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Rise in ‘on demand’ delivery sends e-tailers scrambling for warehouse space

E-commerce warehouse E-commerce was supposed to bypass the need for expensive downtown storefronts, but rising demand for two-day shipping has turned the tables, with warehousing space in or near cities – close enough to deploy last-mile deliveries – currently costing, on average, more than US$250,000 per acre, up 25 percent from

Amazon says over 5 billion items shipped in 2017 via Prime

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it shipped over 5 billion items worldwide via its subscription-based Prime service in 2017 while adding more new members than ever before. The e-commerce giant, which revealed its Prime shipment numbers for the first time, did not give comparable full-year shipment number for 2016. Imagine your Ad placed here Amazon

E-commerce triggers a tsunami of returns this holiday season

UPS dispatch  Returns are the unsung antiheroes of the e-commerce saga, but this holiday season, they’re getting their moment in the spotlight, because it turns out that for all the advantages of shopping online, nothing beats the old-fashioned dressing room. “E-commerce’s painless return policies are duping us,” wrote Slate.com’s Inkoo Kang. “And

The naughty and nice of holiday shipping and returns

Online shoppers will pay close attention to at least two things this holiday season: shipping costs and return deadlines. Nowadays, free shipping during the holidays is more of a requirement than a competitive advantage for retailers, according to Christopher Newman, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Mississippi. Imagine your Ad placed here “Retailers

UPS operations return to ‘peak operating plan’ after initial cyber week surge

United Parcel Service struggled to handle increased e-commerce volumes during the cyber week surge, but a UPS spokesperson on Monday told American Shipper its operations have returned to the “peak operating plan” after the initial cyber week surge.   United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) struggled to handle increased e-commerce volumes during the cyber week

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