PROCUREMENT
The supply chain must ensure it can respond more quickly to demand
busy time . Retailers should try where possible to offer different options for their customers , to ensure they can respond to demand and offer the delivery method that works for their shoppers .
House of Fraser for example has implemented different strategies such as Buy & Collect and its new next day , early morning delivery service , which means shoppers can order on an evening and have a gift ready to take into work the next day .
Consider returns With such anticipation in the run up to Christmas it can be somewhat of an anticlimax when the festive period comes to an end . But for retailers the opportunities and hard work continues . In fact , the weeks after Christmas can be full of activity from
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