With excessive packaging as the top complaint of customers, Staples found a technology that created the right size box for every item shipped from its e-commerce centers. In doing so, it wins the annual Supply Chain Innovation Award, sponsored by SupplyChainBrain and CSCMP.
Macy's Inc. says it will build a major direct-to-consumer fulfillment center near Owasso, in Tulsa County, Okla., to support continued sales growth driven by the company's omnichannel strategy.
The customer expects shoe retailer DSW to be able to gather the shoes she wants, regardless of how she's shopping and regardless of where the shoe is located in the retailer's system. So it's good news that DSW reports it has made significant progress on its omnichannel initiative.
Findings of a recent survey show a healthy growth in online holiday shopping in the main Eurozone markets, but a slowdown in overall UK online sales in the run-up to Christmas 2013.
All hail the omni-channel. But how can logistics providers possibly keep pace with an explosion in the number of delivery points within a city that must be served?
A new study of Pinterest users by market research firm Lab42 finds that 54 percent spend more time on the site during the holidays and 94 percent say it has changed the way they make their holiday preparations. And people are turning to Pinterest to share ideas"”42 percent have a holiday-themed board.
Retail hazardous waste management is an incredibly complex industry from both a logistics and regulatory standpoint. There's only one constant"”it is always changing.
Retailers and manufacturers courting Gen X and Y shoppers this holiday season should introduce more transparency into their product labels and identify fair trade, conflict-free and environmentally friendly practices, according to a survey by KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm.
Import volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to grow 1.8 percent in December over the same month last year, and the year should end with an increase of 2.3 percent over 2012, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.