Η eBay θα προχωρήσει σε περίπου 1.000 απολύσεις εργαζομένων που αναλογούν στο περίπου 9% του τρέχοντος εργατικού δυναμικού του, ανακοίνωσε η εταιρεία την Τρίτη.
Εκτός από τις περικοπές θέσεων εργασίας,…
eBay: Δεύτερος γύρος απολύσεων- Προχωράει σε περικοπές 1.000 θέσεων εργασίας – Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ
Τα στόματα άνοιξαν και τα βρετανικά μέσα δημοσιεύουν σοκαριστικές πληροφορίες για την κλοπή πολύτιμων αντικειμένων από το Βρετανικό Μουσείο, οι οποίες και εγείρουν σοβαρά ερωτήματα για την ασφάλεια.
Μετά την…
Σοκάρουν οι αποκαλύψεις για το Βρετανικό Μουσείο: Στο eBay θησαυροί του από το 2020 – Η...
People hate doing things themselves. Today we have cars that are self-driving, microwaves that are self-cleaning, thermostats that are self-adjusting – even sentences that are self-completing. Automation is just about everywhere, from the streets we drive on to the stores we shop at, but there’s still a long way to go before we reach the ceiling of what it can do.
Linnworks is bringing that ceiling closer to reality. On Wednesday, the commerce automation company announced a new majority...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/linnworks-new-funding-will-enable-an-effortless-economy
Total second-quarter revenue jumped 19% year-over-year for PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), falling slightly short of analyst expectations. The company’s shares saw an 8% drop after the close.
The company said net revenue was $6.24 billion and total payment volume (TPV) increased 40% to $311 billion, compared to $222 million in Q2 2020. Transaction revenues increased 17% year-over-year to $5.8 billion, and revenues from other value-added services were $441 million as of June 30, up 40% from $316 million...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/paypal-beats-q2-2021-earnings-estimates-misses-on-revenue
FreightWaves Classics articles look at various aspects of the transportation industry’s history. If there are topics that you think would be of interest, please send them to [email protected].
The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of...
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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Embracing tech standards before pandemic benefited manufacturers; eBay opens platform to millions of sellers in Latin America; Bull Moose Tube announces Texas mill; and CBP seizes $4 million in fake items at Port Houston.
Embracing tech standards before pandemic benefited manufacturers, survey finds
Manufacturers and suppliers that adopted Industry 4.0 standards prior...
The reseller’s market has boomed in recent years, powered by the ease of use for platforms such as eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), The Real Real (NASDAQ: REAL) and Poshmark (NASDAQ: POSH) among others. A 2020 report on the market by ThreadUp and Global Data predicts the resale apparel markets alone will top $64 billion by 2025 – up from $28 billion in 2020.
Resale is growing 25 times faster than retail overall, the companies found.
The problem sellers face with the resale market is that it is fragmented –...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/vendoo-magic-platform-puts-multiple-marketplaces-at-resellers-fingertips
The retail customer journey has been changed forever. No longer is going to a physical store and browsing the aisles the only method of shopping. More browsing than ever is taking place online, more sales than ever are occurring in digital spaces and more pressure on retailers is driving change – and new challenges – that continue to alter the shopping experience.
Understanding these changes are key to creating successful customer journeys. More importantly, though, is understanding what the...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/shipping-speed-transparency-continue-to-trip-up-e-commerce-brands
E-commerce shipment tracking platform AfterShip has landed a $66 million Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. The company previously raised a $2 million Series A1 in 2019 led by 10Fund and a $1 million Series A in 2014 led by China’s IDG Capital Partners, according to data compiled by Crunchbase.
Founded by Andrew Chan, the Hong Kong-based company provides e-commerce shipment tracking and has partnerships with over 700 carriers worldwide tracking over 6 billion shipments,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/e-commerce-tracking-firm-aftership-lands-66m-funding-round
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In this installment of the AI in Supply Chain series (#AIinSupplyChain), I tried to discern the outlines of an answer to the question posed in the headline above by reading three academic papers. This article distills what I consider the most important takeaways from the papers.
Although the context of the investigations that resulted in these papers looks at the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/commentary-can-ai-and-machine-learning-improve-the-economy