Free Shipping Free-For-All
With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, retailers are lining up in droves to offer “free” shipping to consumers as a promotional tool to drive sales.
Mike O'Brien
Mike O’Brien has worked in journalism, marketing and public relations for … well, quite a while. At Multichannel Merchant he focuses on the world of direct-to-customer operations and fulfillment, editing MCM’s weekly O+F Advisor newsletter, and programs the annual Ecommerce Operations Summit conference. Previously Mike was a senior account executive for Marx Communications, a boutique public relations firm working with marketing and advertising technology companies. Other past work includes stints as a media relations consultant for a concert promoter, a marketing communications specialist for a pharma software firm, a research analyst covering corporate e-learning and a daily newspaper reporter on every beat imaginable – except sports.
O+F Distribution Center Roundup, Oct. 27, 2014
A listing of some recently announced expansions and additions to retail distribution centers.
Free Returns, Cyber Monday Shipping Times Trending Up
Innotrac is expanding its quantitative and qualitative studies of retail shipments and returns to include the pre-Christmas rush as well as Cyber Monday.
Newgistics Partners with wnDirect for Global Expansion
Newgistics partners with wnDirect to expand its parcel delivery and return service to 34 countries.
Online Retailers Often Disconnected from Consumer Desires
Online retailers are giving consumers delivery options they don’t want, while not offering the ones they do, according to a new survey.
Will Apple Pay Outperform Google Wallet? [Video]
Is Apple banking too much on its brand strength as it launches Apple Pay? What kind of lessons can it learn from Google Wallet? In this video, Multichannel Merchant Senior Editor Mike O’Brien asks ACI Worldwide Director of Product Management John Gessau these questions and more.
eBay CMO Talks About Global Branding Campaign
Multichannel Merchant’s Q&A with Richelle Parham, chief marketing officer for eBay North America, to learn more about its global branding campaign.
Amazon to Hire 80,000 Seasonal Workers
Amazon announced it plans to hire 80,000 seasonal employees at its 50 fulfillment centers and 15 sortation centers in the U.S. to handle peak demand.
O+F Distribution Center Roundup
A listing of some recently announced expansions and additions in distribution and fulfillment centers.
Amazon Launches Same-Day Pickup in UK
Expanding a service it has offered here overseas, Amazon has launched same-day parcel pickup in the UK through its delivery partner Connect Group.