Best Buy increases reliance on distribution centers for customer delivery

By reducing the share of online orders shipped from stores, the retailer's employees can focus more on customer-facing services, its CEO said.

By Max Garland • Dec. 6, 2023

Allbirds adds Anaplan planning software to increase supply chain visibility

The footwear company integrated the software as part of a plan to better optimize demand, inventory and supply planning, said COO Joe Vernachio.

By Kelly Stroh • Dec. 5, 2023

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Read how retailers and brand manufactures are rethinking inventory management as an effective strategy against tariffs.

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Stewart’s launches coffee delivery subscription

Customers can get bagged or specialty coffee delivered to their homes every week, every two weeks or every month.

By Jessica Loder • Dec. 4, 2023

Guess walks inventory tightrope while retail buyers stay ‘very careful’ on purchasing

The apparel company has been cautious in its own purchasing while trying to meet the needs of department stores and other retailers.

By Ben Unglesbee • Dec. 4, 2023

Burlington leans on inventory management to boost margins

After working through reserve stocks, the retailer has learned to increase merchandise turnover by distributing goods to stores more quickly.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 29, 2023

Walmart to create platform that easily works with suppliers

The retailer is working with enterprise retail technology solutions company Bamboo Rose to streamline its supply chain.

By Catherine Douglas Moran • Nov. 29, 2023

Saks to lay off 90 at Pennsylvania fulfillment center

The cuts are slated to begin in January as the e-commerce retailer shifts volume to more advanced facilities.

By Max Garland • Nov. 28, 2023

How a furniture company’s bankruptcy became a logistics nightmare

After Mitchell Gold Co. ran out of cash, logistics partners storing thousands of products were left without payment — and customers were left waiting for delivery.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 28, 2023

Walmart adding parcel stations for faster delivery, greater density

The retailer plans to have more than 40 stations, described as mini post offices, in its stores by the end of 2023.

By Max Garland • Nov. 22, 2023

With lean inventory, Target ekes out more profit from lower sales

Trim stock levels and a faster supply chain helped the retailer chase faster-moving goods and keep replenishing them on its shelves.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 20, 2023

After months in limbo, some products from bankrupt Mitchell Gold may finally reach customers

Ryder Last Mile won approval to ship the furniture company’s stored merchandise. End customers would again pay for delivery, but Ryder plans to waive storage fees.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 17, 2023

Under Armour ‘really excited’ about progress on inventory

Growth in stock levels has shrunk considerably as the sportswear brand sells through pack-and-hold products and funnels excess stock to its outlet stores.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 15, 2023

Party City taps supply chain platform TradeBeyond to improve inventory, vendor operations

Less than a year after declaring bankruptcy, the retailer is investing in its supply chain.

By Kelly Stroh • Nov. 14, 2023

Party City-owned balloon supplier files for bankruptcy

Anagram entered Chapter 11 amid uncertainty around the manufacturer’s supply contract with the retailer, which is its corporate parent and largest customer.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 10, 2023

How suppliers factored into Overstock’s rebrand as Bed Bath & Beyond

The struggling online retailer hoped to avoid “confusion” for its vendors by running a single site under the newly acquired brand, according to its former CEO.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 8, 2023

Walmart, Amazon see gains in fulfillment pivots as holidays near

The rival retailers are zeroing in on improved speed and efficiencies with changes to their e-commerce fulfillment strategies. 

By Catherine Douglas Moran , Kelly Stroh • Nov. 7, 2023

Crocs tightens inventory control, including in ‘gray market’ channels

The company stopped price matching with unauthorized sellers on Amazon and took corrective action against a distributor diverting to the U.S. without permission.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 7, 2023

Sur La Table partners with Walmart GoLocal for same-day delivery

The specialty cookware company will roll out the delivery service across the U.S. by mid-November — just in time for the holidays.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 3, 2023

Rite Aid bankruptcy: Court OKs supply settlement with McKesson

The initial greenlight keeps pharmaceuticals flowing to the retailer’s stores after the drug distributor threatened earlier to stop shipping.

By Ben Unglesbee • Nov. 3, 2023

Walmart opens third ‘next gen’ fulfillment center in Texas

The 1.5 million square-foot facility in Lancaster, Texas, will enable faster delivery as the retailer prepares for the holiday season.

By Alejandra Carranza • Oct. 31, 2023

Amazon tweaks tech to create first 100% fiber-focused fulfillment center

Two main technologies are being tested at an Ohio facility to determine how best to transform other facilities to handle only fiber — not plastic — packaging.

By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 31, 2023

Bankrupt Mitchell Gold and Ryder reach deal on undelivered products

Customers would have to pay the logistics provider to release and deliver goods that in many cases were purchased, with shipping fees, months ago.

By Ben Unglesbee • Oct. 27, 2023

Hello Bello files for bankruptcy amid supply chain setbacks

The baby care company — founded by celebrities Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard — struggled with rising manufacturing and shipping costs. 

By Dani James • Oct. 26, 2023

Another furniture retailer prepares to liquidate

Z Gallerie noted problems with underperforming retail stores, adverse macroeconomic trends, and supply chain and import costs due to COVID-19.

By Daphne Howland • Oct. 25, 2023

Retail inventories are under control ahead of holidays: NRF CEO

Matthew Shay said inventory-to-sales ratios' return to pre-pandemic levels and his conversations with retail executives suggest the period of inflated stock levels are over.

By Edwin Lopez • Oct. 24, 2023