After years in the supply chain consulting business, Tompkins International is launching the MonarchFx Alliance, a consortium of technology and service providers it says will eventually provide more efficient, faster ecommerce fulfillment across sectors including apparel, furniture and appliances, cross-border, cold storage and stores. See what else the alliance has in store, and who has partnered with it.
Add The Limited to the growing list of retail chains foundering on troubled waters as the company, a victim of changing tastes, ecommerce and fast fashion, announced it is closing all of its 250 U.S. stores. Find out which other retail chains are closing their store locations and what this will mean for the retail industry as a whole.
It looks like Amazon is following Google’s lead and is quietly testing product listing ads. See whether this is a win-win for both Amazon and Google and what it could mean in the future for other retailers.
ThreeSixty Group, Inc. a provider of branded consumer products to the nation’s largest retailers, announced that it has acquired The Sharper Image brand from Iconix Brand Group, Inc. See what ThreeSixty Group had to say about the acquisition and what it means for them.
Jet.com through its parent company, Walmart, has acquired ShoeBuy.com for $70 million. See what this will mean for Jet.com and ShoeBuy.com.
Amazon shipped over 2 billion items worldwide in 2016 for third-party sellers on its marketplace using its fulfillment services – more than double the figure from 2015. See what other milestones the company achieved in 2016 and during the holiday season.
Ending years of speculation, Sears Holdings will sell its popular Craftsman brand to Stanley Black & Decker for an estimated $900 million. It is also closing 108 Kmart and 42 Sears locations, while getting $150 million in loan guarantees from its CEO. So what’s in store for its other popular brand – Kenmore appliances – as the retail business continues to decline rapidly?
Will Bed Bath & Beyond move on from its longstanding coupon program? See why the company is testing a new membership program and whether this is a good move for the company.
Bed, Bath and Beyond acquired PersonalizationMall.com, an online retailer of personalized gifts for $190 million. See what this will mean for Bed,Bath and Beyond and PersonalizationMall.com.
Mobile conversion rates saw great success over the holiday season. A new report by NetElixir shows how mcommerce did and what it means for retailers.