Multichannel Merchant

The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week

week of 6/14/2019

Ecommerce Operations Summit 2020 Call for Speakers Now Open

The 9th annual Ecommerce Operations Summit will be held April 14-16, 2020 at the Marriott Orlando World Center in Orlando, FL, and the call for speakers is now open! If you are an industry professional with your finger on the pulse and have a great story to share with your peers, we want to hear from you!…»

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Walmart Merges Jet.com Into Its Ecommerce Business, President Moves On

Walmart announced that Jet.com president Simon Belsham is expected to step down in August and that the company is merging Jet.com business into its Walmart.com ecommerce operations. …»

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Capabilities, Adoption Growing for Ecommerce Fulfillment Robots

Ecommerce fulfillment robots are trending up. The entry point for ecommerce companies is now in the hundreds of thousands of dollars instead of multiple millions, and can be scaled up as needed. This report from MCM examines the players, the state of the art, advancing capabilities and results being seen by ecommerce companies.…»

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Birchbox Focuses on Customer Self-Care in New Marketing Campaign

Birchbox is stressing self-care in a new marketing campaign called “You,” reaching customers across digital, social, television and event marketing. Here is how the subscription company is aiming to stand out in the beauty industry. …»

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Amazon Web Services Rolls Out Amazon Personalize

Amazon is rolling out Amazon Personalize to customers of its Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform. The API-based tool for app developers lets them create personalization features such as product recommendations, search results and direct marketing. …»

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USPS DIM Changes Set to Go into Effect on June 23

Five months after it was initially scheduled to go into effect, the U.S. Postal Service will change how it calculates dimensional weight pricing while expanding DIM pricing to all zones across its Priority Mail Express, Priority Mail and Parcel Select products. The USPS is also lowering its DIM divisor from 194 to 166, increasing the cost.…»

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