MCM Week in review 2/23/18

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week week of 2/23/2018 Walmart Cites Operational Issues in Q4 Ecommerce Slowdown Due in large part to inventory management … Continue Reading →

Texas Grocer H-E-B Acquires Austin-Based Favor Delivery

| Mike O'Brien

In a smaller version of December’s Target-Shipt deal, Dallas-based grocery chain H-E-B is acquiring Favor Delivery of Austin, an app-based service with access to 50,000 “runners” across Texas.

MCM O+F Advisor 2-21-18

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 2/21/2018 Sam's Club Creates Amazon Prime-Like Free Shipping Service Walmart subscription bulk buying subsidiary Sam’s Club is rolling out an … Continue Reading →

Whole Foods Two-Hour Delivery Already Booming in Austin

| Mike O'Brien

Whole Foods just started offering free two-hour delivery for Amazon Prime members in four markets last week and the service is already starting to take off, at least in Austin, TX. See what else is cooking in the hot e-grocery sector.

Retail and Ecommerce Distribution Center Roundup, 2/7/18

| Mike O'Brien

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.

What Do Retail Merchant Partners Really Want?

| Lindsay Bruyn

For brands that sell their products at major retailers, figuring out how to maximize channel sales is critical for business. Here is a list of how to maximize channel sales for your business.

What Machine Learning Can Do For Retailers Today

| Paul Mandeville

At its simplest, machine learning (ML) refers to the capacity for a program to automatically improve, or “learn,” as it ingests data to accomplish a specific task or set of tasks. Here are three ways retailers can use machine learning to their benefit.