Buy Now, Pay Later
Retailers may pride themselves on being but not, alas, when it comes to online payment options. Thus far in cyber space, there has been only one way to
Shoppers Fear Online Fraud
The rise in cyber crime hasn’t gone unnoticed by online shoppers. A recent study by Forrester Research Inc. found that consumer confidence in online credit
Innocents Abroad
EVER SINCE O+F STARTED A DEBATE on offshore outsourcing in its weekly e-newsletter back in August, we have been deluged with e-mails from readers. Feedback
Big Spenders (Sort Of)
Retailers are more frugal with their IT money than firms in other industries are, but they do splurge on some things, according to Forrester Research
Systems Integration
Three times a year, while conducting our benchmark surveys, we ask our readers how many sales channels they operate and each time, their lists grow longer.
Glass, Plus
SIMON PEARCE may prefer to be known as one of the world’s best glass craftsmen, but he is also a trailblazer of another sort. The business that bears
Loose Ends
Remember the days when fulfilling an order was a simple matter of throwing stuff into a box and taping it shut? Today’s complex fulfillment processes
Would You Like an APS With That?
Odds are you wouldn’t. Supply chain technology generates a good deal of buzz, but companies haven’t made significant investments in WMS, TMS, APS, or
Good Vibrations
The old adage You get what you pay for is apt in the case of radio frequency identification technology. Although it isn’t cheap, RFID has tremendous potential
Anything That Needs a Roof
WAREHOUSE FOR LEASE. Offers cooking, laundry, and babysitting services. No, that ad hasn’t run (yet), but the day when it might may not be too far off.