MCM O+F Advisor 10-25-17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 10/25/2017 Shopify Partners with DHL Express for Cross-Border Shipping Small business owners will find it easier to send orders to … Continue Reading →

How to Analyze the Risk of Your DTC Fulfillment Projects

| Curt Barry

Risk analysis is essential for large and complex DTC fulfillment projects including the above as well as moving to or from third-party fulfillment operations. As a result, most large projects are not delivered on time or within budget. Understanding risk and the likelihood of negative outcomes will help reduce costs and improve on-time implementation.

Happy Returns Takes a New Approach to Ecommerce Returns

| Mike O'Brien

A startup company is looking to ease a chronic ecommerce pain point – returns – by enabling customers to bring unwanted items to a nearby mall for fast processing and credit, even if the seller doesn’t have its own stores. See what Happy Returns has been up to and what its plans are for the future.

Radial Assets Seen As Complementary to bpost

| Mike O'Brien

An executive with bpost cross-border unit Landmark Global said it will be able to help customers of new sister company Radial expand into markets in Europe and Asia, while Radial can provide a range of value-added ecommerce and omnichannel services for bpost’s customers in those same markets.

MCM The Week In Review 10-13-17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week week of 10/17/2017 Belgian Postal Service to Acquire Radial for $820 Million In a surprising move, bpost, the … Continue Reading →

Belgian Postal Service to Acquire Radial for $820 Million

| Mike O'Brien

In a surprising move, bpost, the Belgian postal service, announced plans to acquire U.S.-based third-party logistics and ecommerce software firm Radial for $820 million, as it looks to expand its client base here with Radial’s broad omnichannel, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities.

MCM O+F Advisor 10-11-17

| Chris Intili

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 →

Shopping App Marketers: Black Friday Success Starts Now

| Dale Carr

If last year’s data on shopping app spending was any indication of what’s coming this fall, Thanksgiving and Black Friday are poised to be the biggest mobile shopping days of the year in the U.S. Here is what retailers can expect from mobile commerce this holiday season.

MCM The Week In Review 10-6-17

| Chris Intili

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 →