fulfillment

The Battle Over Logistics Heats Up, With Amazon In The Crosshairs
The Battle Over Logistics Heats Up, With Amazon In The Crosshairs
June 04, 2020  |  Delivery

As more and more retail commerce is done online, the battle to get goods to doorsteps with haste is becoming ever more heated. At the...

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Ex-Walmart Supply Chain Exec Now Leading DRINKS’ Digital Shift
Ex-Walmart Supply Chain Exec Now Leading DRINKS’ Digital Shift
May 19, 2020  |  Retail

Hans Holmer is a quick study – and he needs to be. As the new vice president of operations for DRINKS, he is responsible for...

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Inventory Strategy Drives The Rise Of ‘Micro-Warehousing’
Inventory Strategy Drives The Rise Of ‘Micro-Warehousing’
April 01, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Supply chain volatility has thrown a wrench in many organizations’ procurement strategies as buyers and suppliers struggle to connect and move goods where and when...

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DHL: What Happens When Robots Run The Warehouse
DHL: What Happens When Robots Run The Warehouse
March 03, 2020  |  Delivery

Amazon Prime is shrinking delivery windows, and consumers now expect items to arrive in a day – or less – making supply chain management and...

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Kraft Heinz Venture Arm Lends A Helping Hand To Fabric’s Series B Round
Kraft Heinz Venture Arm Lends A Helping Hand To Fabric’s Series B Round
February 25, 2020  |  Investments

U.S.-Israeli startup Fabric has a new investor in Evolv Ventures for its Series B round. Evolv Ventures is most known as the venture arm of...

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Closing eCommerce’s Last-Mile Gap
Closing eCommerce’s Last-Mile Gap
February 21, 2020  |  Retail

The fact that the last mile is the hardest mile has become something of a truism in modern eCommerce, simply because that is so often...

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Deliverr Lands $40M In Funding To Battle Amazon
Deliverr Lands $40M In Funding To Battle Amazon
February 11, 2020  |  Delivery

How does a company compete with Amazon? At Deliverr, they attack what Amazon won’t handle – and now they have the funding to prove it....

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Grocers Testing Small Robotics Centers To Speed Up Online Delivery
Grocers Testing Small Robotics Centers To Speed Up Online Delivery
January 27, 2020  |  Innovation

As they aim to fill eCommerce orders faster, supermarket retailers are piloting micro-fulfillment systems that can be positioned in the back of brick-and-mortar locations or...

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Amazon To Charge Merchants 3 Pct More For Warehousing, Shipping
Amazon To Charge Merchants 3 Pct More For Warehousing, Shipping
December 20, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has announced that it’s going to charge merchants about 3 percent more in fulfillment fees, which include things like warehousing and shipping goods, according...

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