“Unwrap the Savings in Retail” in Supply & Demand Chain Executive
12/01/2012
Holiday season or not, everybody wants a piece of the retail action
By Natalia Kosk
By the time you read this, you probably will have completed your holiday shopping¬- whether you stood in line at 4 a.m. on Black Friday with the other brave souls outside of Best Buy; or added items into your virtual shopping cart over a cup of Joe on Cyber Monday. Then again, we can't eliminate the last minute shoppers who get to enjoy bumping into fellow consumers at the checkout line days before Christmas. Whatever the case, this month we're giving you the exclusive on the conditions and trends that are changing the retail industry; what consumers need to be prepared for in the coming years; and how businesses and supply chain service providers must compete in order to stay in the game.