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Trump Said Amazon Cost the USPS ‘Billions.’ But the Post Office Has a Different Explanation.

The U.S. Postal Service says that its large financial losses are caused by market forces and governmental constraints but not Amazon.com, in a release of its quarterly statistics that stood in contrast to pointed statements made by President Trump.

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Can Customs Handle the E-Commerce Flood?

A relatively high duty exemption for small packages imported into the U.S. is having all kinds of consequences for the flood of goods generated by e-commerce.

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Amazon to Open Checkout-Free Stores in Chicago and San Francisco

Amazon.com Inc is bringing its grocery store without checkout lines to Chicago and San Francisco, the company said in a statement this week, confirming reports it will expand the concept beyond its pilot in Seattle.

Making Order Consolidation Work for the Mid-Market Omnichannel

One of the biggest challenges of ship-from-store fulfillment is order consolidation, or the ability to bring an online order with multiple products into a single shippable package. When inventory is located across multiple stores and distribution centers across the country, it is quite the logistical feat, especially for mid-market retailers, to determine the quickest, most efficient way for product to be shipped to the customer.

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U.S. Retail Imports Are Growing Despite Tariff Threats

Imports at U.S. major retail container ports are expected to grow steadily throughout the summer despite the prospect of heavy tariffs on goods from China, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released last week by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Jack Ma Takes Alibaba on a New Path, for Better or Worse

Alibaba has long enjoyed a lucrative return from its massive online shopping network. But their extraordinary profitability is no longer a foregone conclusion as the Chinese e-commerce giant re-invests huge sums of money on new initiatives in the face of intensifying competition.

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Sears Deepens Amazon Partnership With Tire Installations

Investors sure like the idea that Sears is looking beyond its struggling retail business to drum up new sources of revenue and places to sell products under its own brands.

The CEO Who Helped Deliver India’s Online Shoppers to Walmart

The outlook for Indian online retailer Flipkart was decidedly gloomy when Kalyan Krishnamurthy became chief executive officer in January 2017. The startup’s valuation was dropping, fundraising was more difficult and Amazon.com Inc. was pledging $5bn-plus to siphon away customers.

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Women in Supply Chain, 2018: A Conversation With Suzanne Judy

With every story of a woman succeeding in the male-dominated world of supply chain and logistics management, another door opens.

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Freight Operators Dismiss Threat of Digital Startups

Established U.S. logistics firms say digital-friendly freight startups that are drawing growing interest in Silicon Valley still lack the scale and customer relationships to threaten their share of the market.

We’re on the Cusp of a Retail Digital Transformation

Reading some media reports, you might believe that the retail industry is in serious decline. But all is not as it seems.

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Why India Is the New Battleground Between Walmart and Amazon

No less an authority than Wikipedia attributes the origin of the proverb “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” to Sanskrit, an ancient Hindu language. How appropriate, then, that the saying’s latest proof point is the battle unfolding among global tech players in India.

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