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E-commerce Fundamentally Changing B2B Commerce, Just as in B2C World

Businesses are continuing to shift resources from brick-and-mortar and other traditional sales channels to an e-commerce environment. What began primarily for business-to-consumer shopping is being emulated by merchants in the business-to-business sector, and has thus far been successful.

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UPS Expands 'My Choice' and Access Point Services

UPS is expanding its My Choice service and Access Point Network.

Paula's Choice: A New Fulfillment Partner to Manage Growth

The popular online purveyor of skin care and beauty products undergoes a natural process of maturing. Rapid sales growth dictates that the Seattle-based merchandiser hire an outsourcing partner to handle order-fulfillment duties in the eastern U.S.

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European Retailers Invest in More Flexible Multi-carrier Delivery Options to Drive Ecommerce Growth

European retailers are increasingly adopting multi-carrier delivery strategies in response to the growing importance of delivery as the final and most critical mile in the consumer journey, according to a Forrester Research survey conducted for MetaPack Group, which provides ecommerce and multichannel delivery technology to retailers.

Enhanced International Parcel Delivery, Return Service Solution Targets Online Retailers

Newgistics, which provides end-to-end e-commerce solutions for retailers and brands, announced the international expansion of its parcel delivery and return services. This new offering helps to reduce the costs of cross-border delivery and make it easier for U.S. retailers to access and begin selling into the largest markets overseas, including the U.K., Europe, Asia, Australia, Russia, China and South America.

Mr. Postman, Bring Me Some Lettuce, Please

In order to keep up with major players UPS and FedEx in a hyper-competitive delivery market, the U.S. Postal Service is seeing a parcel-based future, including expansion of its grocery delivery business.

Amazon's Plan to Avoid Delivery Delays This Holiday Shopping Season

Amazon cleared $25.6bn in the fourth quarter of 2013. A lot of Christmas wishes were no doubt fulfilled, but that holiday season is likely going to be remembered more for the packages that didn’t ship on time.

UPS Beefs Up Staff, Looking to Avoid Last Year's Holiday Delivery Problems

UPS announced that it expects to hire between 90,000 and 95,000 seasonal employees to support the anticipated holiday surge in package deliveries that will begin in October and continue through January 2015. Last year, all carriers were swamped with orders, many at the last minute, and many deliveries were made after the holidays.

The Drones Are Coming! What Are the Legal Implications?

Delivery drones are on their way to your doorstep. And regulators are right on their tail.

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Foot Locker Wins Race to Be First Athletic Shoe/Apparel Retailer to Try Same-day Delivery

In a first in the athletic footwear and apparel space, Foot Locker has started a trial of same-day/next-day delivery at five stores in California, with plans to roll it out at its 1,300 locations across the U.S. and Canada should it prove a success. This includes all the company's brands: Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Foot Action and Champs.

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Whole Foods Market Latest Grocer to Offer Same-day Home Delivery

Whole Foods Market moves into the fast-growing same-day grocery-delivery space with the news that it is partnering with one-hour grocery delivery start-up Instacart to have products delivered to customers' homes in as little as one hour. Customers will soon also have the option to place orders via Instacart and pick up their order at a local Whole Foods store.

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Drones Not Likely to Be Dropping Toothpaste, Pet Food on You Anytime Soon

Everyone, from Amazon to Google to Martha Stewart, has been lauding the benefits we'll all reap by the use of drones, and there’s a gold rush on to cash in on the technology. But beware: The trend has all the hallmarks of a bubble-in-the-making, the contemporary equivalent of that symbol of the excess of the millennial tech bubble, the now-defunct Pets.com.

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