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Using Digital to Offset Amazon's Advantage

Analyst Insight: The retail industry might be the most impacted by digital disruptions, on top of the obvious turmoil retailers' face due to the rapid growth of e-commerce. Retailers also face all of the disruptions in the transportation industry, as retail has always been about moving merchandise from its point of origin into the hands of consumers. - Jim Tompkins, CEO, Tompkins International

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Retailers Move Forward With Returned Goods Strategies

Analyst Insight: By understanding the true costs and potential benefits from improving their reverse logistics processes, retailers are developing strategies to recover as much value as possible from their returned goods. - Matt Ennis, vice president of business development and client solutions, Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc.

The Amazon Challenge and How Smaller E-tailers Can Compete

Going up against the behemoth that is Amazon.com, does the smaller e-commerce provider have a chance?

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E-Commerce Fraud Risk Was Up 80 Percent During Holiday Season

Fraud prevention technology provider Forter has published its 2017 Fraud Attack Index, in conjunction with the Merchant Risk Council (MRC). It detailed the rate at which e-commerce fraud attacks increased throughout traditional retail verticals and provided an in-depth look at the reasons behind the year-over-year changes.

Most Retailers Plan to Use RFID, IoT Technologies by 2021, Study Says

Zebra Technologies' "Retail Vision Study," released this week, finds that the majority of retailers surveyed globally expect to embrace radio frequency identification and other Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, as well as use analytic data from those systems by 2021, as more shoppers move to online sales.

Social Listening Is the Key to Understanding Your Customer

Somebody out there is talking about your product. And you had better be listening.

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New Amazon Free-Shipping Threshold Reflects Growing E-Commerce Competition

In a quick counter-salvo, Amazon has announced it's lowering the free shipping threshold for non-Prime members from $49 to $35, a response to Walmart's move earlier this month.

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Sustainability Group Advocates New Packaging Design for E-Commerce

Packaging for e-commerce may well look different from that of the traditional retailer. And lucky that it is, given commerce sales grew in the U.S. at 14.6 percent in 2015, according to Internet Retailer.

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Revlon Is Advertising on Amazon Boxes

Revlon Inc., making its first major marketing push since it bought Elizabeth Arden Inc. last year, is tapping Amazon.com Inc. and Lady Gaga to reinvigorate sales and better reach millennials.

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What Went Wrong: Nasty Gal, Former Fashion World Darling, Is Now Bankrupt

By 2012, Nasty Gal was a fashion world success story, growing from an Ebay store to nearly $100m in sales in just six years.

Wal-Mart's Online Sales Jump as It Competes Against Amazon

The nation's largest retailer keeps working to make headway against the largest online seller.

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UPS Tests Drone Deliveries, Eyes Future Price Changes

Package delivery company United Parcel Service Inc says it will consider raising prices across the board in coming years to offset pressure on margins, particularly from the rising costs of delivering packages to e-commerce customers.

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