The loss is a setback for the Amazon Labor Union, which has struggled to expand its influence beyond New York City and even hang on to its gains there.

Route optimization and tracking technology help mitigate problems in last-mile delivery, says Anar Mammadov, technical founder of Senpex.

Manufacturing wages have risen in China, making the country no longer the global go-to place for low-cost labor, argues The Reshoring Institute.

The grocery giant is pledging to cut prices by using some of the savings from its $24.6 billion agreement to buy Albertsons Cos.

While all retailers want to reduce their carbon emissions, most aren't on track to do so, says Mark Ang, co-founder and chief executive officer of GoBolt. That's changing due to consumer pressure.

For brands and manufacturers to be responsive to near-term demand fluctuations, they must first achieve a greater level of connectivity and visibility from their end-to-end supply ecosystem.

First it was "multi-channel." Then, the "omnichannel." But retail supply chains hoping to succeed today need to adopt the concept of the "customer channel," says Randy Evins, industry adviser for food retail with SAP.

Victoria Ma, digital and innovation lead for North America with Miebach Consulting, explains how the exercise of process mining can help supply chains achieve a new level of agility in responding to orders and unexpected changes in customer demand.

In a world increasingly driven by e-commerce, product and price are no longer the only considerations for winning sales and delighting consumers.

A new study from ParcelLab reveals that consumers wait an average of nine days to receive a refund