E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Most Retailers Plan to Use RFID, IoT Technologies by 2021, Study Says

March 15, 2017

Zebra Technologies' "Retail Vision Study," released this week, finds that the majority of retailers surveyed globally expect to embrace radio frequency identification and other Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, as well as use analytic data from those systems by 2021, as more shoppers move to online sales.

Social Listening Is the Key to Understanding Your Customer

March 10, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Somebody out there is talking about your product. And you had better be listening.

New Amazon Free-Shipping Threshold Reflects Growing E-Commerce Competition

March 3, 2017

MultiChannel Merchant

In a quick counter-salvo, Amazon has announced it's lowering the free shipping threshold for non-Prime members from $49 to $35, a response to Walmart's move earlier this month.

Sustainability Group Advocates New Packaging Design for E-Commerce

March 2, 2017

Environmental Leader

Packaging for e-commerce may well look different from that of the traditional retailer. And lucky that it is, given commerce sales grew in the U.S. at 14.6 percent in 2015, according to Internet Retailer.

Revlon Is Advertising on Amazon Boxes

March 2, 2017

Bloomberg

Revlon Inc., making its first major marketing push since it bought Elizabeth Arden Inc. last year, is tapping Amazon.com Inc. and Lady Gaga to reinvigorate sales and better reach millennials.

What Went Wrong: Nasty Gal, Former Fashion World Darling, Is Now Bankrupt

March 1, 2017

Los Angeles Times

By 2012, Nasty Gal was a fashion world success story, growing from an Ebay store to nearly $100m in sales in just six years.

Wal-Mart's Online Sales Jump as It Competes Against Amazon

February 27, 2017

Los Angeles Times

The nation's largest retailer keeps working to make headway against the largest online seller.

UPS Tests Drone Deliveries, Eyes Future Price Changes

February 27, 2017

The New York Times

Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc says it will consider raising prices across the board in coming years to offset pressure on margins, particularly from the rising costs of delivering packages to e-commerce customers.

A Supply Network for the Amazon Age

February 24, 2017

Apparel

The biggest companies by market capitalization 15 years ago were deeply rooted in the physical world. No. 3 Exxon sold you the gasoline to drive to no. 5 Walmart back in 2001. Even Microsoft, the no. 2 company, dealt largely in the OS and software for your notebook or desktop PC.

Container Shipping Lines Sign Up With Alibaba to Offer Online Booking

February 22, 2017

The New York Times

Two container shipping lines, France's CMA CGM and Israel's Zim, have signed up with Alibaba to allow customers to book space on their vessels through the Chinese e-commerce giant, in a bid to boost sales as the sector battles a severe downturn.

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.