E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Happy Anniversary, Amazon-Whole Foods. What’s Changed?

June 13, 2018

One year ago this week, Amazon.com Inc. loudly declared its intention to become a grocery industry heavyweight by announcing its agreement to buy Whole Foods Market.

Amazon Is Being Blasted by a Watchdog Group Over China Echo Factory Conditions

June 12, 2018

Fortune

A watchdog group is calling on Amazon.com Inc. to improve conditions for factory workers in China who make Echo speakers and Kindle e-readers, renewing criticisms that CEO Jeff Bezos became the world’s wealthiest man on the backs of low-paid laborers.

U.S. Gig Economy: Data Shows 16M People in 'Contingent or Alternative' Work

June 11, 2018

The Guardian

How big is the “gig economy”? Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gave the first official reading of how many Americans rely on temporary work, freelancing, and on-demand apps to make ends meet. And the answer is: a lot.

Here Come the Flying Taxis!

June 8, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

And now, in the latest transition from science fiction to reality: the coming of “flying taxis.”

Amazon Extends U.K. Hiring Spree as Brexit Uncertainty Lingers

June 8, 2018

Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc. plans to expand its U.K. workforce by 10 percent this year, despite continued uncertainty over what Brexit will mean for the British economy.

Five Ways to Adapt to Amazon’s Ever-Changing Supply Chain Rules

June 8, 2018

Rob Zomok

Once upon a time, a tiny creature was exposed to extraordinary forces, grew rapidly and exponentially until it became an enormous beast, smashing stores and office buildings and sending Tokyo into terror. Back in 1954, the beast was Godzilla. In 2018, we call it Amazon.

There Now Are More Job Openings in the U.S. Than Unemployed Workers to Fill Them

June 7, 2018

Los Angeles Times

The labor market has hit a tipping point that should help boost wages: There are more job openings in the U.S. than unemployed workers to fill them.

Truck Orders Soaring on Growing Freight Demand

June 7, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The market for new heavy-duty trucks is growing at a nearly unprecedented pace this year as fleet owners and big-rig manufacturers race to keep up with accelerating U.S. freight demand.

How Amazon Is Using Whole Foods in a Bid for Total Retail Domination

June 6, 2018

Fortune

At 9 a.m. on June 16, 2017, Whole Foods employees packed into the main level of the company’s Austin headquarters. Only an hour earlier Amazon had announced that it was acquiring the high-end natural grocer, and the corporate staffers were as shocked as the rest of the public.

How Adidas Plans to Bring 3-D Printing to the Masses

June 5, 2018

Forbes

In retailers' hot pursuit for that magic trick to entice consumers on a mass scale, 3-D printing has more or less come and gone as a fad, but to sneaker giant Adidas, mass-market 3-D printed products may soon be a reality with sizable retail promise.

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.