Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wall Street Journal ) • The Future of the Office Is Cozy : In the latest high-end office design trend, employers are trying to lure people back to work by giving them the comforts of home — and a room of their own. Manufacturers need to cut costs as electric-vehicle inventories pile up, but this is easier said than done.

Manufacturing 93

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JANUARY 10, 2017

In retail, inventory is what you’ve got and you hope they want. Human judgement — what to offer, where and when, and for how much — drives inventory decisions. Half the battle of inventory management is knowing where the products are in the first place — as in, on the shelves, in the stockroom or there at all.

Manufacturing 69

Manufacturing Retail Technology Sales 69

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JUNE 14, 2019

Part of that effort involves RFID labels “so that counting inventory (and then keeping an up-to-date view as to what items can ship out from different stores) becomes much easier. The tags can also function as anti-theft devices.)”. That’s where RFID technology can also help with retail.

Retail 61

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MARCH 18, 2019

It is generally accepted that digital supply chain management (SCM) strategies are good for business, yet it can be difficult to put a price tag on just how beneficial enhanced SCM can be. Basic functions, including inventory management and supplier consolidation, are commonplace for hospitals’ SCM solutions.

Healthcare 69

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MAY 18, 2016

Mishandling inventory has usually been brick-and-mortar retail’s forte. This freedom from the concerns of brick-and-mortar inventory has been bandied about as a contributing factor for why so many online brands have been able to unseat or unsettle their entrenched competitors. Spending on shipping clocked in at $3.27

Retail 40

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JUNE 13, 2017

The firm’s big break came in 1997 with a big assist from home shopping, before the Internet made shopping in one’s living room a cool thing to do. bareMinerals got its shot on QVC home shopping channel and quickly sold out all of its inventory. Soon, bareMinerals was selling $1.4 million of makeup per hour.

Retail 40

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Unlike a regular consumer who is picking up a piece of furniture here and there, or maybe even redoing a whole room every couple of years or so, interior designers are always buying. And, generally speaking, they’re buying big — in terms of both the number of items they buy and the price tags on those items.

eCommerce 56

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