What are your plans to improve your DTC operations? While you might not be launching rockets like Elon Musk or disrupting markets like Jeff Bezos, you need to think more in terms of innovation. These 6 questions will help you gauge whether you’re innovating fast enough.
Once again Amazon is in the news about logistics and the potential for encroachment on territory owned by UPS and FedEx, both of which have Amazon as a major client, the next iteration of what began as Amazon Seller Flex last fall.
Modern Warehouse Management System Propels Top Technology Company to Forefront BOULDER, Colo.; Feb. 6, 2018 – EVS, a game changer in warehouse management and supply chain technology, announced today that it was named … Continue Reading →
While everyday use of virtual reality in retail may be a few years off, Walmart and its Store No. 8 innovation and incubator division are looking to get ahead of the curve with the acquisition of startup Spatialand.
Target, Lord & Taylor and Walmart have announced new distribution center or fulfillment center activity to meet consumer demand, in Multichannel Merchant’s periodic roundup of facilities news.
For many merchants, the cost of shipping now exceeds the sum of all other fulfillment costs rolled together. Many shipping software systems offer rate shopping, analysis of shipping data and other features. Here are 20 factors to consider as you select the system that can help reduce that balooning freight bill.
February 2, 2018, Mason, OH – Swisslog Logistics Automation, leading provider of best-in-class warehouse automation and software, will implement AutoStore for syncreon, a leading specialized contract logistics company consistently recognized … Continue Reading →
Seasoned Industry Pro Returns to Conveyco BRISTOL, CT (January 30, 2018) – Conveyco Technologies, a leading integrator of automation systems for fulfillment and distribution centers, is excited to announce the … Continue Reading →
Amazon is reportedly expanding a program launched in October called Amazon Flex, which allows retailers to have it oversee logistics and deliveries from their warehouses to the U.S. Postal Service for final-mile fulfillment.
The editors of Multichannel Merchant are excited to announce the launch of our new monthly podcast series, MCM CommerceChat! In the first installment, Chris Elliott, managing consultant with Blue Horseshoe and a noted supply chain automation expert, talks about trends in fulfillment robotics and where the technology is headed.