Store Brands
Store Brands an affordable business concept for retailers If we talk about store brands, most people think of supermarkets. Therefore, we use supermarkets to illustrate the concept of launching your own store brand. Every supermarket puts corporate brands in its shelves from suppliers and companies that are well-known by brand affine customers. Hence, a supermarket […]
e-Commerce Revolution
The e-Commerce Revolution Should you run an online-shop? A frequently asked question among retailers is, what type of distribution channel should they use to sell products and services online. If you intend to start your own e-commerce business you come up with the idea to launch your own e-commerce portal (online-shop) or to sell on […]
Rise of Marketplaces
The Rise of Marketplaces How does your retail business benefit from? 20 years ago the first online marketplace appeared, offering products to retailer. These days e-commerce giants like Amazon, eBay, and Rakuten focus on wide range of products – so called horizontal marketplaces, serving consumers. „Fortune“ published a stunning figure of Amazon’s market value – […]
Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning How can ERP support your business operations? ERP is an acronym and stands for Enterprise Resource Planning that is a business process management software. It allows companies to use a system of integrated applications. Those applications manage your business and automate functions in the back office such as technology, services and human […]
Real Cost of Inventory
The Real Cost of Inventory What does dead inventory truly cost? We talked already about traditional warehouses that serve manufacturers and wholesalers. For a long time they had been seen as buffer within the supply chain and then have evolved to vital links of distribution centres, situated closer to end customers. But whether it’s traditional […]
Drop-Shipping
Drop-Shipping a distribution strategy for your e-commerce business Drop-shipping is a type of distribution strategy mainly used by small to medium sized companies, a retail fulfillment method where retailers do not store products themselves. If retailers sell products to end customers, they purchase it from the manufacturer directly or from distributors and let it ship […]
White Labeling
White Labeling a practice that eases your start-up stage Recently, we talked about OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and VAR (Value Added Reseller). Today we would like to introduce the practice of white labeling. This practice among manufacturers and marketers is actually very common, you find white label products in every supermarket, even in your fridge. […]
Warehouse Evolution
The Warehouse Evolution a complex transformation that improves your operations Warehouses are static units of which role it is to match product availability to consumer demand. Hence, it focuses on facilitating the movement of goods in the supply chain from the supplier to the consumer while meeting the demand in timely and cost-effective manner. That’s […]