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Alphabet to Test Drone Delivery for Walgreens in Texas

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation is expanding to a Walgreens in suburban Dallas where it will make airborne deliveries of toothpaste and other goods to residents of nearby towns.

Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery operation, Wing LLC, delivers a package at a home during a demonstration in Blacksburg, Virginia. Photo: Bloomberg.

Data Mining, AI: How Industrial Brands Can Keep Up With E-Commerce

The move to online sales exposes many small to mid-sized retailers to potentially massive accounting errors, creating a snowball effect in terms of profit loss.

Three Lessons for Retailers in a Year of Disruption

It’s time that retailers shifted from a reactive to a proactive strategy, one that anticipates and accounts for all future disruptions.

Watch: How Fast Fulfillment Changed Retailing

Sanchoy Das, professor in the Engineering Department of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, explains how “fast fulfillment” has come to dominate e-commerce, to the point where online shoppers expect nothing less.

How Fast Fulfillment Changed Retailing

Investors Fret Supply Chain Woes Could Knock Earnings

Reopening demand and marooned containers are prompting downgrades across analysts estimates for the upcoming earnings season.

A financial analyst at work. Photo: Bloomberg.

Unlocking Opportunity in the Post-Purchase Ecosystem

Understanding customer expectations, improving their experience and implementing the right reverse logistics systems will increase shopper loyalty and prevent profit-margin erosion.

A customer repackages an item for return. Photo: Getty Images.

Christmas at Risk as Supply Chain ‘Disaster’ Only Gets Worse

It’s the beginning of October, just the start of what the retail world simply calls “peak.” But the industry is already in various forms of panic that usually don’t take hold until the weeks before Christmas.

Labor shortages have stalled trucking across the U.S. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | Why Supply Chains Are Critical to the Success of Brands

A lot of factors go into the success or failure of consumer brands, but one of them stands out today: the supply chain.

A delivery courier navigates her route. Photo: Getty Images.

Supply Chain Disruptions Drive Demand for Customer-Service Reps

In the past year, consumers who have tried to buy a pair of shoes, products for the home or back-to-school items have encountered a common problem: They can’t find what they’re looking for.

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E-Commerce Company Cuts Order Fulfillment Time by 40%

Challenge: A European fulfillment company was looking to accelerate growth and improve accuracy, flexibility and proficiency in its operations. The company ships millions of packages to more than 250 customers around the world.

Fashion Retailer Halves Fulfillment Time With Omichannel Automation

Challenge: A multinational fast fashion retailer had separate warehouses for in-store and online fulfillment and was looking to implement an omnichannel model. The company needed to cater to inventory sub-classifications and associated business logic in picking; optimize its downstream operations; improve transportation efficiency; and reduce its dependency on a single warehouse management system (WMS).

The retailer relied solely on manual flow from inbound to outbound, and had no existing framework for opening new warehouses.

HexcelPack Introduces E-Commerce Packaging Kit to Assist Retailers During Peak Seasons

HexcelPack LLC, a developer of eco-friendly, paper-based protective cushioning solutions to replace bubble packaging and other plastic or foam-based materials, has introduced Store in the Box, an e-commerce packaging kit featuring three of HexcelPack’s sustainable paper-based packaging solutions, MiniPack, Hexcel’ope, and Fil in a Box.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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