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.
According to online retail association IMRG the cost of goods from failed ecommerce deliveries is over $1 billion annually in the U.S. alone. So how can you improve first-time delivery success? Here are 8 ways you can help ensure that customers get their order on time the first time and consistently thereafter.
Toys ‘R’ Us announced it is launching an online marketplace in 2018, less than two weeks after declaring bankruptcy and saying it will keep its stores open through the process. The move makes Toys ‘R’ Us more competitive with eBay, where it has maintained an online store for more than a decade.
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Overall ecommerce sales for the back-to-school shopping season increased by 3% over 2016. A recent study by NetElixir found a strong and continuous trend of consumers using their mobile devices for online shopping. Here are some other back-to-school results found in the study.
Holiday retail sales are expected to rise 4% to 4.5% over last year’s shopping season to a potential total of $1.5 trillion according to a Deloitte study. Here are some other predictions being made about the upcoming holiday season and what it could mean for retailers.
Kohl’s said it will begin accepting and processing Amazon returns for free at 82 stores in Los Angeles and Chicago starting in October. The company will pack and ship eligible returns to Amazon processing centers.
Both FedEx and UPS have announced new, temporary peak holiday season surcharges that will impact shipping costs for ecommerce businesses this holiday season. This detailed layout of charges from the major carriers will help you make wise business decisions as you lay out your strategy for handling the surge in seasonal shipments.
In a move that it says puts it on equal footing with Prime Now’s domestic coverage, crowdsourced same-day delivery provider Deliv has expanded to 1,400 U.S. cities in 33 markets, up from 19 markets previously, allowing retail customers like Macy’s and Best Buy to greatly increase the range of their services.
Just three months after shutting the company down, online men’s apparel company JackThreads is back in the saddle with a revamped site as it slowly expands its offerings.