E-commerce

We know ecommerce is reshaping the logistics landscape, but what are the technologies managers can leverage to meet evolving requirements and shifting operational constraints? We’ve rounded up insights from leading experts to share tools that are available now as well as what’s on the horizon.

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.

In December, more than 1 million returns occurred each day before Christmas, and today's National Returns Day, 1.4 million returns are expected, a fifth consecutive annual record, up 8% from prior year.

Walmart has thousands of stores that sell hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of goods, and it's particularly strong in suburban and rural areas and among low- and middle-income consumers, but it’s playing catch-up with online retailer Amazon, who is on a collision course with Walmart to try to be the predominant seller of pretty much everything you buy.

Companies must adapt amid rapid change fueled chiefly by millennials and a shift to e-marketplaces; a surge of purchases coming directly from manufacturers and e-marketplaces, bypassing distributors.

The battle between these two retail giants is heating up with Walmart countering the e-commerce giant with its own new promotion the day before Amazon's Prime Day: free shipping with no minimum purchase on all online orders.

Higher costs, growing complexity and increasing volume of sending prompt businesses to optimize shipping operations.

With the age of online e-commerce, a drop in international tourism, and declining traffic in many malls, Macy's cut its full-year forecast raising wide concerns about the retail sector's financial health.

Demandware, an industry-leading provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, and who has used its experience in advising some of the world’s largest retailers help grow their business, predicts where retail is headed in 2016.

United Parcel Service Inc. is investing in tech startup Ally Commerce which that allows brand manufacturers to set up websites and sell directly to consumers, bypassing the middlemen.

How do Wal-Mart and Amazon really stack up next to one another? Here's a brief breakdown (infographic) of the two companies and how they compare.

In case it wasn’t already perfectly obvious that Walmart is gunning for Amazon, the Bentonville, Ark. giant just kicked up its e-tailing competition.

Today, June 30th 2015, at precisely 23:59:59, the world’s atomic clocks will pause for a single second, or, to be more precise, they’ll change to the uncharted time of 23:59:60 - before ticking over to the more worldly hour of 00:00:00 on the morning of July 1st, 2015.

The next generation of commerce will be more than the sum of its parts, and marketers need to keep a holistic strategy in mind that takes into account the full consumer experience and how consumers want to see branded content, engage with and even purchase and receive products from brands.

A leaked internal link on Walmart.com accidentally unveiled more details regarding the retailer’s forthcoming three-day shipping service which aims to challenge Amazon Prime.

Google will add ‘buy buttons' to its search results for mobile users, establishing it as a retailer rather than simply a provider of link information driving users to retail sites.

DC management clearly requires the best and brightest of management personnel, this job demands innovation, technical acumen and human resource skills. DC managers must manage upward to respond to very tough management goals and customer expectations.

Walmart confirmed on Wednesday that it plans to test a new unlimited shipping service for $50 a year in a move that could rival Amazon's Prime subscription service, which costs $99 a year.

If you're not sure how to use or set up your latest technological gadget, Enjoy Technology offers at-home installation and training services at no extra cost.

The expectations for Walmart’s e-commerce business is high coming off of 22% sales growth last year - the momentum builds, but room for improvement has been noted.