BuildDirect becomes the latest retailer to create a marketplace

The inventory management process seems simple. Review historical sales, project future demand, send out purchase orders to suppliers, and receive inventory into stock. This process works well if you’re managing only a handful of products, but as your business scales, you need to employ better inventory management practices.

 In this white paper, you will learn:

• How to perform "ABC" inventory analysis and how to apply it in your business, with an appropriate stock strategy for each class of items.
• Identify key metrics to track for your supplier performance and about supplier scorecards.
• How to negotiate better deals with suppliers using your data
• How to evaluate and optimize your re-ordering strategy by optimizing the right parts of your business.

 Implementing these best practices will lead to more sales, decreased costs and faster replenishment times.

Sponsored by: Monsoon Commerce

Download this how-to guide to learn more about the metrics you should look at on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. Access step by step instructions on how to calculate them and more. Download your FREE guide today.

Sponsored by: Windsor Circle

Analytics platforms are evolving to help marketers manage the complexity of the marketing technology landscape and nowhere is this more evident than in top online retail organizations of the Internet Retailer 500. In this report we've outlined the use of two key digital analytics solutions within the top 500 online retailers:

- Analytics Platforms
- Tag Management Systems (TMS)

Download this report to discover which platforms and systems dominate the marketplace across various industry segments and verticals, and learn about the way leading ecommerce organizations are managing the collection of data from their websites.

Sponsored by: Cardinal Path

The ecommerce digital marketing landscape changes constantly. Early adopters gain a competitive advantage; stagnant merchants slowly lose ground.

For this report, we compiled the top marketing strategies that remain underutilized by most merchants. We asked the directors of our main service areas to answer a simple question:

"What ecommerce digital marketing developments are giving retailers the biggest lifts yet remain unexploited by most merchants?"

Read this report to discover:

• Which seldom-used metric will help you win top ad placements where it matters most!
• The Facebook ad format that’s killing it for retailers.
• Three questions to determine if your store can exploit the new Amazon Marketplace targeting options.
• The strangely underutilized tactic to boost free SEO traffic to your online store.
• How to keep your fastest-moving products from disappearing in Google Shopping between feed updates.

Sponsored by: ROI Revolution

This eBook offers key lessons learned from our "What is Predictive Marketing" webinar with Windsor Circle CEO, Matt Williamson. Download to learn more about how predictive marketing impacts retailers, the lay of the land currently, and more.

Sponsored by Windsor Circle

Many organizations claim they are centered on the customer, but few keep that promise. What stands in the way? This paper by the International Institute for Analytics (IIA) is an excellent resource for understanding and overcoming the barriers that marketers face in connecting with customers and building profitability. It delves into the obstacles to customer-centricity and explores how organizations can use analytics to make the right connections with customers at the right time, on the right device.

Sponsored by: SAS

A special report, from the editors of Internet Retailer, on the technology and techniques retailers can put in place to ensure that the 2016 holiday season runs smoothly

February is the ideal time for retailers to take stock of their performance during the 2015 holiday shopping season and draw lessons for the next holiday peak. After all, taking the time to assess their performance now gives retailers plenty of time to develop, implement and test new features before this year’s holiday season.

Whether evaluating digital marketing, website performance on mobile devices, order management, or customer service, retailers should use a fine-tooth comb to assess their performance, say experts. The more thorough they are during the evaluation process, the less likely they are to overlook the impact of even the smallest operational issues.

Download the FREE report now by filling out the form to the right and IR will email you the report promptly.