This luxury e-commerce fulfillment platform is using drones to manage inventory

Vimaan warehouse drone

The logistics industry is really starting to talk about drone delivery as Amazon, Alphabet, UPS and others get their services off the ground. Modern Shipper even launched a new show about drone delivery tech to get in on the conversation.

But even within the logistics space, drones are far from one-trick ponies.

E-commerce order fulfillment platform PFS, a subsidiary of PFSweb Inc. (NASDAQ: PFSW) which counts luxury brands like Pandora and L’Oreal as clients, is partnering with tech provider...

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Retailers’ multinode strategies give consumers the options they want

New research suggests e-commerce consumers are loyal to brands but not necessarily to the websites from which they purchase those brands.

Post-click fulfillment provider PFS surveyed 2,000 adults ages 18 or over in the U.S. Fifty-six percent said they didn’t have a preference about the website on which they bought their favorite brands. The survey, conducted by Arlington Research, found that free delivery and competitive/attractive pricing, at 34% and 30%, respectively, were the most important...

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