E-Commerce/Omni-Channel

Online Shoppers Define E-Commerce as 'Basic Essential', Study Finds

June 9, 2016

Ninety-six percent of Americans are shopping online, they spend an average of five hours per week making online purchases and allocate an average of 36 percent of their shopping budgets to e-commerce.

GS1 US Releases New Guideline to Harmonize E-Commerce Fulfillment

June 8, 2016

GS1 US

GS1 US has developed a new guideline focused on e-commerce and omnichannel fulfillment processes.

Southeast Asian E-Commerce Market Zooms, But Region's Airfreight Capability Lags

June 3, 2016

Air Cargo World

Although a new study by Google and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek projects the Southeast Asian e-commerce market to reach $200bn by 2025, the region's air cargo capabilities remain underdeveloped, according to Cainiao, the logistics unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.

Retailers Try to 'Save the Sale' Only 7 Percent of the Time, Study Shows

June 2, 2016

Kibo

Retailers can no longer wait to adopt BOPIS - the ability to buy online, pick up in store - according to a report from Kibo, a cloud-based omnichannel commerce platform provider. But a small percentage, only percent 7 percent, act to ensure that a sale is made.

E-Commerce Spurs Warehouse Development, Rent Increases Across U.S.

June 2, 2016

Bloomberg

Over the past year, prime warehouse rents are up 9.9 percent across the U.S. and up by double-digit amounts in some large urban areas, according to a recent report. E-commerce and Amazon are in no small way responsible for the development.

Digital Retail Marketing Spend to Exceed $360Bn By 2020

May 26, 2016

Juniper Research

Digital retail marketing is set to increase from $174bn in 2015 to $362.1bn by 2020, according to Juniper's latest research, Digital Retail Marketing: Coupons, Advertising & Consumer Engagement 2015-2020.

U.S. Retailers Expanded Into More Countries, Cities in 2015 Than European, Asian Counterparts

May 24, 2016

CBRE

American retailers, which already operate in more foreign countries on average than their Asian and European peers, have widened the gap with a more aggressive international expansion pace, according to CBRE Group's 9th Annual "How Global is the Business of Retail?" report.

The Latest in Delivery Tracking Software

May 24, 2016

Sebastian Ojeda, CEO, Beetrack

Omninomics - Is Your Supply Chain Ready for Millennials?

May 23, 2016

Bob McKee, Fashion Industry Strategy Director, Infor

The fashion industry is undergoing the biggest change since the industrial revolution: Today's consumers prize instant convenience and authenticity. They want innovative new products, instantaneous information, to comparison shop, to easily return items that don't fit, and always get the best deal.

The Brick Wall That Frustrates Omnichannel Fulfillment

May 23, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Keeping online buyers happy is easy. All you have to do is flood the channel with so much inventory that you're never out of stock. And probably go out of business in the process.

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.