Assurance
The safety of the consumer is always important for any business, and when it comes to supply chain processes for industries such as healthcare, technology, and retail, which have become increasingly regulated, it’s become even more of a priority. That’s why any good supply chain partner understands that in today’s marketplace their clients require additional […]
