Category: Retail & CPG

How to Optimize the Logistics of a Prepared Meal Delivery Business

Retail & CPG

How to Optimize the Logistics of a Prepared Meal Delivery Business

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Shweta Sarma

Jul 20, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has truly changed the way we live, shop, work, travel, socialize and even eat. Social distancing and uncertain lockdowns have given a big boost to online shopping of essentials and retail products. Work-from-home, stay-at-home lifestyles may have become the new norm, but people still have busy schedules and always seek more convenience.  […]

Click-and-Collect Model

Retail & CPG

Convenience is King: Here’s Why the Click-and-Collect Model Works

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Mrinalini Khattar

May 10, 2021

The days of scanning through shelves in a grocery store for your favorite brand of mustard are long gone. This means no more standing in long queues, no more trolley bumping, and no store assistants trailing behind you. The obvious alternative may seem home delivery. But that also means additional shipping costs and a tedious […]

How to Optimize Permanent Journey Planning (PJP) in FMCG and Retail Supply Chains

Retail & CPG

How to Optimize Permanent Journey Planning (PJP) in FMCG and Retail Supply Chains

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Shweta Sarma

Mar 10, 2021

Revenue is driven by a number of different factors in retail and FMCG markets — constantly evolving customer expectations, rising market competition, omnichannel trends, location demographics, and the effectiveness of supply chain elements, especially timely and effective distribution of goods to retail outlets from where the end customer buys the products.  Typically, this is how […]

dark stores

Grocery

Will dark stores be the dark horse in this age of ever-increasing demand

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Nishith Rastogi

Feb 12, 2021

“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” ― Mary Shelly Chaos.  That was the state of supply chains in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  While the situation is undoubtedly better now, one has to accept that the chaos created by the pandemic has […]

Fresh food supply chain

Retail & CPG

The Logistics of Fresh Foods Retail Supply Chain in 2022 and Beyond

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Shweta Sarma

Dec 2, 2020

Updated: May 13, 2022 Two years ago, the Coronavirus crisis redefined consumer shopping habits and established some new trends in retail and consumer goods markets. Stockpiling of essentials, online shopping for consumer goods, and convenient contactless deliveries were some of the most talked-about topics. One of the biggest trends seen in the retail market that […]

direct to consumer challenges

E-Commerce

How to Overcome the Supply Chain Challenges in Direct-to-Consumer Selling

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Shweta Sarma

Nov 26, 2020

The growing demand for online shopping and convenient deliveries due to the pandemic has brought about a new revolution in the consumer goods and retail supply chain. While traditional mom-and-pop storekeepers have started selling products digitally, big-scale retail brands and consumer goods manufacturers have adopted the direct-to-consumer selling model in order to fulfill customer demand […]

Holiday Season Supply Chain Trends

Delivery Experience

Top 5 Holiday Season Supply Chain Trends to Watch Out in 2020

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Shweta Sarma

Oct 23, 2020

2020 has been a tough pill to swallow in more ways than one, but it’s officially the holiday season now. Finally, it is that time of the year to soak in some holiday cheer and have a good time with family and friends. With festivities like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year lined up one […]

Reopening B2B Distribution and Fulfillment Operations in Southeast Asia

Retail & CPG

Reopening B2B Distribution and Fulfillment Operations in Southeast Asia: Locus-DHL Webinar Takeaways

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Shweta Sarma

Oct 20, 2020

COVID-19 has been a disastrous black swan event in the history of mankind — A global crisis that impacted countries, industries, travel, trade, commerce, day-to-day lives, and what not! Like many other parts of the world, Southeast Asia was hit hard by the pandemic, as businesses came to a standstill across ASEAN countries.  Vietnam, being […]