Post by Crate & Barrel

We're proud to announce that Crate & Barrel Holdings has been awarded the prestigious "Trailblazer" ICONic Award at Blue Yonder ICON 2026. This honor recognizes organizations that are blazing a trail of innovation by harnessing the latest solutions and cloud technologies to optimize operations. Our success started with the customer experience and a multi-year strategy, "Bring It Home," designed to improve inventory optimization, demand forecasting, and delivery speed through AI and automation. Chief Technology Officer Jason Booth explains, "We wanted to create a more reliable, transparent, and seamless experience across every channel and every product category. Operationally, we wanted to become significantly more agile and resilient by improving sourcing flexibility, optimizing inventory placement, reducing cancellations, improving fulfillment economics, and giving our teams better visibility and decision support." By partnering with Blue Yonder, we have successfully: - Reduced peak-season backorders and improved fulfillment efficiency across our distribution centers and stores - Provided more reliable inventory availability to our customers - Built a predictive platform that enables smarter decisions, faster operations, and a truly seamless customer experience A huge congratulations to our dedicated team whose drive and forward-thinking vision has set us up with a modern foundation for the future. Your commitment to innovation continues to set a benchmark for our industry.