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Blockbuster Cyber Monday May Not Be Enough to Boost Market

Shoppers will spend an estimated $7.8 billion on Cyber Monday, Nov. 26 a record boosting a strong holiday shopping season, and Wall Street likely will shrug it off.

November 26, 2018
BusinessLogistics

With Most Efficient Logistics, Wildberries Becomes Russias Biggest Web Retailer

Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, is run by a mother of four who founded her company in her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave from her job as an English teacher.

August 30, 2018
BusinessLogisticsTCA

Cyber Monday Orders Are In; Retailers Now Giving Perks for Patience

Shoppers clicking buy on smartphones, tablets and laptops spent almost $20 billion online from Thanksgiving through Monday. Now retailers have to turn that spending spree into a flood of cardboard boxes on their way to shoppers doorsteps.

November 30, 2017
BusinessLogistics

Holiday Sales, Delivery Volume Could Smash Records

The big delivery firms are preparing for unprecedented package volumes during the holiday shopping season as retailers say they are on course to set new sales records.

November 28, 2017
BusinessEquipmentLogistics

Intermodal Operators Expand in E-Commerce as Online Retailers Seek to Control Costs

Intermodal rail and trucking companies are competing to meet the transportation needs of e-commerce businesses while adapting to how these new supply chains differ from those of traditional brick-and-mortar retailers.

July 13, 2017