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AfterShip Launches AI-Powered Delivery Date Prediction Tool

July 15, 2021

AfterShip, a post-purchase engagement and tracking platform for ecommerce businesses, has announced the launch of its new AI-powered Delivery Date Prediction tool.

Manhattan Associates Introduces Allocation Solution for the Omnichannel Marketplace

October 21, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Manhattan Associates Inc., a provider of supply chain and omnichannel commerce, recently introduced Manhattan Active Allocation, an first allocation solution specifically engineered for today’s omnichannel marketplace, with a new approach to managing short lifecycle inventory.

Locus Robotics Helps E-Retailer Deliver During Holiday Peak

December 10, 2019

Locus Robotics

Challenge: An online boutique for monogrammed and personalized items needed to triple its workforce to meet peak-season demand. Management wrestled with maintaining perfect order accuracy and speedy fulfillment while scaling up labor.

Expanding the Supply Chain: Using Blockchain to Optimize Storage Capacity

For companies looking to navigate the challenges of e-commerce, blockchain offers a solution.

August 28, 2018

Scott Nelson, SCB Contributor

For companies looking to navigate the challenges of e-commerce, blockchain offers a solution.

Retailers Must Avoid the Middle

When Toys “R” Us closed its doors in March, 2018, reporters looked back at its storied history and tried to explain the demise of the world’s largest toy store chain.

July 31, 2018

David Dorf

When Toys “R” Us closed its doors in March, 2018, reporters looked back at its storied history and tried to explain the demise of the world’s largest toy store chain.

American Apparel Uses RFID Tech to Enable Orders Through Postmates

April 7, 2016

RFID Journal

Consumers who use Postmates' on-demand delivery service now have the opportunity to buy core products from American Apparel. The service takes advantage of the passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags that American Apparel attaches to all of its merchandise, enabling Postmates to identify which items are available within an individual customer's geographic area.

Close Brick-and-Mortar Stores? No Way, Say Younger Shoppers

April 6, 2016

Fierce Retail

Shoppers, particularly younger ones, believe it's important for retailers to have a physical store, and they expect that store to make a good first impression.

Amazon Replenishes - at Touch of a Button

April 5, 2016

Fierce Retail

A year after the launch of the Dash button, Amazon is tripling the number of branded buttons available as customer use grows.

Almost Everyone Likes Option to Buy Online, Then Pick Up Items in Physical Stores, Study Says

March 29, 2016

Retale

Ninety-nine percent of consumers who take delivery of online orders in brick-and-mortar stores are pleased with the experience, according to a recent survey. Twenty-nine percent said the option is why they placed the order in the first place.

Physical Stores Are Alive, But Are They All That Well?

March 22, 2016

Fierce Retail

Brick-and-mortar shopping isn't dead, but it is certainly on the decline: just 57 percent of urban consumers said they preferred to make discretionary purchases in stores, while 39 percent claim their last such purchase was made online.