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Supply Chain Crisis: Applying Long-Term Thinking
Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), said organizations need to take more of a long-term, systemic view vs. short-term fixes in response to a crisis. In this MCM p
Square/Afterpay and the Broader BNPL Trend
BNPL has caught on more broadly in other markets but it's certainly poised to catch on here. Square's pending $29b acquisition of Afterpay is certainly a major indicator, as are other deals. What is t
Livestreaming Shopping: The New Virtual Mall?
The last 18 months of lockdowns and restrictions have made it hard for consumers to shop at stores, eliminating the pleasure of leisurely, impulse buying, seeing a product or speaking with an associat
Instacart and the Great Facebook Talent Raid
Instacart has been on its own shopping spree, hiring away Fidji Simo, who ran Facebook's main app, as CEO, as well as Facebookers Carolyn Everson as president and Asha Sharma as COO. What’s behind Ins
Prepping for Peak Season at Burton
Israel Maynard, Senior Director of International Logistics and Fulfillment for outdoor gear and apparel retailer Burton, has been busy working with vendors overseas and partners here to get everything
Ecommerce Operations Software: After the Go Live
After a major software implementation, how do you deal with issues that inevitably crop up? Katie Langrock, VP of Operations at Vermont Teddy Bear and a panelist on this topic at Ecommerce Operations
Rolling With the Changes, Meeting New Demand at Tractor Supply
As the pandemic settled in, many were looking to escape urban environs and get back to the land. Letitia Webster, Tractor Supply’s SVP of ecommerce, omnichannel and MDM, and a keynote at Ecommerce Ope
How Best Buy Approaches Hiring and Staffing Challenges
Finding enough workers is a problem, and you need to be mindful of how the workforce is changing to meet staffing objectives. Mark Irvin, chief inclusion and diversity officer for Best Buy and a keyno
Driving Toward Interoperability for Warehouse Robots
There has been a steady proliferation of autonomous mobile robot makers. This while demand has grown for AMRs in order fulfillment, as ecommerce booms and labor is tight. But can different warehouse r
3 Years After Wayfair Decision, Issues Continue
In our latest MCM CommerceChat podcast, Liz Armbruester of Avalara, and Kevin Permenter of IDC provide an update on the ecommerce taxation landscape, three years after the landmark Wayfair decision. W