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In recent days, much has been made of President Trump’s comments, via Twitter (of course), squarely aimed at global e-commerce behemoth Amazon and how it apparently takes advantage of the United States Postal Service (USPS). Amazon Trump Comments, Trump Tweets about Amazon

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Our experts offer their insight into what’s driving market trends and share practical advice for how logistics operations need to re-adjust to ever-shifting conditions—especially as business booms and new entrants loom.

Walmart is getting bruised in its battle with online leader Amazon, and the world's largest retailer yesterday reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter profit as it wrestled with slower ecommerce sales during the busiest time of the year.

In what would be one of its biggest overseas deals, the U.S. retailer is looking at buying new and existing shares in Flipkart, a direct challenge to Amazon in Asia’s third-largest economy.

Amazon is growing fast, and so are the costs of getting people the products they order from the online ecommerce retailer, and as time goes by, Amazon has to spend a higher percentage of its net sales on staffing, operations, and shipping.

The most recent example of global e-commerce powerhouse Amazon expanding its logistics portfolio was highlighted in a Wall Street Journal report published today. According to the report, Amazon is taking steps to introduce a delivery service for businesses, entitled “Shipping with Amazon” (SBA), that would position it as a direct competitor with the parcel duopoly of UPS and FedEx.

According to a new report, Amazon has plans to launch a new delivery service called Shipping with Amazon, or SWA, first with its third-party merchants, then expanding nationally.

Amazon plans to roll out two-hour delivery at Whole Foods this year to those who pay for Amazon's $99-a-year Prime membership and is the company's biggest move since it bought the organic grocer last year.

According to Bloomberg, Amazon is expanding its FBA Onsite service, previously called Seller Flex, to make more groceries, cleaning supplies and other products available for quick delivery directly from merchants without overwhelming the e-commerce giant’s warehouses with additional inventory, according.

Amazon announced the HQ2 finalists, but not really, every ounce of energy wasted on this bid is abuse by the Seattle firm, hoping you’ll produce an irrational term sheet the city Amazon has already selected will be asked to match.

Amazon has set the standard for customer service and today every consumer expects every retailer to have the same service capabilities from their e-commerce business including an integrated transport management system to provide accurate, on-time delivery of customer orders.

The much-anticipated Amazon Go check-out free grocery store will open its doors to the public today, having weathered challenges that delayed its launch by almost a year the enhanced AI-driven technology appears ready for the Seattle masses.

At its core, Seller Flex is geared toward making more products available with free, two-day delivery while helping to relieve overcrowded warehouses.

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