Multichannel Merchant launched its new Women in Operations program at Ecommerce Operations Summit last week, to unite and honor women in the industry and empower their careers. The program honored and celebrated three women for their career achievements and contributions in the industry. Discover who these women are and how they continue to foster growth and diversity in the industry.
As you define your company’s ecommerce fulfillment center requirements for the future, you need to find a facility that meets most of your requirements needed for growth. This 15-point checklist will help you identify your current fulfillment center space use as well as future growth requirements.
Adding a weapon in its competition with FedEx and UPS in eight Southern states, Texas-based regional carrier LSO has added route optimization and enhanced tracking and visibility through a partnership with software provider Bringg. See what capabilities this brings as well as enhanced productivity and efficiency for LSO.
It’s about time retailers drop the term omnichannel from their vocabulary. Creating an omnichannel experience is not even that difficult. What is much harder is giving your customers a reason to shop, a belief that you are looking out for and providing them with unique experiences that they appreciate.
Greater gender equality and diversity are imperative in businesses today. In the latest MCM CommerceChat podcast, Nalani Brown, Implementation Project Manager for Millennial Services, LLC., talks about how gender equality is transforming the way in which companies operate today and promotes a more equitable culture in various areas of retail and ecommerce. Nalani will be speaking on this topic at Ecommerce Operations Summit, April 9-11 in Columbus, Ohio.
In-kind giving is ideal for offloading overstocks, obsolete merchandise, discontinued products and returns. Even though unwanted inventory no longer benefits your business, it can still be very useful to those in need, and there are ways to optimize your donations. See how you can do well by doing good with your unwanted stock.
By 2025 there will be more than 4 million warehouse robots in use at 50,000 locations globally, up from 5,000 locations in 2018, according to a report from ABI Research, with much of the growth coming from ecommerce fulfillment including demand for same-day delivery. See what experts have to say about the growing trend.
While Amazon dominates ecommerce overall, accounting for roughly half of all online consumer sales according to some estimates, it is not out in front in the grocery wars as competitors like Walmart and Target with more physical assets are winning in curbside pickup.
The pressure is on ecommerce merchants to get orders out faster so customers don’t go to competitors when the experience is flawed. This is why more fulfillment centers are implementing warehouse automation, including robotics, to address throughput and efficiency issues. This MCM report covers the latest solutions and trends.
For years, ecommerce operations have been perceived as a male-dominated world. However, it’s become evident today that women are making noticeable strides and taking on more leadership roles. In the latest MCM CommerceChat podcast, Angie Stocklin, Co-Founder and COO of One Click, talks about how her company has made an effort to be more inclusive as a way to ensure growth and opportunity.