E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Alibaba Doubles Lazada Investment to $4Bn in Aggressive Southeast Asian Expansion

March 23, 2018

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it will invest an extra $2bn in Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada Group and tapped a top executive to run the business, as it takes on rivals such as tech titan Amazon in an aggressive expansion in the region.

'Futureproof' Your Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations at MODEX 2018

March 22, 2018

SupplyChainBrain

If anything is in constant flux, it is manufacturing and supply chain. MODEX 2018 is the best venue to showcase the services, products and solutions needed to meet the challenges these two vital areas face.

Walmart Whistle-Blower Claims Cheating in Race With Amazon

March 22, 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

In its race to catch Amazon.com Inc. in online retailing, Walmart Inc. issued misleading e-commerce results and fired an executive who complained the company was breaking the law, according to a whistle-blower lawsuit. Walmart shares fell as much as 2 percent.

'Not Welcome Here': Amazon Faces Growing Resistance to Its Second Home

March 21, 2018

The Guardian

What do you get for the man who has everything? When it comes to Jeff Bezos — the richest man in the world with around $130bn to his name — many U.S. cities competing to host Amazon’s second headquarters have an answer: billions of dollars in tax incentives.

DHL Steps Back Into U.S. Package Delivery in Challenge to UPS, FedEx

March 19, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Deutsche Post AG’s DHL business is tiptoeing back into the domestic parcel delivery in the U.S., drawn in by the strong growth in e-commerce to bring new competition to a market that’s been dominated by United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. for a decade.

Three Megatrends Driving International Logistics

March 16, 2018

Phil Marlowe, Chief Logistician, Acuitive Solutions

Retail Planning in the Age of Amazon

March 15, 2018

Hank Saiia, Principal Solutions Architect, ToolsGroup

Trends in Packaging: The State of the Art

March 14, 2018

Dan Dean, VP Consumer Business Development, DHL Supply Chain

How Retailers Are Meeting the Amazon Challenge

March 13, 2018

Marc Gorlin, SCB Contributor

The Midwest's Role as a Nationwide Distribution Hub

March 13, 2018

Chris Gutierrez, President, KC SmartPort

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.