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Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods

With the holidays approaching, Amazon is consumed with honoring a pre-pandemic pledge to get products to Prime subscribers on the same day.

Source: Bloomberg

GEODIS and IBM Sterling Order Management Launch New e-Commerce Fulfillment Service

GEODIS has launched a service that is designed to help retailers and consumer brands accelerate their omnichannel customer experience capabilities with a new e-commerce fulfillment service.

Seven Challenges in Retail Business

Retailers and their logistics departments are facing challenges from artificial intelligence to Greta Thunberg.

Seven Challenges in Retail Business

Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services Expands Global eCommerce Logistics Solution

Ingram Micro Commerce & Lifecycle Services, leveraging its Shipwire platform, recently announced it has secured additional capacity in seven new warehouses to meet the global demand for ecommerce fulfillment solutions.

Loop Expands Services to Operate Nationwide

Loop, the global circular shopping platform launched last year by TerraCycle, announced that it is now available in every ZIP code in the 48 contiguous states.

Robots Driving Forklifts Score Venture Capital, Create Jobs

Silicon Valley investors are increasing bets on a Pittsburgh company that turns a venerable machine of the past century of industrialization — the forklift — into a driver of the e-commerce boom.

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UPS Holiday Season Hiring Will Top 100,000 Amid E-Commerce Boom

The holiday hires, a slight increase from last year, will be on top of the thousands of workers the courier already has added to keep up with a surge in package demand.

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How the Pandemic Is Paving the Way for Robots in Retail Fulfillment

Automation was proceeding at a rapid pace in many factories and warehouses before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now, however, concerns over worker health, the need for social distancing, and the relentless push for cost-cutting are accelerating the progress of robots for order fulfillment.

Source: Bloomberg

Amazon Drivers Are Hanging Smartphones in Trees to Get More Work

A strange phenomenon has emerged near Amazon delivery stations and Whole Foods stores: smartphones dangling from trees. Contract delivery drivers are putting them there to get a jump on rivals seeking orders.

Source: Bloomberg

Five Strategies for Improving Your Reverse Logistics Process

Making product returns as hassle-free as purchasing is the final frontier for the supply chain.

Source: Bloomberg

Watch: How Retailers Are Gearing Up for the Peak Season

James Thomson, partner with Buy Box Experts, offers a view of the coming peak holiday shopping season, and describes what retailers are doing to prepare for it, in a time of pandemic.

How Retailers Are Gearing Up for the Peak Season

Amazon Buys Electric Mercedes Vans in Green Effort

The deal is Amazon’s biggest commitment to date to cut the carbon footprint of its delivery operations in Europe.

Source: Bloomberg

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