6 Tips for Thriving in a Saturated Amazon Marketplace

| Kunal Chopra

Amazon is the world’s most valuable brand, with an estimated 38% of U.S. ecommerce sales, forcing business owners to create a brand presence there. Unfortunately that popularity makes it harder to capture consumers’ attention. These 6 tips will help marketers grow your company’s ecommerce business on Amazon’s marketplace. 

Grocery Sector Outpaces Ecommerce in Major Warehouse Lease Deals

| Mike O'Brien

Fueled by continued growth in e-grocery and the sector overall, food and beverage saw more growth in terms of major warehouse leases in 2019 than did ecommerce, which slipped a bit, according to a report from CBRE on the 100 largest deals. The number of 3PL deals stayed the same, while the square footage dropped from 2018.

MCM Week in Review (1/24/20)

| David Hurwitz

Multichannel Merchant The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week week of 1/24/2020 Shippers Feeling Pain from Expansion of Carriers’ Additional Handling Charge Consumers have gotten more comfortable … Continue Reading →

O+F Advisor 1/22/20

| David Hurwitz

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 1/22/2020 Post Peak, Amazon Removes Ban on FedEx Ground, Home for 3P Sellers A month after prohibiting third-party sellers from … Continue Reading →

Walmart Expands Use of Scanning Robots, Launches MFC for Grocery

| Mike O'Brien

Walmart is expanding its fleet of shelf-scanning robots, adding 650 this year for a total of 1,000 as it looks to address nettlesome grocery out-of-stock issues and battle competitors with the technology like Ahold Delhaize’s Stop & Shop, Giant Eagle and Schnuck’s. It has also launched a micro fulfillment center at a New Hampshire store.

O+F Advisor 1/15/20

| David Hurwitz

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 1/15/2020 New Industry Group Seeks to Tackle Growing Issue of Product Returns To combat the growing problem of returns, which … Continue Reading →