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Videos on How YOU Can Do Better in Omnichannel

Supply chain management has become a lot more complex for the retailers that operate through multiple sales channels. Their goal is to provide the most seamless operations possible through an omnichannel strategy — as we have noted before (see, for … Continue reading

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Is the Store of the Future Already Here?

With the rapid technological advances in the digital marketplace, the stores of today — and the stores of the near future — usually operate and look much different than the stores of just ten or fifteen years ago. As Retail … Continue reading

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What Makes Great Firms: Tips from Jack Welch

To many expert observers, Jack Welch (who served as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001) was the “Manager of the Century,”  as he was called by Fortune. According to 60 Minutes, the value of GE stock rose by … Continue reading

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