E-commerce

If we learned anything in 2020, it’s that distribution and fulfillment (D&F) companies will need to utilize all available tools, technologies and fulfillment strategies to prepare for a new era of omnichannel fulfillment

Today’s wholesale warehouses need an efficient, dynamic and flexible system for faster order fulfillment to keep pace with significantly changing customer behaviors.

In conversation after conversation, we continue to learn of the deep changes that e-commerce has ushered into warehouse and distribution center operations, from implementing game-changing automation, robotics and software to tightening up labor and inventory management to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery and returns processes—and everything in between.

The retail leader gave new life to an existing facility that sets the standard for e-fulfillment at Gap Inc. What’s more, it brought the 1.2-million-square-foot facility online two months ahead of schedule during a pandemic.

From smaller, more irregular packages, to new market segments like micro-fulfillment automation, the change driven by e-commerce is reflected in the conveyor and sortation market. Add in the need to offer systems that are faster to put in and more adaptable over time, and you see multiple reasons for these trends.

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Take an inside look at the new Caleres distribution center.

One of the country’s largest shoe companies brought its wholesale distribution operations in house with a highly automated distribution network capable of shipping a total of 80 million pairs of shoes a year. Here’s how.

Employee turnover has decreased by 50% so far.

The 3PL implemented a fleet of eight autonomous mobile robots in one e-commerce fulfillment center. The result is more than double the productivity in that area.

Modern staff sat down Kyle Ous, Senior Manager of Packaging at Chainalytics to discuss E-commerce trends and other topics.

With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic continuing to change myriad aspects of everyday life, holiday season shopping is not an exception, according to the 2020 U.S. Retail Holiday Trends Guide, which was issued this week by industrial real estate firm CBRE.

Retail fulfillment may never be the same, and that’s not a bad thing! Listen in as Craig Jones discusses how Under Armour is re-inventing its fulfillment capabilities

E-commerce is heating up! Listen in as Alan Amling discusses the future of small package delivery