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Why And How Every Company Should Use Amazon’s Six-Page Memo Format
GETTY Read original article on Forbes As management guru Peter Drucker is often quoted as saying, “The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer.” Few CEOs would argue with this point. However, most CEOs would argue that creating and retaining customers...
Is Micro-Fulfillment The ‘Next Big Thing’ In Retail?
GETTY Read original article on Forbes 2022 has been a challenging year for many retailers. Issues such as supply chain disruptions that have delayed shipments of inventory are preventing retailers from setting their stores up with the products customers want most....
Will Rapid Grocery Delivery Have To Slow Down To Survive?
GETTY Read original article on Forbes In May 2020, the Germany-based company Gorillas launched a new business model referred to as rapid grocery delivery. Instead of groceries being delivered in hours or days, Gorillas created a model using small retail locations...
What Retailers Can Learn From Amazon’s Decision To Hire Tesco’s Tony Hoggett
GETTY Read original article on Forbes On June 16, 2017, Amazon announced (paywall) that it would acquire the specialty retailer Whole Foods for $13.4 billion. I heard people speculate that Amazon would have an immediate impact on the grocery industry and that within...
Should Grocery Retailers Install Micro-Fulfillment Centers In Their Stores?
GETTY Read original article on Forbes As a report from eMarketer shows, at the height of the pandemic in 2020, many consumers ordered their groceries online — which resulted in 63.9% growth in e-commerce grocery sales that year. In 2021, the report estimates that...
16 Skills Comms Pros Need to Support Leaders in a Post-Pandemic World
Forbes Communications Council members share skills comms pros need to support leaders in a post-pandemic world. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. Read original article on Forbes C-suite leaders lean on communications teams every day to ensure that their...
How to Draw Customers Back Into Stores Using Digital Marketing Methods
Forbes Communications Council members share digital marketing tactics that can draw customers back into stores. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. Read original article on Forbes Retail sales in physical stores have been on the decline for some time. Since...
How to Get Attendees to Actually Log On for a Virtual Event
Forbes Communications Council members share ways to get attendees to actually log on for virtual events. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. Read original article on Forbes Getting people excited to attend a branded event in person is one thing, but creating...
How Rapid Grocery Delivery Companies can Automate their Operations
GETTY Read original article on Forbes Uber launched in 2011. And a new form of transportation was also launched: ride-hailing. Ride-hailing allows customers to use an app to request a car at a customer’s location that will then deliver them to wherever they want to go...
How Grocery Retailers Can Leverage Micro-Fulfillment to Streamline their Operations
GETTY Read original article on Forbes The $1.04 trillion-plus grocery industry is projected to continue growing, and investments from venture capital firms, Wall Street banks and private investors are supercharging innovation. In particular, micro-fulfillment centers...