E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Personalizing Fulfillment of Omnichannel Orders Profitably - How Do You Achieve That?

July 29, 2016

Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers alike are being challenged with diverse, continually changing channel fulfillment demands. Across industries, success (and even survival) depends on the ability to serve customers profitably in the way they expect to be served.

U.S., UK Shoppers Wary of Retailers' Ability to Protect Personal Data, Survey Finds

July 28, 2016

Periscope

While consumers are shopping online more and more, they remain concerned about whether retailers can be trusted with their personal data, according to a survey from Periscope, a retail performance optimization provider.

Was That Easy? Staples Experiments With Ordering at Push of a Button

July 28, 2016

Internet Retailer

Many retailers are likely familiar with and perhaps even own a Staples Easy Button. They may have even tapped the tchotchke a time or two, prompting the bright red plastic button to cheerfully chirp the office supply retailer's tagline, "That was easy!" But calling out the retailer's tagline was the extent of the Easy Button's capabilities. Until now.

In E-Commerce, Who Pays for 'Free' Shipping?

July 25, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

In the world of e-commerce, "free" shipping isn't really free. The question is, who pays for it?

E2open Acquires Retail Analytics Expert Orchestro

July 18, 2016

E2open

E2open, provider of a supply-chain operating network, has acquired Orchestro, a vendor of demand-signal repositories and preemptive analytics for retail and omnichannel fulfillment.

As E-Commerce Grows, More Emphasis Needed on Reverse Supply Chain

July 15, 2016

Retail Dive

Over the years, retailers have become very good at the supply chain - the process of getting goods from the manufacturing plant to the customer. But today, many retailers face a different challenge: taking those goods back, a process referred to as the "reverse supply chain."

Almost 40 Percent of Companies Choose New E-Commerce Partner -- or Want One

July 14, 2016

Website Magazine

Consumers expect seamless access to brands -- and their history with those brands -- on every channel they visit, and business shoppers are no exception.

GS1 US Issues Product Images Guideline for Retail Grocery; Integrates Tools for Data Hub

July 12, 2016

GS1 US

GS1 US has released a new guideline to provide retail grocery trading partners with a resource for standardizing image capture, naming and sharing.

B2B Commerce Become Buying Method of Choice in Electrical Industry

July 12, 2016

TED Mag

The numbers are in and all signs point to a future saturated with business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce sales. Following in the footsteps of its business-to-consumer (B2C) cousin, B2B e-commerce is quickly becoming the shopping and purchasing method of choice for a wide range of buyers - including customers in the electrical industry.

States Ramp Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales

July 8, 2016

CFO

The explosive growth of online retailing over the last 20 years has increased the pressure on states to seek to enforce sales and use taxes on online purchases.

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.