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While most view Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) as the gold standards when it comes to e-commerce, Target (NYSE: TGT) has quietly made gains, and it is doing it in innovative ways. "We created a ‘local guest experience' battleground," Arthur L. Valdez Jr., Target's chief supply chain...

On Nov. 5, 2014, a new company announced its arrival in Australia, promising to take on the monopoly of package delivery that was the Australia Post. Sendle's founders saw e-commerce's potential and realized the volume would create inefficiencies and add cost. "Sendle estimates between 30-40...

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After a year of going to class behind a camera wearing nice shirts with sweatpants, children across America are finally beginning to go back to school, for real. Even as COVID-19's delta variant picks up steam, parents are gearing up to send their kids back to the classroom, and it's showing in...

The trucking industry needs to get ready because Americans are set to shop. New research from e-commerce solutions firm Radial found that 65% of American shoppers expect to spend as much or more as they did during the 2020 holiday season. That is great news for retailers but could produce some...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. As OM Holdings International (OTC: OMHI) is launching its Local On-Demand Technology, or LODETECH, in the Caribbean to digitize the...

An annual rite of passage is upon us: peak season surcharges. UPS (NYSE: UPS), FedEx (NYSE: FDX), and the U.S. Postal Service have all announced their peak season surcharges in the past month. The surcharges are designed to provide additional revenue during peak shipping times, such as the holiday...

In Latin America, e-commerce remains in the early stages, garnering just 6% of total sales in the region, according to Nuvemshop. Delivery and payment processes are two of the barriers that are slowing growth in the region, but Nuvemshop believes it can solve both issues. The company, based in Sao...

Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT) ability to keep customers coming to its stores will again be on display when Q2 results are released tomorrow morning. A year ago, people had few shopping options beyond WMT and a few other big stores that kept doors open through the pandemic. Now, with more choices...

E-commerce continues to maintain its foothold in the economy, but future sales are potentially at risk for some businesses that rely on traditional e-commerce platforms, said the CEO of Fabric. Faisal Masud spoke to Modern Shipper on that and the e-commerce market in general in a recent interview...

Amazon Web Services continues to be a star player for Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN). As vaccines kicked in and helped the world restore somewhat of normalcy that includes in-store shopping, the hyped demand that amazon enjoyed is slowly weakening. But to be clear, it is nothing dramatic, just...

What started as 140 characters and morphed into a destination platform for news and information as well as engagement with friends and like-minded individuals — is now embracing shopping. Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) on Thursday announced Shop Module, a dedicated space atop a business's profile where it...

If you’ve ever visited Twitter and seen a product you liked, chances are you had to click on a link to go to a different website to make the purchase. Twitter would like to change that and is testing a new feature which could allow brands to sell directly on the social media platform. What...

Total second-quarter revenue jumped 57% year-over-year for Shopify, signaling that there is no slowdown happening in the e-commerce space. The company said revenue was $1.12 billion and gross profits increased 64% to $627 million, compared to $381.4 million in Q2 2020. In fact, Shopify (NYSE: SHOP...