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Smarter Solutions for Global Multichannel retailers Island Pacific SmartSuite at Booth# 4273 Relax and revive yourself with a refreshment from our onsite barista and learn how we can address your burning solution needs. Let us impress you with our functionally rich and proven solutions. Available as a comprehensive suite or individual modules. The Island Pacific…
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In recent years most retailers have adapted to the rise of mobile users by tailoring their websites, either utilizing a standalone mobile version or a responsive design. Looking back to November 2016, Google announced plans to fundamentally change how they crawl and index the web because searches from mobile devices had finally outpaced those made…
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Taking a look at the latest retail trends for 2020 and beyond it is definitely true that there is a period of change which is taking place some of the key predictions include: Retailers continue to Expand internationally Retailers continue to expand internationally. *Deloitte highlights that the top 250 US retailers operate on average in…
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Many of today’s retailers both small and large use spreadsheets through their corporate offices and also rely upon them to complete their Merchandise and Channel and Key item planning. Island Pacific has a solution which can remove the need for retailers to rely on spreadsheets which although extremely flexible come with a number of data…
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There are many reasons why retailers choose to invest in the Island Pacific solution we asked one of our recent implementations and they gave us the following 6 reasons as to why they chose the Island Pacific solution Reason 1 Product Maturity & Success Island Pacific has been providing software solutions successfully to retailers globally…
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Take a look at these five ways in which Island Pacific can help your planning process. Reason 1, One version of the Truth One of the key issues which many retailers face today is the fact that over time many retailers have many disparate systems across so many different parts of the organization. Therefore, in…
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Single’s Day commenced as an “anti-Valentine’s” [1] celebration for single Chinese. People. Dating back to 1993 when students at China’s Nanjing University started to throw parties and buy themselves gifts to celebrate their single status. Singles Day takes place on the 11th November each year. The date was deliberately selected for the metaphor of the alone digits…
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The Ethical Consumer Without doubt consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious. The last few years has seen a steady rise in the ethical consumer. A report by Mintel [1] showed nearly half of all consumers surveyed preferred to purchase garments from brands who tried to curtail their impact on the environment. This figure increased to…
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Retail formats continue to evolve. Kantar [1] forecasts that the US retail world is set to change significantly, projecting marked developments in non-store retail formats. Retailers who wish to stay relevant and be successful will be compelled to look outside the confines of their physical stores, be amenable to change and willing to adapt to…
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Putting together a range for today’s specialist retailers takes a huge amount of effort, the design, the review of the competition, the trends taking into account supplier capabilities. Extensive range reviews moving onto the purchase order process. To then fall down at one of the final hurdles because of lack of system capabilities can easily…
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