94% of Canadians will shop online this holiday season - survey
Canadians to Overwhelmingly Shift to Online Holiday Shopping: Survey
Macy's piloting Omni Service Centers: dark stores that fulfill online orders
Macy's is running a "dark store" test ahead of the holiday season.
Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy have finally figured out how to compete against Amazon
Amid the Covid carnage, Target, Wal-Mart and Best Buy have finally figured out how to compete against Amazon and sell in the 21st century. Investors and consumers – and workers – are all winning.
Amazon's Quickly Catching Up to the Only Advantage of Brick-and-Mortar Retailers
Amazon's physical presence is getting a lot bigger a lot faster.
These sleek electric cargo bikes are the future of urban delivery
From the side, a new delivery vehicle from a German startup called Ono looks like a tiny truck. But it’s actually an electric bike, narrow enough to easily move through traffic and even fit in a bike lane when necessary.
What Is SaaS and Why Is It Great for Business?
You will be hard-pressed to find an online-based business today that doesn’t use some type of cloud-based SaaS solution to help them either run or manage a part of their day-to-day business operations.
US e-commerce grows 32% this year with top 10 retailers accounting for 63% of total sales
The pandemic has accelerated ecommerce growth in the US this year, with online sales reaching a level not previously expected until 2022. In our Q3 US retail forecast, the top 10 retailers by ecommerce sales will tighten their grip on the retail market.
First look at Ocado's new robotic e-commerce warehouse at Monoprix near Paris
Le nouvel entrepôt de Monoprix utilise la technologie du britannique Ocado, et notamment ses robots qui travaillent au autonomie, comme dans une ruche.
AI is transforming Walmart into a software powerhouse as it strive to catch-up to Amazon
No company embodies the ongoing digital push underway across corporate America better than Walmart.
Amazon shopping cart demo at Amazon Fresh grocery store Woodland Hills
Amazon Fresh is a brand new grocery store concept that mixes local, national and organic brands along with freshly prepared foods under one roof.
Micro-Fulfillment Centers promise to revolutionize grocery e-commerce; that doesn't mean they're right for everyone
Across the industry, executives are looking at creating dedicated fulfillment facilities, known as micro-fulfillment centers or MFCs, at or near individual supermarkets to improve efficiency and save money in running their e-commerce operations.
Global parcel volumes could reach 132 billion this year: Pitney Bowes
Market cracked 100 billion barrier in 2019 for first time, index finds
As e-commerce soars, logistics real estate in Texas is hot
Demand for cross-dock warehouses, logistics centers surge across the Lone Star State
Did you know that over 80% of Instacart customers are female?
Predicting the future is inherently difficult, even if you work in a futuristic industry like online grocery. But only nine months ago, Instacart President Nilam Ganenthiran did exactly that.
Staples starting to accept e-commerce returns from other retailers
The American stationery retailer is partnering with returns and reverse logistics tech firm, Optoro, to allow customers to return their purchases to more than 1,000 Staples stores around the country.
Retailers like Ikea, Aldi, and Tractor Supply will open dozens of new stores in 2020 while others frantically shutter locations
According to an analysis by Coresight Research, 3,344 new store openings have been announced so far this year. Among those retailers with plans to expand are discount and off-price stores, grocery stores, and "the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States" — Tractor Supply.
Amazon Wants to Make Jeff Bezos the New King of Bling
Oscar de la Renta, a brand that is a regular on red carpets and a mainstay of posh department stores, has just turned up somewhere decidedly less opulent: Amazon.
Google Is Missing Out on the Covid E-Commerce Revolution
Every toy, gadget and good you see on YouTube could soon be for sale online -- not on Amazon, but right on YouTube itself.
Apple Starts Shipping Devices From Stores to Speed Up Deliveries
Apple is planning to use its retail store locations as distribution centers to ship products to consumers more quickly, reports Bloomberg. This would be a departure from the current strategy that sees products shipped from warehouses or direct from China.
Watch the latest technology at Woolworths' new robotic MFC
The Woolworth at Carrum Down is the first in Australia using robots to fast-track its orders.