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Six Types of Warehouses You Should Know About to Strategize Demand Better

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Mrinalini Khattar

Oct 7, 2021

Customers are a moving target, and there is no single trick in the book to pin them down. The only way to ensure that a business continues flourishing is by keeping up with their ever-growing expectations. Intelligent warehousing is an underappreciated part of it.  Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a steady increase in […]

Supply Chain Holiday Season Trends in 2021

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The Top 6 Supply Chain Holiday Season Trends in 2021

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Lakshmi D

Sep 24, 2021

US holiday retail sales in 2021 will rise 2.7% to $1.093 trillion, while the season’s ecommerce sales will rise 11.3% to $206.88 billion. Ecommerce will account for a record 18.9% of total holiday season retail sales. – US Holiday 2020 review and Holiday 2021 Preview, Emarketer Insider Intelligence, Feb 2021.   With Covid-19 creating numerous disruptions, […]

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How Delivery Logistics Software Benefits F&B Brands in their D2C Logistics Operations

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Lakshmi D

Aug 26, 2021

The Food and Beverage (F&B) industry has been one of the most untapped categories in the direct-to-consumer (D2C) marketplace. Since the start of the coronavirus crisis, F&B products have gained significant traction on e-commerce platforms. With goods going regularly out-of-stock in stores, consumers have been forced to use digital channels to fulfill their product needs.  […]

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How Delivery Logistics Software Benefits Brands Involved in Alcohol/Beverage E-commerce?

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Lakshmi D

Jul 29, 2021

After witnessing a value growth of over 80% in 2019-2020, the US is poised to overtake China to become the largest alcohol ecommerce market in the world by the end of 2021. Between 2019 and 2024, US total alcohol ecommerce value will grow six-fold, from half that of China to nearly double. – IWSR, Drinks […]

How Do Micro-Fulfillment Centers Benefit E-commerce Brands

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How Do Micro-Fulfillment Centers Benefit E-commerce Brands?

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Lakshmi D

Jul 27, 2021

Since the start of this COVID-19 pandemic, the online shopping demand has skyrocketed. Consumers who hesitated to buy online are now flocking in huge numbers to make e-commerce purchases. Businesses that did not build their e-commerce capabilities paid dearly for it. It is clear that e-commerce brands are taking over brick-and-mortar stores.  Traditional distribution centers […]

Supermarkets in the Age of E-commerce

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Supermarkets in the Age of E-commerce

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Mrinalini Khattar

Jun 9, 2021

Times are a-changin’. To be fair, they have been changing ever since the boom of E-commerce. It is the pandemic that really shook things up though, and now that we’re more than a year into it, the face of retail looks completely different.  As more and more customers hop online to make purchases, store isles […]

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Locus On The Ground April Report: The Ripple Effects of Lockdown

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May 8, 2020

With countries across the world in various stages of lockdown, business sectors have been affected in different ways. While traditional FMCG is doing relatively well, other sectors have taken a hit. For this month’s Locus On The Ground April Report, we are focusing on the South & Southeast Asia markets. Locus, which has clients in […]