How we shop, live and look

July 10, 2018

In the sixth edition of the John Lewis & Partners Retail Report, we take a look back at what has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging years retail has faced. In the midst of all the uncertainty, one clear thing emerged. To thrive as a retailer now, let alone in the future, you must not only stand out from your competitors but you must also stand for something more. Read on for an overview of how we shopped, lived and looked in the last year.

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We're delighted to announce that achica (www.achica.com) is now part of the BrandAlley.co.uk family. This means the full range of Achica homeware sales, offering fabulous deals across a wide range of homewares, will now be available on BrandAlley.

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A modern value chain for the modern consumer

whitePaper | January 6, 2020

In retail, change is always right around the corner. As technology continues to develop, there are more and more opportunities for the improvement of a core pillar of commerce: the value chain. Basically, a retailer’s value chain can involve five main parts–raw materials, manufacturing, distribution centers, logistics, and finally, the retailer. Each link plays an important role in getting products into the hands of customers.

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Whitepaper Global eCommerce Expansion

whitePaper | November 18, 2019

Consumers around the world are shopping online more every year. In 2019, they will buy more than $3 trillion from retail websites, and ecommerce will account for one-sixth of global retail sales, Internet Retailer estimates. And, while many international consumers cross borders to shop online on foreign websites, half of the leading U.S. online retailers don’t currently ship outside North America.

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A white paper about: Consumer-driven logistics

whitePaper | February 5, 2020

The pace of digitalization is increasing rapidly, thus reinforcing consumer power. One key aspect of this is that logistics must be based on consumer needs, given that it constitutes a key part of the purchase process. Accommodating consumer preferences with regard to freedom of choice and convenience is therefore a missioncritical issue for e-retailers and conventional retailers who are looking to be successful.

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How to Develop a Killer E-Commerce RFP

whitePaper | July 21, 2022

The Request for Proposal (RFP) process for a new e-commerce platform can easily require 1,000 hours and can take months to complete. Wow! you might be thinking, that’s a lot of time and energy. And it is, but it’s necessary as the stakes are high; organizations that fail to conduct a thorough and well thought out RFP process can suffer the consequences for a long time thereafter.

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Executive Guide to Selecting, Implementing and Operating ERP

whitePaper | October 5, 2022

The business objective you are trying to achieve determines the strategy you should follow when selecting, implementing and operating ERP

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Retail On The Edge From the Experts at Scale Computing

whitePaper | December 29, 2019

Amazon operated strictly online for two decades. During this period, Amazon learned a lot about customer buying behaviors and how quickly a consumer can change the way they shop. From all of its data, Amazon learned that customers who shopped online also wanted to shop at physical locations.

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Spotlight

achica

We're delighted to announce that achica (www.achica.com) is now part of the BrandAlley.co.uk family. This means the full range of Achica homeware sales, offering fabulous deals across a wide range of homewares, will now be available on BrandAlley.

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