Curbside pickup

Berkshire Grey is turning anywhere into a fulfillment center

The Berkshire Grey BG FLEX fulfillment system in action

In 2022, the store is everywhere. While brick-and-mortar retail certainly isn’t going away, U.S. consumers have learned to shop online. And once they purchase an item, they’re conditioned to expect countless ways of receiving it.

Curbside pickup, same-day delivery, and buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) — all are symptomatic of the e-commerce era, one in which fulfillment is king. Berkshire Grey (NASD...

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Target planning logistics overhaul for 2022

Target said it plans to spend $5 billion to expand its logistics operation in 2022

After reporting strong fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2021 earnings earlier this week, one of America’s largest retailers is setting its sights on delivery to grow even more.

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) has long been a staple of U.S. physical and digital retail, but up until last year, it hadn’t touched its logistics network in over a decade. The big box store added a pair of regional distribution centers last summer, but that was just an appetizer for this week’s main course.

Target announced...

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Bed Bath & Beyond quickly grows same-day delivery network

Bed Bath & Beyond adds Roadie same-day delivery service

Bed Bath & Beyond is quickly growing its same-day and on-demand delivery networks, adding a critical partner on Wednesday that can help service larger items other delivery partners may not be able to handle.

Roadie, which provides “on the way” last-mile delivery, will provide service for Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) and buybuy BABY locations nationwide, doubling the number of ZIP codes with same-day delivery available for the retailers.

The service begins Thursday. Roadie has 200,000 verified...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bed-bath-beyond-quickly-grows-same-day-delivery-network

Ship-from-store: A retail Rube Goldberg machine?

This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (4/8) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest.

In Point of Sale episode 8, BMO Senior Retail and Ecommerce Analyst Simeon Siegel, while detailing his admiration for off-price retailers, said, “The off-price business convinced shoppers to be their employees.” For the chance at discounted products, the customer supplies much of the labor necessary for an order to reach its destination. The same holds true for retailers in general, but...

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Why Nordstrom Rack is key to managing overbought inventory

This is an excerpt from Thursday’s (3/4) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest.

Ordering apparel inventory is hard. In normal times, retailers order inventory upwards of six months in advance, hoping what they ordered isn’t out of fashion by the time it hits the shelves. Although consumer preferences changed rapidly, at least overall demand was steady and predictable. 

COVID has and continues to rampage through the apparel industry, suppressing demand for pretty much...

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