E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

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Watch: How Brands Are Maintaining Their Identity in the Age of Amazon

February 11, 2022

Consumer brands are striving to maintain their identity, even as they face common challenges relating to modern-day e-commerce fulfillment. Matt Barr, senior director of product strategy with Geodis, explains.

Five Reasons Shipping Software Needs to Embrace Multi-Carrier Parcel Management

February 10, 2022

Watch: How Supply Chains Survived the 2021 Holiday Season

February 10, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Brian Higgins, principal, supply chain and operations leader with KPMG, offers a post mortem on the recently concluded 2021 holiday retail season.

Is Supply Chain Technology Failing U.S. Retailers?

February 8, 2022

Tony Gray, SCB Contributor

In the face of prolific investments in supply chain technology and resources, U.S. retailers have failed to achieve significant cost savings.

For Faster Deliveries, Don't Neglect the Middle Mile

February 8, 2022

Jay Kent, SCB Contributor

The middle mile is becoming the heart of multichannel strategies.

Tech Aims to Minimize Soaring Cost of E-Commerce Returns

February 8, 2022

Tony Sciarrotta, SCB Contributor

As the ease of buying goods online grows, so does the rise in returns. Reverse logistics costs can amount to nearly 60% of an item’s sales price — but there are a growing number of ways to mitigate these costs.

Ship From Store: The Next Evolution of Omnichannel

February 8, 2022

Chris Slover, SCB Contributor

Brick-and-mortar retailers have found an advantage over online retailers by implementing ship from store (SFS). By fulfilling e-commerce orders directly from stores, they can cut the time it takes for orders to reach customers and increase the number of orders they can process across their network. Although the path to an efficient SFS operation is different for each company, following is how the trend will generally evolve in the years ahead.

Technology Steps Up to Help Navigate the Last Mile

February 7, 2022

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

When it comes to fulfilling e-commerce orders, the shortest distance between two points is often the toughest to traverse.

Driving Value in Your Supply Chain With Robotics and Automation

February 7, 2022

Steve Sensing, SCB Contributor

Amazon Raises Prime Membership Amid Supply Chain Bottlenecks

February 3, 2022

Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc. is raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription service in the U.S. by $20 to $139, the first such increase since 2018.

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.