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Banana Republic, Athleta launch BOPIS services
During a pilot program, Gap Inc. reported the brands received add-on sales when customers picked up orders in store.
By Kaarin Vembar • Oct. 01, 2019 -
Blackstone to acquire Colony Capital e-commerce logistics assets for $5.9B
The assets include roughly 60 million square feet of last-mile logistics assets in 26 U.S. markets concentrated in California, Florida, Georgia, northern New Jersey and Texas.
By Morgan Forde • Sept. 30, 2019 -
Rent the Runway: Fulfillment software upgrade behind shipment delays
In the race to improve e-commerce fulfillment and logistics, companies can experience technological difficulties because of the difficulty maintaining full-speed operations during a back-end overhaul.
By Morgan Forde • UPDATED: Oct. 9, 2019 at 12:12 p.m. -
XPO shifts M&A strategy to focus on smaller deals after stock price drop: Analyst
The company is reportedly focusing instead on reducing debt and investing in automation to reduce labor costs.
By Matt Leonard • Sept. 30, 2019 -
Deep DiveHow grocery pickup is evolving
As demand grows along with competition, retailers are trying to erase wait times, improve fulfillment and even reach shoppers away from the store.
By Lauren Stine • Sept. 30, 2019 -
Case study: Frito-Lay whets students' appetites for manufacturing jobs
Thanks to the apprenticeship program, the company has brought a number of young workers on board for highly skilled positions.
By Riia O'Donnell • Sept. 27, 2019 -
DHL: Global trade to slow over next 3 months
DHL's Global Trade Barometer index sits at 47, indicating overall negative growth.
By Morgan Forde • Sept. 27, 2019 -
Walmart opens training academy in distribution center
The retailer is zeroing in on the need for skills training and development in its supply chain.
By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 27, 2019 -
Cold storage: a hot construction niche
Demand on several fronts is driving both new construction and renovation of cold storage facilities, which take longer to build than standard warehouses.
By Kim Slowey • Sept. 27, 2019 -
Podcast
The Backroom: Riding the tariff rollercoaster
No business likes uncertainty. Over the past several months, retailers that rely on goods shipped to the U.S. from China — a significant swath of the industry — have faced a highly uncertain landscape.
By Liza Casabona • Sept. 26, 2019 -
Food companies align with international sustainability goals but need to do more, study finds
The Barilla Foundation noted a lack of detailed supply chain analysis as well as insufficient evidence of companies' corporate citizenship.
By Jessi Devenyns • Sept. 26, 2019 -
Wakefern expands automated inventory tracking pilot to 50 stores
Cameras and computer vision generate hourly data on out-of-stocks, letting store employees focus on customer service instead of inventory management.
By Lauren Stine • Sept. 26, 2019 -
AutoZone raises prices to offset tariff costs
The auto parts retailer reported a jump in sales in its recent earnings call despite raising prices to mitigate tariff impact.
By Morgan Forde • Sept. 25, 2019 -
OpinionHow resilient buildings drive resilient supply chains
Supply chain operations can only be assured to the extent that individual nodes in the network are prepared to weather both literal and proverbial storms.
By Kate Sherwood, VP and Head of Sales North America at Centrica Business Solutions • Sept. 24, 2019 -
A Trump tariff boost? Georgia solar manufacturing plant will be North America's largest
Korea-based Hanwha Q Cells' new plant will produce 12,000 solar panels a day. But solar advocates contend the sector would have done better without the tariffs.
By Catherine Morehouse • Sept. 24, 2019 -
The upside of disruption? Supply chain's rise in value
Shifts in trade policy and mounting tweets have called attention to the supply chain in a previously rare way.
By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 24, 2019 -
ColumnShipper of choice: Strategic KPI or lip service?
Simply claiming to be a shipper of choice is not enough in a supply chain increasingly dependent on relationships, panelists said at the CSCMP Edge conference. "You can talk your talk, but you have to walk the walk at some point."
By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 23, 2019 -
More tech means higher labor productivity in the factory: survey
Moving toward "smart factory" status can help manufacturers increase their output, labor productivity and other metrics, according to a study by Deloitte.
By Matt Leonard • Sept. 23, 2019 -
In the fight against food waste, leaders focus on the business case
Experts agree measuring food waste is the crucial first step to moving mitigation work out of the philanthropic realm and into a financial or operational portfolio.
By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 23, 2019 -
Nike opens new distribution center running on 100% renewable energy
The 1.5-million-square-foot center is located in Ham, Belgium, expanding the company's existing European Logistics Campus on the site.
By Morgan Forde • Sept. 23, 2019 -
Nestlé, Ikea, Danone among 87 firms committed to further carbon emission reductions
The 87 companies also committed to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 through the Science Based Targets initiative.
By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 22, 2019 -
Amazon buys 100K electric vans as part of net zero carbon goals
The e-commerce company revealed its total carbon footprint was 44.4 million metric tons in 2018, and it wants to achieve carbon neutrality 10 years ahead of the Paris Climate Accord's 2050 goal.
By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 20, 2019 -
With the right mindset, returns present opportunity — not just liability
Reverse logistics was a frequent source of anxiety at ASCM 2019 as supply chains reckon with the onslaught of returns. With no hope of turning back, experts say it's time to take returns seriously.
By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 19, 2019 -
Stein Mart introduces BOPIS at all its locations
The retailer expects the move will shift about 15% of its e-commerce orders to in-store pickup.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 18, 2019 -
As e-grocery matures, fulfillment strategies diverge
The role of the store in order picking is changing for some major players in online grocery as dedicated fulfillment facilities and hybrid models emerge.
By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 17, 2019
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