Inventory Management news and trends

Stop the Steal: Smart Stores Help Brands Meet Consumers in New Settings
Retail // April 08, 2025

Inventory keeps retailers in business. Inventory keeps consumers loyal to their preferred to merchants. Inventory makes impulse buying possible and keeps sales flowing. Inventory has also, for a long time, been a bit of a hit-or-miss proposition — merchants might have too much stock on...

Ordoro Integrates Logistics and Inventory Management Platform With Mirakl Marketplaces
eCommerce // March 21, 2025

Online merchants selling on Mirakl marketplaces can now sync orders, manage inventory and automate fulfillment through Ordoro. This capability follows the integration of Ordoro’s eCommerce logistics and inventory management platform with Mirakl’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for marketplace and dropship platforms, Ordoro said in a Friday...

Walmart Develops AI Assistant That Helps Merchants Source Products
Walmart // March 18, 2025

Walmart has developed a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant to help its merchants source items for its shelves and its online store. Dubbed “Wally,” the AI assistant generates insights from complex datasets, diagnoses why products are under- or overperforming, answers operational questions, raises tickets for...

UiPath Buys Peak to Bolster Agentic Automation Platform
Acquisitions // March 13, 2025

Enterprise automation and artificial intelligence (AI) software company UiPath has acquired AI platform Peak. “With the acquisition of Peak, we are accelerating our mission to strengthen our vertical AI solutions strategy,” Daniel Dines, UiPath’s founder and chief executive, said in a news release Thursday (March 13). “When combined with the UiPath...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fleet Operators Tap ‘On Demand’ Working Capital Solutions to Fuel Strategic Priorities

April 11, 2025
In a sector caught between regulatory pressure and technological disruption, fleet and mobility companies are redefining how they manage working capital. According to the newly released “2024-2025 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index: Industry Factbook,” published by PYMNTS Intelligence in collaboration with Visa, fleet and mobility businesses are leveraging working capital solutions not only to weather […]

Stop the Steal: Smart Stores Help Brands Meet Consumers in New Settings

April 08, 2025
Inventory keeps retailers in business. Inventory keeps consumers loyal to their preferred to merchants. Inventory makes impulse buying possible and keeps sales flowing. Inventory has also, for a long time,...

Stitch Fix Taps AI to Redefine Its Business Model … and the Consumer’s Wardrobe

January 27, 2025
Personalization has long been the holy grail of retail, with brands seeking to tailor the shopping experience to each customer’s unique needs and preferences. And you can’t spell “personalization in...

JOOR Cracks the Code on B2B Payments for Wholesale Fashion Industry

October 14, 2024
The biggest trend this fall in fashion retail? It’s independent retailers, Kristin Savilia, CEO at JOOR told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. “Independent retailers are having their moment right now because they’re able to...

Quick Reads
Ordoro Integrates Logistics and Inventory Management Platform With Mirakl Marketplaces

March 21, 2025
Online merchants selling on Mirakl marketplaces can now sync orders, manage inventory and automate fulfillment through Ordoro. This capability follows the integration of Ordoro’s eCommerce logistics and inventory management platform with Mirakl’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for marketplace and dropship platforms, Ordoro said in a Friday (March 21) press release. “Marketplace selling is rapidly advancing, and […]

Walmart Develops AI Assistant That Helps Merchants Source Products

March 18, 2025
Walmart has developed a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant to help its merchants source items for its shelves and its online store. Dubbed “Wally,” the AI assistant generates insights from...

UiPath Buys Peak to Bolster Agentic Automation Platform

March 13, 2025
Enterprise automation and artificial intelligence (AI) software company UiPath has acquired AI platform Peak. “With the acquisition of Peak, we are accelerating our mission to strengthen our vertical AI solutions strategy,” Daniel Dines, UiPath’s...

Santander and Pemberton Launch Supply Chain Solution Invensa

December 03, 2024
Santander has teamed with Pemberton Asset Management on a new supply chain solution. The banking giant and the private credit manager have formed Invensa, a company focused on supply chain inventory solutions...