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Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics
week of 04/27/2016 |
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| BJ's Wholesale Club Adds Buy Online, Pickup in Store |
| Joining a growing trend, BJ's Wholesale Club has introduced buy online, pickup in store at its 213 locations in 15 states, including the entire Eastern seaboard as well as Ohio and Pennsylvania. Non-members can try it out for a 90-day trial.…» |
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| Hot Topics Covered at Operations Summit, Growing Global 2016 |
| Figuring out how to make omnichannel operations successful and profitable, dealing with Amazon’s continual disruptions, creating a consistently excellent customer experience across operational areas and growing cross-border commerce were among the hot topics at the fifth annual Operations Summit. The event was held in Cincinnati, OH, an ecommerce operations hotbed, and drew more than 800 direct-to-customer and omnichannel operations professionals and providers.…» |
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| Amazon to Open Sixth Texas Fulfillment Center, Creating 1,000 Jobs |
| Amazon announced plans to open a sixth Texas fulfillment center in Haslet, TX, making it the fourth Amazon fulfillment center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The company operates an estimated 161 distribution, fulfillment and sortation centers in the U.S., totaling 68.9 million square feet, enabling it to deliver on Prime Now's two-day delivery guarantee.…» |
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| Need for Delivery Speed Driving Ecommerce Distribution Investments |
| The need for speed in ecommerce distribution, driven largely by Amazon Prime's two-day promise, is behind increased investments in distribution center technology as well as a trend toward more smaller, forward-based facilities closer to the customer, according to a new report. Find out what other topline results came from the survey of 1,400 IT and warehouse professionals around the globe.…» |
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| Limited Stores Executive Discusses When Same-Day Delivery Makes Sense |
| When does it make sense for a company to engage in same-day delivery? We caught up with Jason Acevedeo, senior director ecommerce operations at Limited Stores, at Operations Summit 2016 in Cincinnati to ask him for his thoughts. Find out how knowing your audience, their demograpics and location, and the type of products you sell all play a part.…» |
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