E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Best Buy's Secrets for Thriving in the Amazon Age

October 2, 2017

While running errands the other day, I ducked into a local Best Buy to pick up a pair of new headphones. What I saw inside was shocking.

How Consumer Brands Can Surf 'The Black Wave'

September 29, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

For consumer brands in the age of social media and digital communications, it's a question of sink or swim.

For Holiday Hires, It's Already Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

September 28, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

Shoppers like to complain that holiday decorations appear earlier and earlier. This year, so are the job ads.

EXECUTIVES FROM ALIBABA, AMAZON, CASPER, DIXONS CARPHONE, DOLLAR SHAVE CLUB, EBAY, HARRODS, HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY, IKEA, LI & FUNG, OUTFITTERY, PINTEREST AND WESTFIELD JOIN 225+ SPEAKERS AT SHOPTALK EUROPE, 8-11 OCTOBER, COPENHAGEN

September 27, 2017

In 2018, Shoptalk Europe Will Combine with Shoptalk U.S. to Create the First Global Event Focused on Retail and Ecommerce Innovation, to be Held in Las Vegas

Wal-Mart Is Testing Grocery Delivery Straight Into Your Fridge

September 27, 2017

Fortune

There are apparently no limits in the grocery delivery wars.

Debating the Timetable for Supply-Chain Futureshock

September 25, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The future is coming. But experts can't seem to agree on when it's going to show up.

Kohl's to Start Accepting Amazon Returns at Some Stores in L.A. and Chicago

September 22, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Kohl's, which is opening some in-store Amazon shops, will start accepting returns for the online retailer at some of its stores in Los Angeles and Chicago starting next month.

At Omega, a New Factory for Orders From China

September 22, 2017

The New York Times

August frustrates Raynald Aeschlimann, president and chief executive at Omega.

For Amazon, Can Two Headquarters Still Equal One Culture?

September 22, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

In planning Amazon.com Inc.'s second headquarters, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos faces a new challenge: how to maintain the online retail giant's carefully cultivated culture when he can’t be in two places at once.

Target Is Hiring 40-Percent More Holiday-Season Workers Than Last Year

September 20, 2017

Los Angeles Times

Target plans to hire 100,000 people to work during the hectic holiday shopping season, up 40 percent from last year.

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.