Online grocery turns profitable for the first time
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in online grocery becoming consistently profitable for conventional UK supermarkets for the first time.
How Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems are Changing Warehouse Construction
Companies that are forward-thinking with a thorough pre-construction process and the ability to act quickly are the most likely to be successful in the switch to automated distribution.
Why delivery experience is your most powerful customer retention tool
Offering a range of convenient delivery options is a winning strategy to ensure a delivery experience worthy of customer retention
15 Biggest Companies on Shopify; Amazon owns one of them!
Shopify has expanded in recent years as a result of the boom in e-commerce that attracted many small businesses, and saw an enormous surge during the pandemic
How CubicFarms is feeding a changing world with its automated indoor growing technology
The automated systems CubicFarms has created are now at the forefront of solving the supply chain woes of countries that must rely on outside suppliers for their fresh produce. The potential for this shift is massive.
Beyond the Cart: A Year of Essential Insights
A data-driven deep dive into how the pandemic has transformed our 100-year-old grocery habits.
New Instacart report predicts how consumers will shop post-pandemic
Consumers have broken dramatically with 100-year-old grocery habits since the pandemic, and established a new set of behaviors and trends that will evolve in a post-lockdown world, a new report from Instacart finds.
How Digitized Equipment Is Changing the Refrigeration Game
Three trends driving smart cold-storage tech adoption
Jeff Bezos responds to employee question about his resignation as CEO
Jeff Bezos wants Amazon employees to know that he’s not leaving the company when he steps down as CEO later this year.
Amazon is snapping up shopping malls and turning them into 'last mile' centers
Over the last several months, the retail giant has gone on a shopping spree of its own, buying up disused malls across the country and turning them into distribution centers.
Consumers spent $900 billion more online in 2020. Here’s who will keep the biggest gains
Consumers across the globe spent $900 billion more at online retailers in 2020 versus the prior two-year trend, according to report from the Mastercard Economics Institute.
Unilever trials automated “nano factory” inside shipping container
Unilever engineers have designed a food factory which operates within a 40ft sea container, creating flexible production lines that can be moved all over the world.
Google Maps Could Become E-Commerce "Super-App"
Google announced new features for its popular navigation app, which include a pilot program for using Google Maps for curbside grocery order pickups.
Why BOPIS 2.0 is the Future of Retail
The transition from BOPIS 1.0 to 2.0 is one of the most significant retail technology upgrades.
Lululemon Doubles E-commerce Business
Lululemon Athletica Inc. says its e-commerce business continued to accelerate as the retailer capped its fiscal year with revenue soaring 24 per cent in its most recent quarter.
10 largest US warehouses under construction are for Amazon; except one!
After the completion of 284.4 million square feet in 2020, according to CommercialEdge data, approximately 42 million square feet of industrial projects were implemented in January and February of this year.
Amazon exploring opening discount outlets selling home goods, electronics
Opening a discount chain would mirror traditional retailers’ decades-old approach to offloading slow-selling merchandise.
Kroger has blueprint to make online orders profitable
CEO Rodney McMullen said supermarket operator will attract customers with fresh foods, grow its ads business as an alternate revenue stream and fulfill online grocery orders more efficiently with the help of Ocado.
Introducing Stretch
U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics on Monday unveiled a new robot called Stretch, designed to perform one very specific warehouse job: moving boxes.
Amazon will soon have most of Southern California within 45-minutes of a last-mile delivery station
In Southern California’s four-county region, consumers spent an estimated $12.5 billion buying goods just through Amazon last year, up almost 38%.