Escalating concerns over the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19 are affecting every industry and sector, and retail and ecommerce are certainly no exception.
This includes not only challenged supply chains in Asia and other affected countries but also things like runs on certain products in supermarkets and price clubs as consumers panic.
Some observers are even saying that ecommerce here and globally is getting an unexpected boost as shoppers are wary of venturing out to public places.
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MHC Launches eCommerce, Text-to-Landline Parts Ordering - Aftermarket - Trucking Info
In 2015, the aftermarket repair industry and truck and engine makers reached an agreement on the sharing of heavy-duty vehicle service information. While sometimes called Right to Repair, the issue was really a problem with access to the information needed to make certain repairs.
In order to get the most out of data, trucking fleets need to make sure they have the right data. Too often, there is chaos when it comes to service event data.
Chris Spear, head of the American Trucking Associations, discussed top issues facing trucking, including highway funding, autonomous vehicles, and nuclear verdicts.
KC SmartPort Shares Leading Differentiators for its Ecommerce Surge - Global Trade Magazine
"With online sales increasing every year, companies have really been focusing on their omnichannel strategy. The Kansas City region is centrally located and offers a robust transportation infrastructure from road, air, rail and water, ultimately supporting the ability for businesses to reach 88-90 percent of the population in about two days. This really lends itself as a successful strategy around ecommerce ," said Chris Gutierrez, president of KC SmartPort.
NRF | Robotics firm brings smart fulfillment to ecommerce
Efficient retail supply chain fulfillment has involved robotics for some time. Where traditional operations have bumped up against ecommerce challenges, Berkshire Grey is stepping in to move retailers into a new era.
As consumers change the way they buy products, distribution center-level problems are having ripple effects on stores. "There's a push to make store footprints smaller, which means smaller backrooms or even no backrooms, and a push to take inventory out of the chain," says Pete Blair, vice president of marketing at Berkshire Grey.
Not to change the topic here:
Cross-border eCommerce Industry Insights, 2019-2025: ~75% of Logistics Costs are Spent on the
Dublin, March 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Cross-border eCommerce Market, Forecast to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Around 75% of the logistics costs are spent on the last leg of the supply chain, i.e., transporting products from the retailer location to the end customer. Despite these challenges, more participants seem to focus on cross-border eCommerce and improve the efficiency of logistics in this field.
Opportunities
Simple Ways to Offer Customized Products | Practical Ecommerce
Personalization can be simple as packaging a group of items as custom “kit” or providing engraved plates or quality vinyl decals.
Nike offers customized shoes on its website. Shoppers can, on select styles, choose the color of nearly every element and even name the shoe.
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To be sure, smaller sites are not Nike. But there are many opportunities to provide a similar experience.
Personalize common items. Investing in a quality decal printer (as well as training for the application process) can turn a basic phone case into a work of one’s own art. CaseApp, for example, provides high-end solutions, but most any merchant could produce similar results with minimal investment.
Convert Group Notches €1.2 Million | PYMNTS.com
To bring online shopping visibility to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), Greece-based Convert Group has notched €1.2 million in seed funding. The startup offers software-as-a-service (SaaS) to let brands know how they are performing throughout eCommerce, according to reports .
"eRetail Audit," which is the central offering of the upstart, is said to be a digital platform that offers online retail market share information for "sell-out" consumer merchandise in units, value and volume. It teams with different online shopping platforms and stores to offer this information. And, instead of going head to head with marketing insight firms IQVIA and Nielsen, it has inked revenue sharing-based strategic partnerships.
Women of Guns.com: April Robinson, Ecommerce Photographer :: Guns.com
April Robinson, sporting a sweet Guns.com sweatshirt, is the company’s E-commerce Photographer. (Photo: April Robinson/Guns.com)
March is Women's History Month and to celebrate I wanted to take some time to get to know a handful of ladies working at Guns.com.
In my final edition of this series, I hung out with Ecommerce Photographer April Robinson. Robinson, a recent hire to Guns.com, captures the beautiful images found in our Certified Used Guns section in addition to providing product imagery for content and social media. We nerded out over photography and talked about her experience as an MA in the U.S. Navy Reserves.
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