Big-box retailers such as Walmart and Home Depot are using store locations for customers to pick up and return online orders, and e-commerce businesses are turning to brick-and-mortar sites to do the same. Both traditional and online retailers are opening physical locations, ranging in size …
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From Jan. 15-17, the National Retail Federation (NRF) welcomed thousands of retail industry professionals to its annual convention, Retail’s Big Show 2017. The event provided attendees with opportunities to network with other retail professionals as well as listen to experts on …
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Amazon made its first successful product delivery by unmanned drone in December, and the online retailer had already been thinking ahead for ways to improve air delivery. Amazon filed a patent in 2014 for what the company calls “airborne fulfillment centers,” according to the patent …
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Amazon made its first successful delivery by unmanned drone to a customer this month. The online retailer delivered an Amazon Fire TV stick and popcorn Dec. 7 in a rural area near Cambridge, England, just a few miles from an Amazon fulfillment …
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Amazon Go, the latest brick-and-mortar venture from the online retailer, allows consumers to take products from the shelves and skip the checkout. Called the “Just Walk Out” shopping experience, Amazon Go is modeled after technology found in self-driving cars, like computer …
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Android device users who have abandoned mobile shopping carts to avoid typing in passwords or credit card information will soon have an alternative. Google has partnered with MasterCard and Visa in an effort to make mobile payments faster and easier to complete, starting in 2017. …
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Industry observers are taking notice—Home Depot’s technology and online business strategies are helping the company grow and compete in e-commerce, despite Amazon’s online retail dominance. The retailer’s “largest and arguably most important investment has been the roughly $4 billion it will spend from …
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Walmart corporate has big plans to grow its e-commerce presence. Yet at the same time, it plans to reduce brick-and-mortar store openings by nearly 60 percent year over year. The company is increasingly investing in growing its online sales. This is demonstrated by its …
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