Order Fulfillment

eBay Launching End-to-End Fulfillment Service for Sellers
July 26, 2019 at 12:35 pm

eBay is launching its first end-to-end fulfillment service for sellers next year, the company announced Wednesday. The fulfillment program, dubbed Managed Delivery, will "provide sellers the ability to store, pack and ship their products through expert logistics partners managed by eBay" in third-party warehouses across the country, according to a company press release. Millions of products fromโ€ฆ

Order Management System Helps GNC Meet Omnichannel Goals
July 24, 2019 at 10:28 am

GNC, a global retailer of health and nutrition-related products, recently implemented enVistaโ€™s order management system (OMS) and agile, cloud-native Unified Commerce Cloud Platform to rapidly enable its omnichannel strategy. With these systems now in place, GNC will be able to accomplish the following:  obtain enterprise inventory visibility; optimize order orchestration and fulfillment across its vast network of distribution centers, suppliersโ€ฆ

Report: Walmart Shuffling Execs to Further Integrate Stores, Digital
July 22, 2019 at 2:34 pm

Walmart is making further organizational changes as it continues to integrate its store and digital operations and leadership, according to a July 19 memo obtained by CNBC that was sent by CEO Doug McMillon to the retailerโ€™s employees. The biggest change announced is Walmart's move to bring the U.S. supply chain teams together, which will be ledโ€ฆ

How Predictive Analytics Improve Inventory Allocation, Order Fulfillment at Lucky Brand
July 15, 2019 at 11:15 am

In episode 204 of Total Retail Talks, Executive Editor Joe Keenan interviews Mike Relich, chief operating officer at Lucky Brand, a denim and fashion brand for men, women, and kids. Listen in as they discuss Lucky Brand's use of predictive analytics to improve inventory allocation across channels (store, web, wholesale), touching specifically on Lucky Brand's partnership withโ€ฆ

Minimizing Your Retail Space? Here's How to Maximize Your Success
July 8, 2019 at 9:26 am

It wasn't long ago that every suburb was chasing the same elite retailers. They would create special zones to give residents all the must-have shopping amenities: big-box outlets, DIY shops, grocery stores, and fashion boutiques to browse at their leisure. Then came the e-commerce explosion. Shoppersโ€™ trips became more calculated, with less time spent browsingโ€ฆ

Survey: Dropshipping Drives the Future of Omnichannel
July 3, 2019 at 9:41 am

As the competition between retail behemoths Amazon.com and Walmart heats up, other retailers are paying close attention to the factors driving demand for home delivery. At DiCentral, we have front-row seats to the evolving online retail landscape and recently partnered with the Center for Supply Chain Research at Lehigh University to investigate the motivations and expectationsโ€ฆ

Amazon Launches Pickup Option, Counter
June 27, 2019 at 12:57 pm

Amazon.com launched a new pickup option, Counter, in the U.S. today. Counter is a network of staffed package pickup points that enables customers to collect their Amazon packages from Counter locations at third-party retail outlets, department stores, and local neighborhood stores. Counter went live today in more than a hundred Rite Aid stores across the U.S. Byโ€ฆ

Cracking the 'Last Mile' Supply Chain Challenge
June 21, 2019 at 9:38 am

As Amazon.com rewrites the rules of retail, retailers are struggling to adapt and stay relevant. And itโ€™s only getting harder to compete as the online retail giant continues to up the ante โ€” most recently introducing one-day free shipping to Amazon Prime customers. Instead of forging new and uncharted paths, retailers can succeed by taking aโ€ฆ

Amazon to End US Restaurant Delivery Service
June 12, 2019 at 12:41 pm

Amazon.com will end its U.S. food delivery service, Amazon Restaurants, at the end of June, reports Business Insider. Amazon Restaurants launched in Seattle in 2015, and expanded to over 20 markets globally, yet failed to become a top player in the American food delivery space. The service was available only to Amazon Prime members andโ€ฆ