Industry Trends

Discover why click and collect is a trending retail fulfillment model, and what retailers can do to create click & collect experiences that grow their business.

Is the environmental cost of delivery too high? Here are five ways to ensure that your delivery operations are as eco-friendly and efficient as possible.

While people are buying more online, they see brick and mortar locations as complementary to their online experience. Retailers need to create a clear omnichannel strategy, thinking of eCommerce logistics and deliveries as an important part of the jigsaw rather than as a ‘competitor’ to in-store sales.

Spark Delivery, Walmart's new last mile grocery delivery service is a crowdsourced platform which provides them another way to better deliver groceries to their customers.

Learn about the dark kitchen concept - a new trend in the food delivery industry designed to fulfill delivery orders without the traditional storefront.

Last week Amazon launched Delivery Services Partners, a new initiative aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs to set up their own delivery business. As the volume for deliveries grows, this new franchised fleets model is yet another strategy for Amazon to expand their last mile delivery network.

Last week Amazon launched Delivery Services Partners, a new initiative aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs to set up their own delivery business. As the volume for deliveries grows, this new franchised fleets model is yet another strategy for Amazon to expand their last mile delivery network.

Last week Amazon launched Delivery Services Partners, a new initiative aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs to set up their own delivery business. As the volume for deliveries grows, this new franchised fleets model is yet another strategy for Amazon to expand their last mile delivery network.

Here are 4 amazing examples of beautiful warehouse operations in which the latest technologies are helping ecommerce giants handle record volumes of parcels faster and more efficiently than ever before.

Drop shipping is a supply chain management method in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer, another retailer, or a wholesaler, who then ship the goods directly to the customers.

The concept of crowdsourcing isn’t really new. From Fiverr to Uber and anywhere in between, the trend towards a freelance workforce is becoming more and more prominent - and whether people join the ‘gig economy’ full-time or as a part-time activity to make some extra cash, the concept is here to stay.

Learn how direct-to-consumer sales can be a powerful distribution channel with the added benefit of full control over the supply chain.