Wal-Mart is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com.

After a few years of early adopter successes, 2013 will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies, market watchers predict.

Freightgate, a global provider of Logistics Cloud Solutions, announced enhanced predictive analytics capabilities in its logistics cloud platform, known as the Freightgate Universe.