Online Shopping

Online shopping takes lead over brick-and-mortar stores in holiday season upset

Online shopping has finally eclipsed brick-and-mortar store browsing as the most popular holiday gift-buying option this year, according to recent research from project44. While this shift in consumer preferences has been happening for years, it still presents a unique set of challenges for shippers.

“For the first time, a majority (51%) of consumers plan to do most of their seasonal shopping online,” said Eric Fullerton, senior director of product marketing at project44. “Retailers must ensure...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/online-shopping-takes-lead-over-brick-and-mortar-stores-in-holiday-season-upset

TikTok looks to tech startups to jump-start e-commerce business

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The news of TikTok’s U.S. launch of TikTok Shop got many in the logistics industry excited by the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tiktok-looks-to-tech-startups-to-jump-start-e-commerce-business

Target reimagines store design for e-commerce, same-day services

As being able to fulfill orders anywhere, anyhow has steadily become the expectation for brands, one of the United States’ largest retailers is overhauling its store design to meet it.

Target (NYSE: TGT) on Tuesday unveiled a new, larger model that will emphasize omnichannel fulfillment services, including same-day pickup, digital fulfillment and options like curbside and drive-up. The first new store debuted this week in the Houston suburb of Katy, Texas.

The new layout from Target is about...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/target-reimagines-store-design-for-e-commerce-same-day-services

What’s next for TikTok after news of US fulfillment bid?

TikTok app

What does TikTok have up its sleeve?

The massive social media platform is reportedly making an unlikely entrance into the U.S. fulfillment services market. More than a dozen job listings posted by TikTok over the past two weeks signal that the company is building its own fulfillment centers to handle orders from TikTok Shop, as first reported by Axios.

TikTok Shop is the platform’s e-commerce shopping option, first launched in 2021 in the U.K. It operates in select markets and connects users to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/whats-next-for-tiktok-after-news-of-us-fulfillment-bid

E-commerce quickly becoming daily habit for many

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Convenience and automation in the home are growing in tandem with e-commerce, a new monthly report from PYMTS found.

The report, entitled The ConnectedEconomy Monthly Report: The Rise Of The Smart Home, surveyed 2,696 U.S. consumers and found 37% of Americans engaged in online transactional activities in May. That’s up from November 2021’s 32.6%. The monthly percentage has ranged between November’s low to a high of 37.6% in April.

“The most common types of e-commerce purchases consumers made...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/e-commerce-quickly-becoming-daily-habit-for-many

Amazon’s Prime Day returns in July — here are the logistics

Amazon Prime day package delivery

Prime Day is back. Amazon on Thursday finally revealed that the e-commerce pseudo-holiday will return on July 12 and 13, with member-only deals beginning as early asTuesday.

For Prime Day 2022, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) emphasized that customers will be able to shop from more third-party sellers than last year. It touted the number of small and midsized businesses that would be available, and Amazon is rewarding customers who buy from small businesses with some big prizes — including tickets to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazons-prime-day-returns-in-july-here-are-the-logistics

Lockdown-induced eCommerce shift here to stay for supply chains

More than a third of businesses believe that the move to online shopping seen during the COVID-19 pandemic is now a permanent shift, according to new research from international supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA.

From surveying business leaders across the grocery and homeware industries, 36% of companies believe that eCommerce will now remain at the inflated levels seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, wherein enforced social distancing restrictions prompted a surge in eCommerce activity.

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/06/lockdown-induced-ecommerce-shift-here-to-stay-for-supply-chains/

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