Retail: Page 3


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    Gap Inc. supplier summit returns after pandemic pause

    Top vendors got to learn about the retailer's priorities at a meeting in San Francisco last month.

    By June 17, 2024
  • Gray clouds over a Kohl's store, with an entrance to Sephora.
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    Kohl’s introduces Return Drop service to stores nationwide

    In addition to its Amazon partnership, the department store will now accept returns from brands like Carhartt, Hanes and Levi’s.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 14, 2024
  • Advance Auto Parts distribution center in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
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    Advance Auto Parts maps out unified distribution network

    The facilities will function as replenishment nodes for the retailer, which is consolidating two separate networks to boost efficiency.

    By June 13, 2024
  • Nordstrom Rack, at Codding Town, Bend, Oregon
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    Nordstrom nears completion on West Coast fulfillment transition

    By transitioning operations to an omnichannel center, the retailer is building on its efforts to lower fulfillment costs.

    By June 11, 2024
  • A brand image of Fibretrace's device that can identify the origin of a fiber.
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    Target, FibreTrace and Cargill partner to verify raw cotton

    The companies are integrating luminescent pigments into raw cotton to track it throughout the global supply chain.

    By Xanayra Marin-Lopez • June 10, 2024
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    Home Depot expands same-day delivery with Instacart

    The move is part of the home improvement retailer’s plan to expand its e-commerce capabilities.

    By June 5, 2024
  • The outside of an AutoZone auto parts store,
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    AutoZone ups availability with growing distribution network

    The auto parts retailer is leveraging its existing network to carry more inventory while nearing completion of additional facilities.

    By June 4, 2024
  • Walmart on mobile and desktop
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    Walmart opens access to off-site customer journey insights for suppliers

    Digital Landscapes enables users to analyze engagement trends and track traffic sources to better evaluate strategies.

    By Chris Kelly • June 4, 2024
  • A woman's reflection is seen as she passes a storefront labeled Williams Sonoma with cookingware for sale inside
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    Williams-Sonoma makes strides in delivery efficiency

    The retailer limited instances of shipments originating from out-of-market areas and multiple deliveries per order in Q1.

    By May 24, 2024
  • A red sign with a white logo and the words "under armour" in white capital letters hangs from an iron post.
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    Under Armour plans layoffs, 25% SKU reduction

    The retailer is looking to “sell much more of much fewer products" over the long term, CEO and founder Kevin Plank said.

    By Cara Salpini • May 23, 2024
  • A line of wood snowboards displayed against a wall in a store.
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    Kent Outdoors names new supply chain officer

    Dave D’Angelo has experience with product development in the sporting goods industry and will aim to help the company with new opportunities.

    By May 21, 2024
  • delivery vans parked outside of a walmart store with a sign on the wall.
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    Walmart fires back at Amazon in fast delivery race

    The retailer delivered 4.4 billion items over the past 12 months with either same-day or next-day speeds.

    By May 20, 2024
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    Walmart beats expectations in Q1 as revenue surpasses $160B

    The company's e-commerce sales rose 21%, driven by store-fulfilled pickup and delivery and strength within its marketplace.

    By Nate Delesline III • May 20, 2024
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    Shein factory employees work 75-hour weeks for low wages: report

    The fast fashion giant responded to the allegations by saying the report doesn't convey "the reality" of the organization.

    By Laurel Deppen • May 17, 2024
  • Protesters hold up signs with messages proclaiming "Tariffs are taxes" and "We don't want tariffs" in front of the U.S. Capitol
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    Industry leaders react to tariff hikes on China-made goods

    Industry member associations expressed disappointment on Biden’s decision to expand Section 301 tariffs.

    By May 16, 2024
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    Walmart confirms hundreds of corporate layoffs

    The retailer also said “the majority” of remote workers and those at offices in Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto, must relocate — mostly to its Arkansas headquarters.

    By Nate Delesline III • May 15, 2024
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    Walmart streamlines fulfillment with third consolidation center

    The facility places suppliers' less-than-truckload shipments into truckload hauls before sending them off to regional distribution centers.

    By S.L. Fuller • May 13, 2024
  • A diverse group of people, one in a wheelchair, all wearing casual clothing in neutral colors.
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    Macy’s selects entrepreneurs for accelerator program aimed at diversifying supply chain

    Participants will meet Macy’s buyers and marketplace teams, with the potential to become vendors.

    By Daphne Howland • May 8, 2024
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    Walmart taps Swisslog to automate 3 milk facilities

    The technology platform consists of cranes, palletizing and de-palletizing robots, a pallet conveyor system, a small-load conveyor system and software to operate it all.

    By S.L. Fuller • May 7, 2024
  • Williams-Sonoma to pay $3.2M for violating FTC’s Made in USA order

    The retailer listed products as being made in the United States when they were manufactured abroad.

    By Nate Delesline III • May 7, 2024
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    Sportsman’s Warehouse invests in inventory management tech to boost in-stock reporting

    The retailer partnered with Blue Yonder to develop the system as it looks to keep up with inventory trends.

    By May 1, 2024
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    Walmart GoLocal expands delivery capabilities, client base

    The retailer's local delivery platform has evolved to handle big and bulky items, orders out of fulfillment centers and more, VP Rina Hurst told Supply Chain Dive.

    By May 1, 2024
  • An image of the Cotopaxi logo, taken inside the San Francisco, California retail store on April 29, 2024.
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    Edwin Lopez/Supply Chain Dive
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    How Cotopaxi navigated remediation of a tier 1 supplier

    The outdoor apparel and accessories brand chose remediation over removal to avoid exacerbating negative worker impacts, an executive said.

    By S.L. Fuller • April 30, 2024
  • Dollar Tree's corporate logo and signage is shown at the organization's corporate headquarters.
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    Tornado destroys Dollar Tree Oklahoma distribution center

    None of the warehouse’s 456 associates were harmed during the disaster and are being given resources to help with temporary work relocation.

    By April 30, 2024
  • A return of a Shein item leveraging UPS' Happy Returns occurs at a Forever 21 location.
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    UPS’ Happy Returns now powers Shein returns at Forever 21 stores

    The company launched a cross-brand capability for online orders returned at stores as it pursues deals with more enterprise retailers.

    By April 30, 2024