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The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week
week of 7/19/2019 |
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| FedEx Cites Amazon Competition for the First Time in 10k |
| Despite public pronouncements from FedEx Chairman and CEO Fred Smith that he is unconcerned about Amazon as a logistics competitor, the company used that term in its recently released annual report for the first time in connection with the ecommerce giant. Further actions by Amazon will "reduce our revenue" FedEx stated.…» |
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| Ecommerce Checkout Platform Bolt Raises $68M in New Funding |
| Bolt, a San Francisco-based ecommerce checkout startup that aims to give ecommerce and DTC companies an Amazon-like experience at the bottom of the funnel, has raised $68 million in a Series B round, bringing its total venture raise to $90 million.…» |
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| CommonSense Robotics Goes Underground with Grocery Fulfillment |
| Israeli firm CommonSense Robotics is building what it says is the world’s first underground automated fulfillment operation for grocery delivery, anticipating a future where facilities like this will occupy abandoned urban spaces above and below ground to fulfill one-hour deliveries for city dwellers.…» |
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| Most Shoppers Say Poor Shipping Options Derail Ecommerce Orders |
| While the relationship between shipping options and cart conversion or abandonment is well established, the extent of the impact is shown in stark detail in a new report from ecommerce platform provider BigCommerce. More than two-thirds of consumers said they've abandoned a purchase based on poor shipping options.…» |
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| Prime Day by the Numbers: 175 Million Items Ordered and Other Cool Stats |
| Prime Day saw 175 million items purchased by Prime members over the two days, according to Amazon, eclipsing its 2018 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined, while analysts pegged total GMV at $6 billion to $6.2 billion. See what other interesting statistics we found to paint a picture of the concocted "Christmas in July."…» |
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