Tech & Logistics

Shoppers want cashier-free checkouts

Store experience is seen as a competitive advantage over online retailers and increasingly that means providing shoppers a self check out option. The fastest growing piece of NCR Corporation’s overall business continues to be its self-checkout business within the company’s hardware segment.

Instacart expands partnership with another food retailer

The company announced that it will broaden its service area with Schnucks to bring same-day grocery delivery to shoppers throughout the Midwest.

Target launches test of next-day delivery

Target has launched a pilot program aimed to help consumers get their grocery essentials delivered faster.

Wegmans jumps on the grocery delivery bandwagon

Wegmans Food Markets has cut a deal with Instacart to offer delivery from its stores along the East Coast.

Instacart is changing the way Americans shop for groceries

The company is planning to fill grocery delivery voids in smaller markets all across the country, giving it even more market share as it battles Amazon, Fresh Direct, Shipt and other services.

Jet.com jettisons Costco's private label brands

Walmart's Jet.com business is phasing out hundreds of products sold under Costco's Kirkland Signature brand from its assortment.

Space: The new supply chain frontier

In a world where speed and convenience rule, supply chain planning needs to look a lot different, leverage new tools and focus on the center of the shoppers’ universe.

Amazon patents technology for robotic janitors

Amazon has won patent approval for technology that would allow transport inventory robots in its warehouses to handle janitorial duties and other jobs.

Forrester shares view on future of pricing

Dynamic pricing has arrived and new research from Forrester Consulting shows shoppers are ready to embrace the phenomenon.

Target goes back to 'keep it simple'

Target says it is streamlining its digital operations to better compete with Amazon, Walmart and other retailers.

Blue Apron sales to top $1 billion

Meal kit provider Blue Apron is going public and some of the figures it shares with potential investors are sure to stun competitors.

JD.com is ahead of Amazon on drones

While "Amazon Prime Air” has yet to get off the ground, China's JD.com already has a fleet of drones that have carried out thousands of deliveries in the outskirts of Beijing and four other provinces.