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Gatik will autonomously deliver groceries for Kroger in Dallas

Autonomous short-haul logistics provider Gatik will begin moving grocery orders from Kroger’s customer fulfillment center in Dallas to area stores to meet the increasing demand for pickup of online orders.

Mountain View, California-based Gatik will use medium-duty box trucks for the deliveries as it moves to replace harder-to-maneuver Class 8 day cabs with 53-foot trailers with straight trucks. Gatik trucks feature a cold chain-capable 20-foot box designed to transport ambient, refrigerated and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-will-autonomously-deliver-groceries-for-kroger-in-dallas

Blue Yonder introduces pair of warehouse and fulfillment solutions

warehouse automation fulfillment technology

Scottsdale, Arizona-based supply chain technology company Blue Yonder on Tuesday released not one but two new solutions geared toward quick and easy fulfillment.

The first, Warehouse Execution System, is designed to help warehouse operators onboard and orchestrate workflows for their staff, whether human or robot. The other, Adaptive Fulfillment & Warehousing, is built to enable automated inventory management and omnichannel fulfillment, including options like curbside and same-day delivery.

Both...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/blue-yonder-introduces-pair-of-warehouse-and-fulfillment-solutions

ShipBob adds free 2-day shipping for Walmart Marketplace sellers

ShipBob is now an official shipping and fulfillment partner on the Walmart (NYSE: WMT) Marketplace, giving small and medium-sized businesses new options for fulfilling their e-commerce orders within two days.

The cloud-based logistics platform is now able to fulfill orders for Marketplace sellers with free two-day shipping. ShipBob will continue as a third-party logistics provider capable of fulfilling orders outside of Walmart’s two-day delivery program.

“We are excited about the strides Walmart...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shipbob-adds-free-2-day-shipping-for-walmart-marketplace-sellers

Onfleet, Bond combine to offer sellers full suite of e-commerce services

Sellers using third-party e-commerce platforms face logistical issues in moving their goods, but more companies are joining forces to ensure the process of ordering, shipping and returns is as smooth as possible.

The latest is a partnership between on-demand delivery company Onfleet and “post-purchase” provider Bond. The agreement will combine Onfleet’s last-mile delivery management software with Bond’s software, which integrates with most major e-commerce platforms, to offer customers an...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/onfleet-bond-combine-to-offer-sellers-full-suite-of-e-commerce-services

Walmart and Target among retailers spending billions to catch Amazon

As Amazon continues to dominate e-commerce, major retailers are stepping up their investments hoping to benefit from shifting consumer demands. E-commerce sales topped $790 billion in 2020, according to IBM’s U.S. Retail Index, and with them expected to continue to grow, more retailers are shifting more of their resources to hold onto the customers they gained in 2020, and hopefully land a few more.

Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Target (NYSE: TGT), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and Disney (NYSE: DIS) – already...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-and-target-among-retailers-spending-billions-to-catch-amazon

Ox set to grow after landing $3.5M seed round

Ox, an order fulfillment platform that leverages augmented reality (AR) to speed order picking, has landed a $3.5 million seed round of funding, led by MaC Venture Capital and Cortado Ventures. Additional participation came from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund (which is an investor in FreightWaves), Vuzix, Florida Funders, KCRise Fund and Willow Growth Partners.

“I realized that in order to keep up with the massive and ever-growing retail market, traditional supply chains needed help...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ox-set-to-grow-after-landing-3-5m-seed-round

Best Buy shrinking some store footprints to focus on order fulfillment

Best Buy turning retail floor space into e-commerce fulfillment centers

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) will trial smaller retail sales floors in a few markets as it looks to maximize space for e-commerce order fulfillment, Bloomberg reported Wednesday morning. Best Buy first announced the move during its November 2020 earnings call.

According to the latest report, store shopping space will shrink from 27,000 square feet to approximately 15,000 square feet in the locations, with the remainder used for preparing online orders for either in-store pickup or delivery.

The news...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/best-buy-shrinking-some-store-footprints-to-focus-on-order-fulfillment

AI breaking down silos and improving e-commerce experiences

The fast acceleration of e-commerce is owed in part to the development of artificial intelligence. AI is what allows retailers to know what to stock, where to stock it and how to ship it. And often, AI is working hard for consumers in the background without them even knowing it.

“[AI] is the glue that can connect the good customer experience digitally to … the store [experience],” Sudhir Balebail, program director for IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Sterling Order Management System, told Modern Shipper. “The...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ai-breaking-down-silos-and-improving-e-commerce-experiences

Retailers turned to scanning technology to meet ecommerce explosion

Shipt worker fulfills an online order

As retailers faced the unprecedented challenges of 2020, some were able to quickly pivot from brick-and-mortar operations to e-commerce thanks to the use of technology that in some cases, store associates already used.

The ubiquitous smartphone proved to be a business-saving device for some, allowing their operations to quickly and accurately fulfill e-commerce and in-store pickup orders.

“It was really around scaling up in-store picking where suddenly order volumes doubled, tripled and basket...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/retailers-turned-to-scanning-technology-to-meet-the-ecommerce-explosion

Google, UPS unit begin free delivery service for Google merchants

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG/GOOGL) has launched a service with Ware2Go Inc., an on-demand fulfillment platform owned by UPS Inc., (NYSE:UPS) where Google’s merchant customers can offer free deliveries of orders initiated by a Google search but consummated on the merchant’s site.

The service, called Google Free and Fast, touts free deliveries within a one- to three-day window, the companies said Thursday. Under the service, a visitor on the search engine giant’s platform clicks on a product...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/google-ups-unit-begin-free-delivery-service-for-google-merchants

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