E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

As E-Commerce Grows, More Emphasis Needed on Reverse Supply Chain

July 15, 2016

Over the years, retailers have become very good at the supply chain - the process of getting goods from the manufacturing plant to the customer. But today, many retailers face a different challenge: taking those goods back, a process referred to as the "reverse supply chain."

Almost 40 Percent of Companies Choose New E-Commerce Partner -- or Want One

July 14, 2016

Website Magazine

Consumers expect seamless access to brands -- and their history with those brands -- on every channel they visit, and business shoppers are no exception.

GS1 US Issues Product Images Guideline for Retail Grocery; Integrates Tools for Data Hub

July 12, 2016

GS1 US

GS1 US has released a new guideline to provide retail grocery trading partners with a resource for standardizing image capture, naming and sharing.

B2B Commerce Become Buying Method of Choice in Electrical Industry

July 12, 2016

TED Mag

The numbers are in and all signs point to a future saturated with business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce sales. Following in the footsteps of its business-to-consumer (B2C) cousin, B2B e-commerce is quickly becoming the shopping and purchasing method of choice for a wide range of buyers - including customers in the electrical industry.

States Ramp Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales

July 8, 2016

CFO

The explosive growth of online retailing over the last 20 years has increased the pressure on states to seek to enforce sales and use taxes on online purchases.

Retailers Need to Redefine What 'Store' Means

July 1, 2016

CRM Daily

A large number of traditional retailers are struggling to grow profitably. In addition to bankrupt retailers like Sports Authority, many others are closing stores. Yet, the "Beast from Seattle" continues to thrive ... posting double-digit year-over-year growth, and now even quarterly profits.

Chinese Continue Their Online Buying Spree of Goods from Abroad

June 30, 2016

Air Cargo World

More than 15 percent of Chinese will purchase e-commerce goods from abroad this year, according to a recent eMarketer report.

Most Americans Shop Online - Some Up to Five Hours a Week, Report Says

June 30, 2016

Fierce Retail

As many as 96 percent of Americans are now shopping online, averaging about five hours a week making online purchases. A recent survey and report from Bigcommerce in partnership with Kelton Global looked at the online shopping habits of 1,000 U.S. consumers and found that online shopping is becoming a necessity for some consumers.

Analytics, Mobile, Sensors, Beacons, IoT Enable Retailers to Optimize Operations From End to End

June 29, 2016

RIS News

The Internet of Things (IoT) has finally matured to where frictionless retail is becoming real.

E-Commerce Continues to Drive Changes in Warehousing, Logistics, Institute Reports

June 29, 2016

CCIM Institute

As larger U.S. retailers continue to close underperforming stores with more customers choosing to shop online from their own homes, big-box store vacancies have increased in recent years. But with online sales only increasing and more small shop spaces mimicking the online sales environment, the biggest impacts are being reflected in warehouse space and logistics.

E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the e-commerce/omnichannel industry — which consists of companies engaged in internet retailing, including those with auxiliary brick-and-mortar stores. Learn how e-commerce/omnichannel companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.