Multichannel Merchant Week In Review The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week

week of 11/30/2018
Big 3 Carriers Performed Well to Kick Off Peak Holiday Season
UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service got virtually all packages delivered on time over Cyber Weekend, according to an annual analysis conducted by Shipmatrix based on its shipper data, achieving the highest overall marks since 2013.…»
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Sears Gains Court Approval for an Additional $350 Million Loan
Sears has gained approval from a bankruptcy court judge for a $350 million loan that would help keep the company running through the holiday season while it attempts to reorganize. …»
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USPS, Amazon Weather Bad Data Days as Peak Season Begins
Both the U.S. Postal Service and Amazon experienced data glitches that exposed customer information. The USPS may have exposed the personal data of more than 60 million customers, while Amazon told customers their names and email addresses were exposed due to a technical error on its ecommerce site.…»
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Walmart Testing Same-Day Grocery Delivery in China
After beefing up its grocery delivery chops here, including automated kiosks and crowdsourcing, Walmart is now testing same-day grocery delivery to customers in China through a hookup with WeChat and delivery service Dada. This is separate from Walmart's partnership with JD.com, although both have invested in Dada.…»
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Gymboree Considers Closing Half Its Stores
Gymboree could be closing half of its 900 stores a year after emerging from bankruptcy, when it was one of the few retailers managing to escape liquidation in that scenario as ecommerce continues to eat away at brick-and-mortar chains. …»
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Cyber Monday Ecommerce Hit Highest-Ever $7.9B
Cyber Monday hit $7.9 billion in ecommerce sales, making it the largest online shopping day of all time in the U.S., according to data from Adobe Analytics, up 19.3% from 2017. Here are the full results from Cyber Weekend 2018. …»
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