China’s JD.com opens a first warehouse near Paris Asia At the end of January, JD.com (retail sales of US$92.9 billion in the 9 months to September 2023,…
Supply chain: Blue Yonder launches generative AI functionality Americas As generative AI use cases have been mushrooming in the retail sector, US supply-chain management software publisher Blue Yonder (formerly JDA,…
Supply-chain : container prices jump 250% between Asia and Europe Africa, Middle East As a result of the attacks in the Red Sea, the price of containers on Asia-Europe routes is rocketing.
Guerre Israël-Gaza : les prix des containers bondissent de 250 % Africa, Middle East Sous l’effet des attaques dans la mer rouge, le prix des containers sur les trajets Asie-Europe monte en flêche.
U.S. retailers raise minimum threshold for free delivery by 23% Americas In an inflationary environment where transport costs continue to soar, the issue of free delivery is threatening retailers' profitability. After charging customers for goods returns, they are no longer hesitating to raise the minimum order threshold to preserve margins.
[Confidential] OneStock signed up four integrator partners for international expansion Europe The OneStock stock consolidation solution, which is working in France, Germany, the U.K., Italy and Nordics,…
Uniqlo, Inditex and Skechers: new legal action for forced labour Asia With 20% of the world's cotton coming from Xinjiang, a 2nd legal action has been launched in France against Uniqlo, Inditex and Skechers. In Brussels, the Commission is considering moving towards legislation identical to that in the U.S.A., with a reversal of the burden of proof.
Amazon and Walmart invest in custom packaging technology Americas On 20th March, Packsize launched a machine called “Ultra5” exclusively for Walmart,…
U.S.A.: Retailers’ stocks levels continued to rise in Q3 2022 Americas Eager to attract Black Friday shoppers and streamline older inventories, U.S. retailers are competing via promotional pressure. In the U.S.,…
Etam adopts an innovative technology to dye fabrics on demand Europe The lingerie retailer Etam (whose brands include Undiz and Etam, with 85% of the range from Asia and 15% from Europe) aims for a more reactive supply chain.…
