Tag: Amazon

September 19, 2019

Amazon’s move toward one-day delivery for Prime members may have spurred Macy’s to drop the $8 fee it usually charges for same-day delivery. Perhaps in a subtle dig at Amazon’s offer (which is available only to Prime customers who pay […]

September 18, 2019

E-commerce, conducted as it is in the digital ether, is a cash-free zone. The Amazon Go store is an innovation that brings the smooth no-cash transactions of online shopping to brick and mortar, built on the promise of alleviating one […]

September 12, 2019

Amazon has already seen some hiccups in its promise of next-day delivery. Many customers complained of later-than-expected shipping times during Prime Day this summer, an early test of the retailer’s delivery promises. But Amazon has learned a lot from Prime […]

September 4, 2019

Coresight’s survey findings echo previous research indicating that consumers will continue shopping in-stores. A 2019 Shopkick survey found that 55% of Gen Z shoppers will do most of their shopping in-store, and 54% of Boomers will do the same. For […]

August 28, 2019

Retailers are sparing no expense in the race toward faster shipping. Amazon has invested more than $800 million in one-day delivery for Prime members. Meanwhile, Walmart is following suit with free, one-day shipping that could be available to three-fourths of […]

August 12, 2019

Drones, for the last few years, have been viewed as the future of last-mile delivery for a variety of organizations ranging from third party logistics to hospitals. These flying couriers could also make it easier to provide same-day delivery in […]

July 30, 2019

Stitch Fix, or at least its stock, has been dogged by Amazon since the e-commerce giant first tested Prime Wardrobe in June 2017, just months ahead of Stitch Fix’s initial public offering. Box services, subscriptions and try-before-you-buy services abound in […]

July 26, 2019

Amazon on Thursday said that its move to speed up Prime delivery to one day is costing a bit more than the $800 million they’d predicted last quarter. “That number’s probably going to come out north of a billion dollars,” […]

July 22, 2019

Prime Day’s benefits seem to be getting broader, both across the retail world and across the businesses of individual retailers. Ethan Chernofsky, Placer.ai marketing vice president, said in a blog post of Whole Foods’ traffic spikes that “this is a […]

July 17, 2019

Amazon is putting pressure on retailers, and failure to provide competitive shipping options is costing online them business, according to a new survey of merchants and consumers conducted by e-commerce platform BigCommerce. Half of the nearly 3,000 consumers surveyed said […]