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Perishable Food Handling Procedures. A Playbook for Warehouses, Retail & Foodservices

Automation, Blog, Food and Drink, Infios (formerly Körber), Supply chain, Warehouse Performance and Optimisation, WMS / By admin

Perishable Food Handling Procedures. A Playbook for Warehouses, Retail & Foodservices Introduction. Every week, UK warehouses throw away thousands of pounds worth of perfectly good food. Not because it’s gone bad, but because someone picked the wrong box, missed an expiry date, or let a chilled delivery sit too long on the dock. These aren’t […]

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5 Retail Trends to Embrace in 2019

Blog, Ecommerce, News, Supply chain / By Claire Kerr

Retail has evolved quickly in the ecommerce era. Take Amazon. It started as an online bookshop. Then it developed into a multi-products retailer with its own marketplace that others can sell on. And now the company is testing drone delivery, has a store where you don’t even have to use the tills and is pioneering

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Amazon Go: Retail Disruption

Blog, Distribution / By Claire Kerr

Ever the disruptor to established marketplaces, Amazon is changing the business landscape once again with the introduction of its revolutionary retail model, Amazon Go. What is Amazon Go? Amazon Go is a retail concept whereby shoppers electronically identify themselves on entering a store, then shop for the goods they want, and leave without checking those

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AmazonFresh and the Ocado Smart Platform

Blog, Distribution / By Claire Kerr

Continuing our series of posts on logistics digital disruption, we turn attention now to disruption in the grocery market and how the buying experience is changing for consumers. This comes thanks to solutions such as AmazonFresh and the Ocado Smart Platform (OSP). Whilst the Smart Platform seeks to revolutionise the grocery industry through the use

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HighJump Warehouse Edge for Retail

Blog / By Claire Kerr

Retailers have challenging supply chain constraints. Regardless of what goods they sell, retailers need to deliver an omnichannel experience for today’s more expectant customers, who will spend their money in those outlets where they can get what they want, where they want, and when they want. To meet these exacting requirements, while still making a

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The Future of Ecommerce

Blog, Ecommerce / By Claire Kerr

Technological innovations and new, disruptive business models are dramatically changing the retail landscape. At the same time, online buyer behaviour is also being influenced by customer expectations of speed and value, as well as preferences for how and when they shop. If your business relies on digital and mobile purchasing, then predicting the future of

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