Same-day delivery service Shutl has had success in the U.K., large in part to subsidies by participating direct-to-customer merchants. But will merchants offset the cost so U.S. consumers can have their merchandise shipped same-day for free?
Amazon has officially launched Amazon.in in India, making it the tenth marketplace for the global ecommerce company.
Are you thinking about using Fulfillment by Amazon to grow your business? Here’s some advice from Tom Taylor, vice president of Fulfillment by Amazon and Amazon Webstore.
It’s clear that the opportunity is there for third-party retailers, but there is a difference between listing your products on Amazon and being successful on Amazon. Oftentimes the difference for retailers lies in their ability to meet Amazon’s customer service expectations and increase their product visibility.
With U.S. ecommerce sales surpassing the $200 billion mark and projections of continued double-digit growth, it is increasingly important that multichannel retailers develop a process to integrate these channels and manage fulfillment efficiently and effectively. However, many retailers are busy on the front end optimizing their websites and stores.
The delicate part of growing your ecommerce business is dealing with issues which one has no prior experience dealing with. One such decision that has to be made is that of outsourcing fulfillment. Seth Boylan of XpertFullfillment outlines four benefits of doing so.
Amazon.com today announced plans to open three new fulfillment centers in the state of Texas, creating more than 1,000 jobs. The sites, which will utilize advanced technology to help fulfill customer orders, will be located in the cities of Coppell, Haslet and Schertz.
Helen of Troy Limited Announces Planned Construction of New Distribution Center (via PR Newswire) EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ, NM: HELE), designer, developer and worldwide marketer of brand-name …
Sam Grobat with Bloomberg Businessweek went inside the Quiet Logistics order fulfillment center in Devens, Mass. to get a firsthand look at its robotic workforce. According to this video, the 70 robots within 275,000 square-foot facility service several online retailers such as Bonobos, Milly, and Bucketfeet and aid in the shipping of 24,000 units a day.