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Consumers Want Greener Delivery Options — But Retailers Have to Explain Them

Many retailers that offer green shipping and fulfillment choices are failing to educate their customers, and consequently wasting their own efforts.

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Amazon Is Building a Property Empire, Quietly Buying Land Across the U.S.

Buying land is a major shift for Amazon, which historically relied on a handful of developers to find property, build fairly simple warehouses and rent them back to the company. Now, Amazon is increasingly taking parts of the development process in-house — often bidding against long-time partners for the best space.

Trailers at the Amazon SAN3 fulfillment center in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Will the Retail Labor Shortage Ever End?

The number-one labor challenge for supply chains today is worker availability at the retail level, says Pete Blair, vice president of marketing with Berkshire Grey.

Will The Retail Labor Shortage Ever End

Driverless Trucks to Deliver Toilet Paper to Dallas Sam’s Clubs

Self-driving trucks will soon make deliveries to Walmart Inc.’s Sam’s Club stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, marking a significant expansion of autonomous vehicles operating in live traffic.

Tractor trailers sit parked outside a Walmart Inc. distribution center in Bentonville, Arkansas. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Visibility to Cost-to-Serve Is Important

Tracking financial flow is vital because transportation and other supply chain costs keep increasing, says Chris Cassidy, executive vice president of Trax Technologies.

Visibility To Cost To Serve Is Important

Walmart, Gap and Others Amass $45 Billion in Extra Stuff to Sell

Big retailers rushed to build up inventories last year amid soaring consumer demand and transportation bottlenecks — going so far in some cases as to rent their own cargo ships. Now, they’re trying to figure out how to sell all their stuff.

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Shining a Light on the Value of Dark Stores

“Dark stores” enable deliveries of online orders in 15 minutes or less, enhance operations and inventory management, and elevate the customer experience.

Two Things to Consider Before Updating Your Logistics Tech

Logistics technology can be key to achieving customer success. But before choosing it, you need to precisely define your customer groups.

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Watch: How E-Commerce Is Forcing Automation in Grocery Warehousing

The trend in small-sized orders is likely to continue, and that will pose challenges for warehouse operators and e-grocers, says Colman Roche, vice president of e-commerce and retail with Swisslog.

How E Commerce Is Forcing Automation In Grocery Warehousing

How Automation Is Transforming Delivery and Logistics Behind the Scenes

The term “automation” often conjures images of warehouse bots and self-driving trucks. But the real magic of automation is much less flashy.

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Four Ways a Cloud-Native WMS Can Solve Retail Supply Chain Pain Points

Cloud-native warehouse management systems enable retailers to deliver in an environment of supercharged consumer expectations, labor shortages and supply chain volatility.

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Amazon Aims to Sublet, End Warehouse Leases as Online Sales Cool

Amazon.com Inc., stuck with too much warehouse capacity now that the surge in pandemic-era shopping has faded, is looking to sublet at least 10 million square feet of space and could vacate even more.

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