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The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week
week of 01/3/2020 |
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| The Most Amazing Anti-Amazon Strategy … That Will Never Happen |
| It is the synthesis of things Amazon does so well that makes it seemingly invulnerable. To me, trying to beat Amazon on just logistics without a symbiotic combination of brand, merchandising, marketing, technology and a financial war chest is just pure, unadulterated sophistry. Is there such a thing as an effective anti-Amazon strategy?…» |
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| Advance Auto Parts Buying DieHard Brand from Sears for $200 Million |
| Another Sears brand is being peeled off as Advance Auto Parts will acquire DieHard brand and its popular, iconic battery line from Sears’ parent company for $200 million, providing a much-needed cash infusion, according to CNBC. The deal is expected to close Monday. This follows acquisitions of Craftsmen and Sears Hometown brands.…» |
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| UPS Affirms National Returns Day Will Set Record, But is Dec. 26 the Day? |
| A day after Christmas, UPS affirmed and updated its expectation that it would process just shy of 2 million returns on Jan. 2, 2020, representing a seventh consecutive record-breaking National Returns Day. But is Dec. 26 really the day retailers and ecommerce companies need to pay attention to? You be the judge.…» |
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| BOPIS Helps Retailers Improve Holiday Delivery Despite Fewer Cutoffs |
| A seeming disconnect between fewer last-order promise dates and faster holiday delivery times is explained by the rising popularity of buy online, pickup in store, according to an annual survey from Kurt Salmon. This season, 53% of retailers didn’t offer a last order promise date to avoid disappointing customers.…» |
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| Judge's Order Stays Imposition of AB5 on Contract Truckers in California |
| A federal court judge issued a restraining order on New Year’s Eve that temporarily exempts 70,000 truck drivers from the Jan. 1 implementation of California’s new gig worker law AB5, after a legal challenge from a trucking group. The group contends AB5 was preempted by a 1994 federal statute; a hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13.…» |
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