Shipping

Coming in last isn’t always a bad thing. It’s often the last things we do that are the first things we remember. We can probably recall the last thing we ate, said or wore. I bet you still have thoughts about the last movie you watched, song you heard and book you read. And so…

Wal-Mart has opened a new front in its battle with Amazon.com. The world’s largest retailer has applied for a U.S. patent for a floating warehouse that could make deliveries via drones, which would bring products from the aircraft down to customers’ homes. The blimp-style machine would fly at heights between 500 feet and 1,000 feet (as much…

Wal-Mart has opened a new front in its battle with Amazon.com. The world’s largest retailer has applied for a U.S. patent for a floating warehouse that could make deliveries via drones, which would bring products from the aircraft down to customers’ homes. The blimp-style machine would fly at heights between 500 feet and 1,000 feet (as much […]

Total Retail’s recent survey and subsequent report, The Amazon Effect: How Retailers Are Adapting Their Businesses to Better Compete With the Industry Leader, found that retailers believe that Amazon.com has changed consumers’ expectations when it comes to the cost and speed of delivery. Eighty-six percent of respondents said that shoppers are either "significantly" or "somewhat"…

How many times have you put items in your cart and started the checkout process only to see a $10 shipping charge and close your browser? What about when you look at the options and realize there's no overnight for the item you need right away? More than likely you shut off the computer, get…

Online grocery shopping began heating up like a pot of boiling soup in late 2016. With the recent acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon.com, it seems everyone has an opinion on the long-term viability of digital groceries. Is it a new concept? No, but it certainly seems its time has finally come. It’s hard to…

In Total Retail's recent survey and subsequent report, The Amazon Effect: How Retailers Are Adapting Their Businesses to Better Compete With the Industry Leader, nearly 90 percent of retail executives said they “strongly" or “somewhat" agree that Amazon.com has changed consumers’ expectations for order delivery. Specifically, consumers’ expectations for delivery of their online purchases have changed…

Target Corp. announced today that it has agreed to acquire Grand Junction, a transportation technology company, to improve and expand its delivery capabilities. The acquisition will also accelerate Target’s investments and ongoing efforts to transform its supply chain. “Grand Junction’s technology and algorithms will help Target deliver to guests faster and more efficiently,” said Arthur…

Google “e-commerce tips” and you’ll get endless pages of great advice on how to leverage content marketing, social media, conversion rate optimization, user experience design and lots of other techniques to sell more stuff. Unfortunately, these articles commonly omit advice on one of the most important e-commerce business-building disciplines: shipping. Shipping makes everything you do…

Earlier this week, Total Retail reported that nearly 90 percent of respondents to our recent survey, The Amazon Effect: How Retailers Are Adapting Their Businesses to Better Compete With the Industry Leader, said they “strongly" or “somewhat" agree that Amazon.com has changed consumers’ expectations for order delivery. Today, we look at how retailers view free…