The key is to work like Amazon rather than with them. Despite the retail giant’s head start, it has never been easier for companies to adopt 3rd party services and platforms that let them offer a service comparable to Amazon’s. Here is how retailers can set themselves apart in an Amazon world.
Jeff Bezos and the innovation teams at Amazon seem to have cornered the market on far-out ideas that push the envelope for ecommerce distribution, from delivery drones to blimp warehouses to even an undersea DC. That is, until Elon Musk and his hardy band of rocketeers at SpaceX came along and shot the moon – or Mars.
Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 10/18/2017 Radial Assets Seen As Complementary to bpost An executive with bpost cross-border unit Landmark Global said it will be … Continue Reading →
Ahead of the holiday season, FedEx has expanded same-day delivery service to 1,800 cities in 30 regional markets through its FedEx Office division. The deliveries are made by uniformed FedEx drivers in branded vehicles, and the service includes a mobile app to track delivery status including alerts on estimated arrival time.
Taking a DIY approach to warehouse robotics, Boxed.com has developed its own autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) to help associates with picking, gaining operational efficiency.
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Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 10/11/2017 Walmart Buys Startup Parcel to Power Same-Day Delivery in New York Fulfilling a recent promise from its U.S. ecommerce … Continue Reading →
Multichannel Merchant The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week week of 10/6/2017 Toys ‘R’ Us Launches Online Marketplace Toys ‘R’ Us announced it is launching an online … Continue Reading →
Once again raising the specter of cutting out more business to UPS and FedEx, Amazon is reportedly testing a program that involves making local deliveries from the warehouses of retailers selling on its marketplace. See what the move entails, and what else Amazon has been doing to beef up its logistics and delivery capabilities.
Fulfilling a recent promise from its U.S. ecommerce head Marc Lore, Walmart has acquired courier service Parcel to provide same-day delivery of fresh and frozen groceries and online merchandise orders to Walmart and Jet.com customers in New York.