The stats are in: digital marketplaces are surging. But who will be the winners – besides Amazon – when the holiday season wraps? Barb reviews new marketplace survey data, and gives her take on what will set successful marketplaces apart. The post Are digital marketplaces the future of retail? appeared first on diginomica. Source link
Deliv raises $40M in Series C financing from top global automotive, logistics, REIT and technology companies. Source link
By Jack M. Germain Oct 31, 2018 5:00 AM PT The cloud computing landscape may look much different to enterprise users following the announcement earlier this week of IBM’s agreement to acquire Red Hat. IBM plans to purchase Red Hat, a major provider of open source cloud software, for US$34 billion. IBM will acquire all […]
Posted by Kendall Fisher, Executive Producer and Host of The NetSuite Podcast Steiner Sports doesn’t have time to focus on its systems. In case you missed the article earlier this year, Steiner Sports is a $50 million sports marketing corporation with two lines of business. On the B2B side, the company utilizes the power of […]
While technological innovations can revolutionize how supply chain businesses advance, it’s important for all participants to be a little bit skeptical when supposedly new game-changing technologies are introduced. Source link
Proposed tariffs on Chinese goods are forcing retailers to buy early for the holidays to beat the tax but that could leave them with bloated inventories, organizations that have invested in digital inventory technology are gaining an edge in understanding inventory levels and being able to move inventory faster throughout the supply chain. Source link
The capacity crunch continues to affect our entire industry with the driver shortage, new regulations and solid demand that are driving up rates, but what else is happening in the industry? Source link
Just before the midnight deadline last Sunday, September 30, 2018, the US and Canada struck a deal on trade and announced the framework for a new, revised NAFTA – now known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. Source link
XPO Logistics will buy 5,000 warehouse robots from a Singapore startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel as part of a deal that makes XPO the only logistics provider to use the technology in North America, the U.K., and eight other European countries. Source link
Walmart has announced it has acquired plus-size apparel retailer Eloquii Design Inc. for an undisclosed amount, the brand is the latest digitally native retailer that Walmart has acquired in recent years. Source link
