Walmart Steps Up Rivalry With Amazon Prime
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.
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Senators Take Aim at Amazon with Warehouse Worker Protection Act
Two Democratic senators proposed a new bill that will regulate the use of productivity quotas and improve safety for workers.
Ranking the World’s 10 Biggest Supply Chains
Amazon? Walmart? Apple? Discover which company took the top spot in a ranking of the world's 10 biggest supply chains.
Walmart’s Latest Service: Ultra Late-Night Delivery
Walmart customers can now place delivery orders until midnight, the latest in a series of recent programs aimed at accommodating the varying schedules of its customers.
Why Grocery Shoppers are Leaving Stores to Buy Their Food Online
A new study shows the growth of online grocery shopping, and how retailers are adapting to meet this new demand.
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Ecommerce and Packaging, From All Angles
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Former Apple Retail Chief Takes On Amazon With Personalized Delivery
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Walmart’s Supply Chain Connecting Customers with E-Commerce Orders
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.
How Things Have Changed After 30 Years of Dot Com
The international internet revolution began exactly 30 years ago on 15th March, 1985 and today we have millions of dot coms - our world wouldn't be the same without these dot coms, actually we cant imagine a world without them.
Why America’s Internet Is So Slow and Broken
Most of America's telecommunications infrastructure relies on outdated technology, and it runs over the same copper cables invented by Alexander Graham Bell over 100 years ago.
Omni-Channel Innovations Usher in a New Age of Retail & E-Commerce
As inventory visibility advances the art of omni-channel fulfillment, retail stores and distribution centers are driven to develop new skill sets.
Global Powers of Retailing: Embracing Innovation
This year's report focuses on the theme of "embracing innovation," and considers some of the most important trends for the coming year as retailers cope with a rapidly changing marketplace.
Five Major Changes Happening Right Now in Industrial Distribution (The Alibaba Effect)
Industrial distribution is experiencing a huge transformation - you must make substantial improvements in experience, convenience, selection, price, and competition.
Amazon Gets Serious About China with Supply Chain Investment
Amazon has stepped up its presence in China with a strategic partnership with the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ).
Omni-Channel Supply Chains Designed for a Retail World without Boundaries
Omni-channel retailing is upending the way consumers shop and interact with their favorite brands. In response, retailers must redesign their supply chains to meet growing customer expectations in a new retail world without limits.
NRF Revises Annual Economic Forecast, Expects Stronger Second Half of Year
The National Retail Federation today lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months.
Why Amazon’s $8Trillion B2B Bet is Flying Under the Radar Screen
AmazonSupply.com launched quietly in April 2012 with 500,000 items for sale. Two years later, with the site still officially in beta, that list of products has grown to more than 2.2 million.
Mobile E-Commerce Hits All-Time Record High
Mobile commerce continues to grow at an astounding rate. It's only a matter of time until mobile orders represent the majority of online commerce.
Chinese Internet Giants Demonstrate Growing Strength of the Nation
History has shown that Chinese companies can grow and gradually penetrate the market, pushing the foreign companies aside.
What’s Next For e-Fulfillment?
While we've been focusing on the warehouse, the next evolution in e-commerce is the last mile delivery and in-store fulfillment. It could be the break brick-and-mortar has been looking for.
How New Dimensional Weight Pricing Will Impact Ecommerce Shippers?
Although FedEx is the first to announce this move, they surely won’t be the last - So how will this impact ecommerce order fulfillment and direct selling companies?
Omnichannel Urgency: Retail At The Customer Experience Tipping Point
An omnichannel strategy is really about developing the intelligence needed to most effectively take action – using the right resources at those critical moments to create remarkable, profitable consumer experiences.
The Store is Dead; Long Live the Store!
Retailers must stop thinking in silos, measure operational performance regardless of channel and strive towards being a seamless organization with redefined stores at the center of their transformation.
E-Commerce and the Race for Fulfillment Perfection
As Internet sales surge and customer expectations intensify, companies are working to create a web of inventory visibility, fulfillment speed and order accuracy.
A Material-Handling Odyssey for 2025
It's clear that any company not aggressively doing something about e-commerce, and how they handle material handling, is going to be at a disadvantage competitively moving forward and not just in the holiday season.
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