When it comes to remote implementations, you can't find a more inspirational story than the one presented by Lori Jackson, senior vice president of operations at ForHIMS. ForHIMS is a personal wellness startup that sells through the ecommerce channel. Ms. Jackson, and a small team, supported by the system integrator iWMS, implemented a warehouse management system (WMS) at a green field site in under 100 days during the pandemic.
The iWMS team on this project had folks from the US, South Africa, Ceylon, and India participating in team meetings and individual calls. There were calls where a ForHIMS team member might say to a consultant, "I can't get this feature to work." Pictures of the keystrokes were taken. The remote consultant would then say, "I see what you are doing Brendon. You are hitting F3 when you are supposed to be hitting F4."
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COVID changed the e-commerce landscape. Here's how CPG players must adapt | VentureBeat
In Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises," there is a famous passage where a main character shares insight into how he went bankrupt: "Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly."
The food and beverage industry's shift to online was similar — gradual for the last few years, then sudden because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, at PepsiCo, we estimate that the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of online grocery by 3-5 years.
The future of the food and beverage industry will be rooted in data and technology, and e-commerce offers the opportunity to test new technological capabilities in a much faster and lower risk environment than brick and mortar. For the past several years, PepsiCo has been bolstering its tech capabilities and redefining what it means to be a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company by accelerating its digital transformation .
India's draft e-commerce policy calls for equal treatment of sellers | Reuters
Separately, India is also considering changes to foreign investment rules that could prompt players including Amazon to restructure their ties with some major sellers, Reuters reported in January.
Government officials are set to hold talks next week with industry executives on such rules, according to people with direct knowledge.
Indian traders have also complained about steep discounts offered by online companies which smaller retailers have not been able to match. Amazon and Flipkart have said they comply with all laws.
New ecommerce policy draft drops regulator, cites equal treatment for sellers - cnbctv18.com
> Government shall collect information from ecommerce platforms to aid it in making necessary decisions.
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> An ecommerce operator shall manage its relationship with sellers on its platform in an agnostic manner without being partial to any of its sellers.
> An ecommerce operator shall ensure that information collected through platform is not used to obtain market advantage against sellers on its own platform.
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Ecommerce: E-commerce players cannot be partial to any sellers, Retail News, ET Retail
"I have always avoided going into an alcohol store," said Sharma, whose name was changed so that her family would not know where she had been.
"In this context, we reiterate that not only Amazon, its joint ventures in India too are hand in glove and knowingly helping it desecrating our country's rule of law. It is also deeply worrying that some banks are colluding with Amazon by helping it keep prices lower than the market through exclusive policies giving cashback," CAIT said.
How is AI Redefining the Future of eCommerce Industry - ReadWrite
Having said that, global eCommerce sales are anticipated to reach $4.88 trillion in 2021. Moreover, the global Pandemic has changed the way people shop, which uplifted the demand for online shopping even more. As it meets consumer needs without any physical restraints whatsoever.
Returning to what we call “normal” will most likely occur later in the year — since consumer behaviors have drastically shifted from physical to digital. AND maybe things won’t change at all.
GameStop's eComm Transformation Tops The News | PYMNTS.com
In this week's news, we saw Chewy's founder selected to head up GameStop's eCommerce transformation, in addition to new insights on ID verification and installment plans. The Weekender is here to catch you up.
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Snap Inc. , parent of the popular social media platform Snapchat, has always shied away from being labeled as a social media company. Its preferred tag was a camera company. However, Snapchat is looking less like either these days and more like a firm aiming to build itself into a super app ecosystem for users.
Why more brands are merging e-commerce with social good initiatives – Glossy
Many digitally-native brands use their e-commerce platforms to encourage customer contributions to social causes, especially if social impact is ingrained in their brand DNA. Data shows the events of 2020 have accelerated the trend, with brands increasingly incorporating cause marketing into their business operations.
According to research conducted by DTC Magazine and ShoppingGives , a technology company that helps brands integrate nonprofit donations directly into their shopping platforms, since the pandemic's onset in March 2020, and civil unrest over racial injustice in the U.S. in June 2020, there have been significant increases in customer donations and order values across multiple charity categories.
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