The rise & rise of Private Label Retailing

The Global Private Label Mgmt (PLM) trend (as seen in the USA , UK) is well and truly on the rise in Australian Retail. Most big retailers are actively growing their stable of private label products.

Private label used to be less than 5% of revenue but today the targets are up as high as 40+%.

This makes sense if you're in the FMCG sector , pharma sector or any retail arena that has high and competitive volume sales.

But we should also be aware that PLM can deliver;

■ Greater product innovation and brand differentiation

■ Accelerated sales and reduce market lead times

■ Streamlined supply chain working practices

■ Collaborative category management

■ Complete and validated product due diligence

■ One truth database for providing consumer facing information

■ Compliance to legal, ethical, environmental and safety regulations

■ Increased sales volume and reduced time to market

■ Elimination of duplication and waste

■ Control of brand integrity

■ Create a collaborative product development environment for retail colleagues;

■ Collaborate with suppliers and 3rd parties critical to your supply chain, e.g. laboratories or auditors, around one dataset and one lifecycle process;

■ Rapidly increase private label volume without increasing costs;

If you'd like to know more then please contact me or click on the link above..

The State of the Retail Supply Chain

The Retail Industry Leaders Association and the supply chain faculty at Auburn University recently published a report called "The State of the Retail Supply Chain." The research results are based on interviews with Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Directors from 45 large retailers headquartered in North America, including many retail organizations respected for their supply chain capabilities.

I've attached a link to the complete pdf document - i recommend all SCM & retail Exec's dowloan and circulate the document within their teams.

The people, products and knowledge for all companies ( not just US based) to be "leaders" is avaialable today.

If you'd like to know more contact me..

Retailer Transforms Supply Chain With RFID

In a move to RFID-enable its complete supply chain, apparel retailer Charles Vogele has implemented a Merchandise Visibility system that will cover point-of-manufacture to point-of-sale, using standard EPC Gen 2 labels. The system, the first standards-based system to RFID-enable a retailer's entire supply chain, will assist retailers in streamlining their supply chains by applying smart tags to apparel merchandise at point-of-manufacture, and reading the tags in all parts of the logistics operations, including in the store. Retailers will be able to improve operations and increase shelf availability at the store by tracking item-level merchandise throughout the facility. Thomas Beckmann, vice president of supply chain operations at Charles Vogele, notes the firm's "logistical challenge" of dealing with approximately 70 million garments sourced annually from more than 400 suppliers and distributed to 34 consolidation hubs throughout Asia and Europe. "Our adoption of RFID has transformed and improved our operations from source to store," Beckmann says. The Merchandise Visibility system was supplied by Checkpoint Systems.Web Link

IBM : Why advocacy matters to online retailers

I found a great IBM article on their website:

Why advocacy matters to online retailers: Customer focus can mean greater loyalty and financial returns are in store

Online retailers have yet to optimize customer relationships; to become a customer focused online retailer, companies need a new approach for developing and applying customer insights.

http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/ibvstudy/gbs/a1029604?cntxt=a1000063

I know the IBM retail team in Asia Pac and they seem to be very focused on Retail , Loyalty & the anyplace kiosks across the APJ region.

Peter Robilliard - Introduction

Peter Robilliard is a retail & supply chain advocate with a focus on bringing the best global technologies and business solutions to your company.

With a focus on Retail & Supply chain technologies and 25 years of global IT knowledge across many countries and companies, Peter is uniquely positioned to advise, assist, manage and drive technology sales and services into both I.T vendors & companies across the Asia Pacific region.

Retail: POS, Loyalty, Merchandising, Mobile POS, WFM, Business Analytics solutions across, FMCG, Petrol & convenience, Speciality Retail, Quick service Restaurants, hospitality, Fashion & Apparel sectors.

Supply Chain: WMS, TMS, Planning, Forecasting, Optimization, Dashboards, Visibility & RFID.

Services: Sales, Pre-sales, Consulting, professional services, project directorship & management, support, referrals, introductions & networking

Location: Across Asia Pacific and with a partner network that covers the globe.