News Roundup – March 2016
March Madness? That’s what the Minisoft travel schedule was this month. There were also a number of interesting retail trends being highlighted, and some bold predictions being made. In case you missed what caught our eye this month, here are a few of the highlights.
1. High Jump Elevate 2016: Musings from the show floor
“Minisoft recently attended HighJump Elevate 2016. A good time was had by all, but in case you missed us at the conference, here are a few of the highlights!”
2. 6 Steps to a More Effective, Holistic Omnichannel Strategy
“Retailers typically focus their omnichannel capabilities with laser-like precision on customer-facing functions. It’s a good start. But many struggle to maintain healthy margins because they forget to sync up with the key departments and processes that customers never directly interact with.”
3. 3 trends forcing seismic shifts in retail
“Technology is changing rapidly and evolving in seemingly unpredictable ways. What can retailers do to better predict and proactively prepare for seismic shifts that are already underway?”
4. Online companies get physical retail as retail stalwarts shrink
“Online juggernaut Amazon.com opened its first brick-and-mortar store in November in Seattle. Around the same time, retail heavyweight Macy’s announced it was shutting nearly 40 stores this year to beef up its online presence. Same with Sears, JC Penney, and the Gap – all closing stores.”
5. The Future Is Now: The Power Of In-Store Fulfillment
“Industry analysts have predicted that the next phase of transformation for retail will entail business processes and IT catching up to tackle the omnichannel challenge with tangible, systematized solutions.”
6. eFORMz Library Design Highlight: Drop-Shipping
“Often, prospective customers have very specialized form and label requirements, and they want to see how eFORMz could potentially handle their business process challenges. With this in mind, we’re going to periodically highlight some of the more unique forms and labels eFORMz has been used to create over the years. This week, we will be looking at drop-shipping.”
See you next month!