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Leaked Site Reveals Walmart’s Answer to Amazon Prime -“ShippingPass”
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.

Amazon Hiring 6K Full-Time Workers for Its Distribution Fullfilment Centers
Amazon is hiring 6,000 full-time workers to staff up across its more than 50 distribution centers in the United States.

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.

Amazon’s Plans For Delivery Drones
Amazon said it was ready to start commercial drone deliveries as soon as regulations were in place - details about how Amazon's proposed delivery drones may work have now been published by the US Patent Office.

Amazon Exposes How Profitable The Cloud Can Be
Amazon recently shared its first quarter earnings for this year with “Amazon web services” reported to have generated a staggering $1.57 billion in Q1 sales.

Amazon Gets FAA Clearance to Test Delivery Drones
The e-commerce giant had threatened to take its research and development overseas.

Amazon Files Patent for 3D Printing Delivery Trucks
Amazon filed for a patent for 3D printers mounted within trucks, which could then print customers' purchases on the fly and deliver them instantly, and save money by eliminating the need to import items and store them in warehouses.

Yaskawa Motoman announces partnerships with university teams for the Amazon Picking Challenge
Dual-arm robots donated to advance development of robot capabilities in e-commerce and material handling.

3 Leadership Lessons from Amazon’s (Jeff Bezos’s) Fire Phone Fiasco
Introduced with grand ambitions last summer, the Fire Phone is widely seen as a fiasco, Amazon has taken a $170 million write-down largely attributable to unsold Fire Phone inventory.

Postal Workers Overwhelmed By Flood of Amazon Sunday Deliveries
The U.S. Postal Service is straining to keep up with the volume of packages being delivered on Sundays, with some carriers complaining of 12-hour days and weeks without a single day off.

Amazon’s Big Bet on Kiva Systems Needs a Big Payoff
Will Amazon's $775 million purchase of Kiva Systems Inc., payoff as their fulfillment costs continue to rise?

Amazon Robots Get Ready For Christmas
In its latest bid to boost productivity and speed delivery, online retailer Amazon.com is deploying a robot army.

USPS unveils plan for 7-day a week holiday season package delivery
In an effort to meet anticipated holiday season demand in the form of double-digit volume growth, the United States Postal Service (USPS) last week said that it plans to deliver packages seven days per week in major cities and volume areas, effective November 17 through Christmas Day, December 25.

Amazon & Home Depot to Sell 3D Printing
Dremel Builds on Legacy of Easy-To-Use Tools with Introduction of 3d Printer - Comprehensive 3D printing ecosystem empowers a new generation of makers to build revolutionary projects for creative and functional purposes.

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.


 


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