Kroger Goes Full Robot to Take On Amazon With Ocado
Kroger has unleashed a flurry of initiatives to ensure it won’t get thumped in a post-Amazon-buying-Whole-Foods world, but its biggest gamble is a partnership with British online grocer Ocado Group to build as many as 20 automated grocery warehouses in the United States.
Data Suggests Amazon Customers Not Sold on Prime
Internet searches for “Canceling Amazon Prime” were 18 times higher June 15 — the beginning of Amazon.com’s two-day sale — than the previous day, according to search engine monitoring firm Captify, suggesting shoppers did not want to make a long-term commitment to the giant online retailer.
Online Stores Grab No. 2 Spot in $520 Billion US Retail Market
Online shopping has become the second-biggest chunk of the $520 billion U.S. retail market, after overtaking grocery stores and restaurants in June.
Fighting Fakes Was a Big Reason Behind Amazon’s Big Vendor Purge
Amazon.com on March 9 hinted that fighting counterfeits was a reason for its sudden and unexplained purge of thousands of vendors that sowed panic among longtime suppliers.
Amazon Purges Suppliers in Push to Boost E-Commerce Profits
Amazon.com abruptly stopped buying products over the past two weeks from many of its wholesale vendors, encouraging them to instead sell their products directly to consumers on Amazon’s marketplace.
Grocery Delivery Helps Costco Edge Amazon in Consumer Satisfaction Survey
Costco Wholesale Corp. may be a latecomer to e-commerce, but consumers love it even more than Amazon.com, according to a customer satisfaction survey released Feb. 26.
Opinion: Amazon Innovations Force Supply Chain Change
Although widely regarded as innovative, Amazon’s business model has caused disruptive change, whether to its direct competitors or specific industries.
Retailers Turn to Logistics Providers to Help Manage Returns Process
For online retailers, one of the challenges with the reverse logistics process is knowing what to do once items are returned. Some products could be returned to a finished goods warehouse whereas defective ones could go to a location to refurbish or recycle the product.
Logistics Companies Aim to Ease Returns, Keep Costs Low Amid E-Commerce Rise
As the continued rise of e-commerce increases the number of product returns, retailers and shippers are working to ease the returns process to boost customer satisfaction. They’re doing so by turning to logistics providers for technology and services that can optimize their reverse logistics networks and keep costs low.
Namaste Extends Stake in Cannabis Provider Pineapple Express
Cannabis e-commerce company Namaste Technologies has announced its entrance into a share purchase agreement of an additional 34% equity stake in Pineapple Express Delivery, a same-day cannabis delivery provider in Canada, according to a Dec. 17 press release. Namaste previously acquired shares from Pineapple Express in June 2018, and it now owns 49% of the latter company’s outstanding common shares.
January 7, 2019