E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

UPS Expects Retailers to Pay Up for Christmas Deliveries

August 2, 2017

United Parcel Service Inc. expects most retailers to agree to higher shipping prices during the weeks leading up to Christmas, which it says are necessary because of the glut of online orders.

Alibaba, Paytm in Talks to Invest in India's Bigbasket

August 1, 2017

Bloomberg

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and its Indian associate Paytm E-commerce Pvt are in talks to invest about $200m for a stake of roughly 20 percent in India's leading online grocer, Bigbasket, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

Wal-Mart Company, Startup Pitch NYC Landlords With Systems for Easier Delivery

August 1, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

Jet.com Inc., the online retailer owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and real-estate technology startup Latch are aiming to expand their reach by offering a free system to New York City landlords to potentially make shopping online easier for tenants in nondoorman buildings.

Birkenstock CEO Accuses Amazon of 'Modern-Day Piracy'

July 31, 2017

The Washington Post

The chief executive of Birkenstock USA has emerged as an unlikely crusader in a growing battle between smaller retailers and ever-expanding giant Amazon.com.

Opinion: Warehouses Are Going Underwater - Literally

July 28, 2017

Fortune

I have in front of me US Patent 9,624,034 B1, titled, Aquatic Storage Facilities. The applicant is Amazon Technologies, Inc., and the idea is to use either man-made pools or natural bodies of water to store goods while waiting for fulfillment orders.

Amazon's Threat to Traditional Transportation Providers

July 28, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

For transportation providers in the e-commerce era, the choice is clear: disrupt, or be disrupted.

Sears Is Giving Shoppers Even Fewer Reasons to Go to Its Stores

July 27, 2017

The Washington Post

Shares of Sears Holdings soared as much as 19 percent last week to their highest level this year, after the limping retailer announced plans to sell its Kenmore appliances on Amazon.com.

Here Are Seven Ways Retailers Can Target Generation Z

July 26, 2017

RIS News

Many say retail is changing, or that it's evolving too fast for retailers to keep up. But this is just a pixel of the digital transformation picture. The hard truth is shoppers are changing and Generation Z (everyone born after 1995) is giving us a glimpse into the near future of the retail revolution.

How thredUP Upends the Thrift-Shop Concept

July 26, 2017

Apparel

It's a sign of the times that an online secondhand apparel store is running a national TV advertising campaign - and that there is a large online secondhand apparel store to begin with.

Target Tests New Curbside Pickup Program

July 26, 2017

MultiChannel Merchant

After pulling the plug on a vendor pilot program last year, Target is testing its own internal app for curbside pickup in Minneapolis, using associates to kick the tires on its performance before rolling it out to customers.

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.