Cin7, a cloud-based inventory management company, has integrated its product suite with the Wal-Mart Marketplace. The marketplace enables sellers to leverage the power of the world's largest retailer, with their items appearing on Walmart.com alongside those being sold by Wal-Mart and other marketplace sellers.

India's greatest tax reform - replacing an array of provincial duties with a nationwide goods and services tax - is transforming the logistics industry in a country where moving stuff around is notoriously difficult to do, executives say.

Soon after arch-rival Amazon announced plans to buy Whole Foods for $13.7bn, Wal-Mart is apparently ramping up its defense.

As Amazon.com Inc looks to swallow U.S. grocery chain Whole Foods, China's tech giants are already digesting hefty bricks-and-mortar deals, taking the lead in the battle to transform supermarket shopping with big data and better supply chains.

The European Commission wants to make it easier for lightweight drones to fly autonomously in European airspace - with logistics, inspection services and agricultural businesses set to benefit.