Supply Chain News
Amazon coming to an empty Sears near you
August 11, 2020
Amazon is reportedly mulling moving into vacant mall store locations, including shuttered Sears and JCPenney sites to open up additional fulfillment centers.
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Retailers taking a pack-and-hold inventory strategy in wake of COVID-19
June 10, 2020
After months of being shuttered due to the coronavirus many retailers, including Gap, are taking a pack-and-hold merchandising approach rather than blow-out…
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Under Armour store reopenings hit nearly 50%
May 29, 2020
Under Armour will have nearly half of its North America stores open as of today as it continues its phased approach to getting back to business in the wake of…
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Import decline ahead as economic recovery is 'gradual,' says NRF
May 19, 2020
Import activity will weather a double-digit dip this spring and summer, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that shuttered China factories and retail stores in the…
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Amazon hiring on once again to handle pandemic's online shopping surge
April 14, 2020
The online shopping surge due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is driving Amazon to hire on another 75,000 employees less than a month after it announced it…
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Amazon sellers get green light to send any kind of item to Amazon warehouses
April 14, 2020
One month after banning what its sellers could send to its warehouses Amazon has reversed course.
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Amazon Prime delivery experiencing big delays due to COVID-19
March 31, 2020
What once was overnight or even a one-day delivery wait for Amazon Prime members is now weeks to a month due to the impact of COVID-19.
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Target gives senior shoppers special hour in light of COVID-19
March 18, 2020
Target is the latest retail brand to establish a specific time for senior shoppers. It is designating the first hour every Wednesday for "vulnerable guests,'…
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Amazon hiring 100K workers to meet online sales crush in wake of COVID-19
March 17, 2020
Amazon is hiring on 100,000 workers in a quest to meet the "surge in demand" from online sales as people worldwide are sequestered home in light of the…
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Rite Aid names Andre Persaud retail EVP
February 12, 2020
Andre Persaud has been named at executive vice president, retail, for Rite Aid.
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Southeastern Grocers taps Opterus tech to boost communications
January 14, 2020
Southeastern Grocers Inc., is deploying the Opterus OpsCenter solution to serve as a centralized communications system.
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Fashion designer taps New Generation Computing for supply chain visibility
November 29, 2019
Fashion designer, Nicole Miller, is teaming up with longtime tech partner, New Generation Computing, Inc., which provides cloud-based solutions for product…
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Walmart's Jet.com ending food delivery in NYC
November 26, 2019
Walmart's e-commerce unit Jet.com is closing its New York City fresh grocery delivery business after launching the service about a year ago, resulting in the…
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Real-time inventory, retailer digital visibility are big consumer wants
October 8, 2019
A majority of consumers, 77%, put significant weight in a retailer's presence in the digital media realm and even a bigger number, 94%, view real-time product…
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Stockouts, customer loyalty top challenges for grocers, reveals data
September 20, 2019
Stockouts and retaining customer loyalty are two top challenges facing the retail grocer segment, according to the 2019 Grocery Insights Data Report, released…
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Online grocer Farmstead expanding into Carolinas
September 20, 2019
Online grocer, Farmstead, is expanding into the Carolinas as part of a partnership with Southeast grocery company, Alex Lee, which is the parent company of…
read nowAmazon Treasure Truck expands route to three more cities
August 21, 2019
Amazon's Treasure Truck, which offers daily unique sale items and experiential customer-focused events, is now on the road in Charlotte, North Carolina, as…
read nowBealls transforming operations with help of Oracle Retail Cloud
August 14, 2019
Retailer Bealls, Inc., which has 500 stores across 15 states, is using the Oracle Retail Cloud to digitally transform operations and improve agility.
read nowAmazon expands in Pennsylvania, fulfillment center will create 800-plus jobs
August 7, 2019
Amazon is expanding its warehouse and fulfillment footprint in Pennsylvania with a Pittsburgh facility that will create more than 800 jobs.
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Epson debuts cloud-based software suite for retail, hospitality
August 7, 2019
Epson America Inc., a supplier of value-added POS printer solutions, has debuted the Epson OmniLink Merchant Services 3.0, a suite of cloud-based software…
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