The founder of crowdsourced delivery app Roadie said the company will soon be adding major retailers to its portfolio as it continues to expand its driver network across the country utilizing a “going my way” fulfillment model.
Many retailers are looking to learn from Amazon’s extraordinary success as they seek to grow their own business, researching and analyzing to get ahead of the game. Here are 5 lessons from Spiffy CEO Scott Wingo, who for years tracked all things Amazon as CEO of ChannelAdvisor.
Amazon is reportedly expanding a program launched in October called Amazon Flex, which allows retailers to have it oversee logistics and deliveries from their warehouses to the U.S. Postal Service for final-mile fulfillment.
Cross-border shipping times are a big deal and can heavily influence the conversion rate on your ecommerce website. But depending on your product line, it is possible to minimize their impact. Here are some tips to follow to improve your operations and keep customers happy.
Wasting no time incorporating its latest acquisition, Target is rolling out same-day delivery via Shipt from 57 stores covering South Florida and Alabama starting Feb. 1, with plans to rapidly expand the service, making it available nationwide over the next year.
Amazon, Wayfair, Best Buy, Ulta Beauty and IKEA are among the major retailers announcing new distribution center or fulfillment center activity to meet consumer demand, in Multichannel Merchant’s periodic roundup of facilities news.
Instacart announced that it has joined forces with Toronto-based Unata, a digital solution platform that will provide Instacart the ecommerce tools it needs to evolve in online grocery shopping. See how Instacart plans to go up against Amazon with this acquisition.
Walmart’s incubator Store No. 8 has launched three startups thus far, with plans for two more in the next year or so, said the company’s head of corporate strategy who also oversees ventures at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in New York.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a South Dakota case this term that could reset the balance between online and physical store sellers by requiring taxation of goods sold by out-of-state merchants. However the high court rules, it will have a dramatic effect on retail and ecommerce taxation for years to come.
In 2017, we saw a tremendous number of changes happen in the retail industry. Artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality were just starting to take flight in terms of marketing to customers. Here is what several experts predict for 2018.