Category: Industry Insights

Why Retail Brands are Gunning for Direct-to-Consumer Sales During COVID-19

E-Commerce

Why Retail Brands are Gunning for Direct-to-Consumer Sales During COVID-19

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Shweta Sarma

Jun 16, 2020

The Coronavirus apocalypse is perhaps the biggest blow to mankind in a long time. It has transformed societies, governments, healthcare systems, economies, and our lifestyles in unforeseen ways. Day-to-day life still remains at a standstill in several parts of the world, but businesses must continue to sell goods and services, and find innovative yet profitable […]

Vehicle Routing Problem

Route Optimization

Explained: Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) and the most effective solution to address it

Vehicle Routing Problem is a constant in the last-mile delivery business. It happens due to the delivery and resource constraints planners face while coming up with minimum-cost vehicle routes. Solving it helps them reduce operational costs and enhance the quality of delivery services.  With the massive spread of COVID-19, delivery businesses are handling larger delivery […]

Route Optimization Software for Small and Mid-Sized Fleet

Route Optimization

How to choose Route Optimization Software for Small and Mid-Sized Fleet?

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Lakshmi D

Jun 12, 2020

The dispatch planning process has become quite complicated, with a varied mix of daily customer orders and multiple options for vehicles and routes. This complexity has made delivery companies search for good route optimization software for their small and mid-sized fleets.  Route planners and logistics managers attach a lot of significance to route optimization. A […]

Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store

E-Commerce

Why Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store (BOPIS) is the need of the hour for retailers

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Lakshmi D

Jun 4, 2020

By 2021, 90% of retailers will offer BOPIS, and 75% of them will be able to identify and customize their customers visits. – Retail Touchpoints Report The COVID-19 pandemic has made consumers move towards an omni-channel service like Buy Online and Pick up In-Store. Today, retailers in the US are trying to perfect the BOPIS experience as […]

Hyperlocal Delivery Markets

Delivery Experience

Hyperlocal Delivery Markets See a New Dawn in the US During COVID-19

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Shweta Sarma

Jun 3, 2020

Hyperlocal Delivery Market: Halfway through the year of the pandemic, we’re living in a completely different world now. Novel Coronavirus has not just endangered human lives, it has hit the world economy hard and impacted several industries around the globe. It has turned markets around, giving rise to trends and disruptions we couldn’t have imagined. […]

Pop-Up Distribution Centers

Fleet Optimization

How Pop-Up Distribution Centers can solve COVID-19 Warehousing Challenges

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Shweta Sarma

May 28, 2020

COVID-19 has brought some unprecedented challenges for America’s supply chain businesses. Restrictions on imports, shortage of ground resources, and limited manufacturing operations are causing stiffness in supply chain movement. Meeting the rising consumer demands and managing fulfillment operations is becoming increasingly difficult for companies in E-commerce, consumer goods, pharmacy, and retail supply chains across the United States.  […]

Omnichannel is the way forward for non-essential retail

Last Mile Delivery Optimization

Omnichannel is the way forward for non-essential retail

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Lakshmi D

May 26, 2020

Retailers whose livelihoods are dependent on physical stores are feeling the heat due to the coronavirus pandemic. Footfalls have gone down, the future looks bleak, especially if you are selling non-essential goods.  But, the only light at the end of the tunnel is that the boundary between offline and online has blurred. This has made […]

Restaurant Delivery Optimization Software

Delivery Experience

Tackling Restaurant Supply Chain Challenges with Delivery Optimization Software

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Shweta Sarma

May 21, 2020

The online food delivery market is growing at an explosive pace in Southeast Asia. Rapidly increasing disposable income, a growing population of tech-savvy millennials, and a convenience-driven consumer lifestyle are the major factors influencing the rise of the restaurant delivery or online food delivery industry in the region. According to a report by Google, Southeast […]