Retail Sales and the Implication on Real Estate: Part II
Where Retail Sales are Consummated: Part 2 – The Rest of the Story By Jim TompkinsCEO, Tompkins International In part 1 of this 2-part blog, I presented some directional statistics […]
Retail Sales and the Implication on Real Estate: Part I
Where Retail Sales are Consummated: Part I Jim TompkinsCEO, Tompkins International Recently, Tompkins International completed internal research on correlations between retail and real estate. This research was done in order […]
The Phygital Shopper; the Fidgety Supply Chain Professional
By Chris FerrellPrincipal, Tompkins International Alibaba Tidal Wave: Omnichannel Logistics – Supply Chain Capabilities In early-January Mindtree, the global information technology and outsourcing company, published U.K.-based research on omnichannel retail […]
Retail E-Commerce: Don’t Get Your Head Buried in the Sand
By Jim TompkinsCEO, Tompkins International Would you be surprised if I told you there are still many who are in denial about the reality of retail transformation? There are business […]
Five Retail Industry Statements that Missed the Mark
By Jim TompkinsCEO, Tompkins International There was a brief news article last week (read it here) about the future opening of an e-commerce fulfillment center. What made the article jump […]
What 3PLs Need to Know about Alibaba
By Tompkins International Staff You’ve been hearing a lot about Alibaba lately. The Chinese e-commerce giant has burst on to the global scene and it is poised to make a […]
For 3PLs, New Market Trends = New Opportunities
By Tompkins International Staff Big opportunities lie ahead for today’s third-party logistics providers (3PLs). These new opportunities (and challenges, too) are a result of evolving market trends such as omnichannel […]
The Alibaba Effect: What Today’s 3PLs Need to Know
What Today’s 3PLs Need to Know Jim TompkinsCEO, Tompkins International Valerie BonebrakeSenior Vice President, Tompkins International Introduction In the last 20 years, e-commerce has exploded from a platform for buying […]
