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

week of 7/20/2018
Amazon Prime Day Sales Up 24% from Last Year
Amazon said Prime Day was another big winner, calling it the biggest shopping day in its history, with more than 100 million products purchased by Prime members during the 36-hour extravaganza that stretched from mid-afternoon on July 16 to the early morning hours of July 18 on the east coast.…»
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Vancouver Hottest Rental Market for Industrial and Logistics Facilities
Vancouver is the world’s hottest market for industrial and logistics facilities, followed by Beijing, based on a lack of available facilities and skyrocketing rents, according to a new report from CBRE. About a third of the activity is attributable to ecommerce, the company said.…»
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XPO Logistics Offers Augmented Reality App for Shoppers
XPO Logistics has added an augmented reality app to its last-mile delivery service that lets shoppers visualize a piece in their living space before having it installed, with a view to cutting down on returns for its retail customers and improving the overall experience.…»
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UPS Testing Smart Lock Delivery in New York
Following similar moves by FedEx, Amazon and Jet.com, UPS is piloting deliveries to multi-unit New York dwellings when residents are absent, in partnership with smart lock maker Latch. Preliminary tests began in Manhattan earlier this year and have now expanded to Brooklyn.…»
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Breaking Down the Aftermath of the Wayfair Decision
It's been almost a month since the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Wayfair decision, and ecommerce sellers are still wondering what comes next. Matthew Schaefer of Brann and Isaacson, whose firm represented Wayfair and the other defendants, details the landscape in the latest MCM CommerceChat podcast.…»
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