E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Free Shipping, Easy Returns, In-store Cell Phone Notifications Among Tech Retailers Should Invest In, Study Says

June 14, 2016

The 3rd annual Walker Sands Future of Retail Study analyzes the rise and adoption of emerging retail tech, with a heavy focus on gauging consumer reaction to potential tech game-changers (cue drones) and exploring consumer spending habits.

Brick-and-Mortar Accounts for 92 Percent of Retail Sales in First Quarter 2016

June 14, 2016

Harvard Business Review

Retail profits are plummeting. Stores are closing. The internet is apparently taking down yet another industry. Brick-and-mortar stores seem to be going the way of the yellow pages. Sure enough, the Census Bureau just released data showing that online retail sales surged 15.2 percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016.

Schneider Acquires Watkins & Shepard, Lodeso

June 13, 2016

Schneider National

Schneider National has made two simultaneous acquisitions, of Watkins & Shepard and Lodeso.

Shoppers Buying More Online, But Don't Want to Give Up Physical Stores, Study Says

June 13, 2016

UPS

Avid online shoppers, who make two or more purchases online in a typical three-month period, are leading a retail revolution. These consumers are shopping more with their smartphones and demanding a more seamless experience between virtual and physical stores, according to the Fifth Annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study.

Father's Day Spending Expected to Double That of 2015

June 9, 2016

FierceRetail

Spending on dad is expected to climb 6 percent this year - twice the increase of 2015.

Online Shoppers Define E-Commerce as 'Basic Essential', Study Finds

June 9, 2016

Chain Store Age

Ninety-six percent of Americans are shopping online, they spend an average of five hours per week making online purchases and allocate an average of 36 percent of their shopping budgets to e-commerce.

GS1 US Releases New Guideline to Harmonize E-Commerce Fulfillment

June 8, 2016

GS1 US

GS1 US has developed a new guideline focused on e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment processes.

Southeast Asian E-Commerce Market Zooms, But Region's Airfreight Capability Lags

June 3, 2016

Air Cargo World

Although a new study by Google and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek projects the Southeast Asian e-commerce market to reach $200bn by 2025, the region's air cargo capabilities remain underdeveloped, according to Cainiao, the logistics unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

Retailers Try to 'Save the Sale' Only 7 Percent of the Time, Study Shows

June 2, 2016

Kibo

Retailers can no longer wait to adopt BOPIS - the ability to buy online, pick up in store - according to a report from Kibo, a cloud-based omnichannel commerce platform provider. But a small percentage, only percent 7 percent, act to ensure that a sale is made.

E-Commerce Spurs Warehouse Development, Rent Increases Across U.S.

June 2, 2016

Bloomberg

Over the past year, prime warehouse rents are up 9.9 percent across the U.S. and up by double-digit amounts in some large urban areas, according to a recent report. E-commerce and Amazon are in no small way responsible for the development.

E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the e-commerce/omnichannel industry — which consists of companies engaged in internet retailing, including those with auxiliary brick-and-mortar stores. Learn how e-commerce/omnichannel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.