https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/logistics/ Ecommerce Industry News Wed, 22 Mar 2023 03:32:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/logistics/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/03/21/cost-vs-speed-buyers-are-price-conscious-when-it-comes-to-delivery/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/03/21/cost-vs-speed-buyers-are-price-conscious-when-it-comes-to-delivery/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:20:30 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=229068 A new study found the top three delivery problems reported by online shoppers all relate to timeliness. Yet it also found that consumers’ preference for low-cost delivery is twice as important as delivery speed. Logistics expert Descartes published its second Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/03/21/cost-vs-speed-buyers-are-price-conscious-when-it-comes-to-delivery/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/08/21/fedex-turns-to-robotics-to-handle-surge-in-ecommerce-packages/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 01:18:29 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226018 FedEx Ground is turning to robotics to streamline the processing of small packages as it experiences exponential growth in ecommerce business. FedEx Ground recently implemented sortation and identification systems in New York to robotically sort the thousands of small packages Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/04/27/coping-with-covid-descartes-offers-a-global-viewpoint/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/04/27/coping-with-covid-descartes-offers-a-global-viewpoint/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2020 03:04:42 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=15937 Descartes offers logistics technology to customers in 160 countries including ground carriers, airlines, ocean carriers, and manufacturers – basically any business involved with moving goods around the globe. And with the current coronavirus pandemic, that means the company is in Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/04/27/coping-with-covid-descartes-offers-a-global-viewpoint/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/03/25/etsy-executive-to-keynote-at-home-delivery-world/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:07:30 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13427 A top Etsy executive will be one of the keynote speakers at the Home Delivery World conference taking place next month. Roman Sobieri, Head of Shipping, Listing Management and Payment Operations at Etsy, will speak about providing a frictionless shipping Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/01/30/descartes-runs-ecommerce-benchmark-survey/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=8667 Logistics firm Descartes is surveying merchants as part of its first annual Ecommerce Benchmark Survey. Gregor Walter, Vice President, Product Strategy, Ecommerce at Descartes Systems Group, said the survey covers industry issues and is critical to understand how ecommerce businesses Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2017/08/14/target-scoops-rivals-gains-logistics-expertise/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:26:23 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=4947 Retail chainstore Target is acquiring Grand Junction, whose founder and CEO Rob Howard designed and implemented same-day and local delivery programs for Home Depot, Amazon, IKEA, Office Depot, Best Buy, Amerisource Bergen, McKesson, eBay and others. Target said the local-delivery Read more]]>