E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

What the Chinese New Year Means for Your Supply Chain

February 6, 2019

Many Chinese businesses and factories shut down for three to four weeks to allow millions of workers to return to their hometowns to celebrate the festivities with their families.

Pier 1's Interim CEO Turned Around Popeyes. Can She Do It Again?

February 5, 2019

Bloomberg

Turnarounds aren’t new for Cheryl Bachelder, but Pier 1 brings a whole new set of challenges: from about 1,000 physical stores to an expensive online strategy to a failure to entice a new generation of shoppers.

The ‘Amazon for Brexit’ Is Helping Britons Stockpile

January 28, 2019

Bloomberg

From peanut butter to baked beans to the once-banned spirit absinthe: This online shopping service has everything Britons need to survive a no-deal Brexit, in four clicks.

Asia's Richest Man Wants to Take on Amazon in India. Here’s How.

January 22, 2019

Bloomberg

Reliance Industries will roll out its online shopping platform to 1.2 million retailers and store-owners in western India, starting on an ambitious plan to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart on its home turf.

The Great Brexit Stockpile: How Corporate Britain Is Bracing for No Deal

January 21, 2019

Bloomberg

Brexit is unlikely to feature in the annals of military history, but Britain is getting a taste of wartime stockpiling again.

Packages are unloaded from a FedEx Corp. truck in New York City.

FedEx Tiptoes Into $9Bn Online Market for Bulky Deliveries

January 15, 2019

Bloomberg

FedEx is testing delivery of bulky products, a $9bn market that couriers had left to more traditional trucking companies because large items don’t fit well in their sorting operations.

Global Gloom Is Spreading Across Industries

January 14, 2019

Bloomberg

Trade wars, China’s slowdown, erratic stock markets: The outlook is getting grimmer for an increasing number of companies across the globe.

The Latest Tech Won’t Save Stores Failing Retail 101

January 14, 2019

Bloomberg

About 37,000 retail-industry professionals are coming together this week to “revolutionize” the shopping experience with virtual reality, artificial intelligence and more.

Truckers Reap New Riches Thanks to Millennials

January 10, 2019

Bloomberg

As consumers grow comfortable buying big, bulky goods online, national trucking companies are plowing investment into winning the business by displacing or buying up local operators.

Amazon Delivery: Should Shipping and Fulfillment Businesses Be Worried?

January 10, 2019

Jake Rheude, SCB Contributor

It seems that every year we can expect Amazon to test a new delivery service.

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.