Distribution centers traditionally have taken a react-and-respond approach to equipment life-cycle management. That approach is far from perfect, even under “normal” operating conditions,

HP's layoffs make it the latest in a string of tech giants cutting staff in response to an increasingly sour economy, marked by high inflation that's dented demand for goods and slowed ad spending.

The Wall Street Journal. Best Buy and Dick’s Sporting Goods reported mixed results in the most recent quarter.

As online orders begin to plateau or even drop, those providers who ramped up for the pandemic are well-prepared for direct-to-consumer logistics, says Mike McComb, senior vice president of global e-commerce for Pitney Bowes.

Online orders skyrocketed during the pandemic, and many third-party logistics providers were not ready, according to Robert Liva, senior channel manager at Pierbridge and Martin Hespeler, vice president of sales at Microlistics, both adjacent technologies at Wisetech Global Group.

Nearly all retailers (98%) surveyed said they expect supply chain disruptions to continue during the 2022 holiday season, while 88% predicted they will worsen.

People increasingly want to spend their money in stores, which is bad news for parcel and last-mile delivery companies that benefitted from the online-shopping boom.

Analysts said October's rise could be a "false dawn" and the key Christmas trading period could be "difficult."

For many retailers, not-for-resale (NFR) expense management falls to the bottom of the long list of strategic priorities.

Target also unveiled a plan to save as much as $3 billion by streamlining operations, but stopped short of mass job cuts.