Amazon was going to keep its store expansion plans a mystery. And Jeff Bezos would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for those meddling CEOs. So is Amazon going to open 300 to 400 bricks-and-mortar stores as General Growth Properties CEO Sandeep Mathrani said during its earnings call on Tuesday?
Newgistics discusses increased omnichannel returns during the recent holiday season, and best practices in returns that can help drive sales and profit.
Shoppers not only expect but demand flexibility and freedom to buy at their total convenience. This creates supply chain complexity around synchronizing inventory and orders coming from stores, websites, mobile, catalogs, etc.
It is probably not a coincidence that Amazon Payments and PayPal both announced record number of users following what’s been the most successful holiday season for mobile commerce.
So many need-to-have or impulse purchases are lost when retailers can’t satisfy those cravings in the moment.
After more than 30 years, JCPenney decided to re-enter the appliance business when customer data showed that the vast majority of its shoppers own a home and are frequently searching for major appliance options on jcp.com.
Demandware, Inc. a provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, and eBay Enterprise, an independent omnichannel commerce provider, have announced an alliance to develop a fully enabled omnichannel solution.
eBay Enterprise’s Digital Commerce Index also shows drastic increases in omnichannel commerce sales and fulfillment capacity to mitigate out-of-stock situations, save sales and meet tight delivery timelines during the holiday season.
While order management systems are not a new concept, the technology has been advancing to keep up with the evolving world of omnichannel commerce and rising customer expectations of placing orders how, where and when they want to. So how do you go about identifying the right system for your particular business needs, now and in the future?
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That seemed to be what was going on at NRF BIG Show 2016 on Monday.