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Retail Industry Value Chain: Deep Dive

Flevy

The Retail industry is a vibrant and ever-evolving sector, characterized by its direct interaction with consumers and its critical role in the global economy. Maintaining a robust value chain in the Retail industry is paramount for delivering a seamless shopping experience, optimizing operations, and driving growth.

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E-Commerce Industry Value Chain: Deep Dive

Flevy

The E-Commerce industry is reshaping how consumers interact with retailers, offering unparalleled convenience and a wide array of products at their fingertips. This sector includes online marketplaces, direct-to-consumer brands, and omnichannel retailers. Let’s dig deeper into some of the primary activities.

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Value Chain vs. Supply Chain: Key Distinctions

Arpedio

On the other hand, the supply chain is the network of suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors that work together to create and deliver products and services to customers. It involves the coordination and management of several interconnected activities, including procurement , production , distribution , and logistics.

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Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) Industry Value Chain: Deep Dive

Flevy

Raw material sourcing ensures the procurement of high-quality inputs, while product development focuses on creating products that meet consumer needs. Distribution ensures timely delivery to retailers, while marketing and sales drive consumer engagement. After-sales service and support maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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Value Centers

Customer Think

Unilever was preferred for edible oil in retail because they phased out non-sustainable production of palm oil, and their procurement of such oils from sustainable conscious suppliers increased the cost. Customers were willing to pay for this and selected Unilever for their effort.

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The Most Important KPIs in Distribution and the Influence of AI

QYMATIX

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are also used to manage companies in the retail and wholesale sectors. KPIs also help retailers and wholesalers to analyse and monitor essential processes. For B2B retailers, it is vital to detect deviations at an early stage and to react to adverse developments in good time. Delivery quality.

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Current Challenges in B2B Wholesale

QYMATIX

Between supplier price pressure, supply chain problems and customer anger: Why wholesalers win with value-based customer management. Allocation problems on a larger scale have been virtually unknown since the balance of power in almost all sectors shifted away from the suppliers in favor of the demanders at the end of the 1960s.

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