March 01, 2019
Robots Are Gaining More Power In Grocery (And Delivery)
Robots, including those working in retail, “shipped to North American companies in record numbers last year,” according to a new report from the Robotic Industries Association. The new numbers underscore...
March 01, 2019
Tesla Plans Move To eCommerce Sales Model
In an effort to transition to an eCommerce sales platform, Tesla announced its move to an online-only sales model. The company’s CEO, Elon Musk, noted that the move would lower costs...
March 01, 2019
Amazon Discontinues Physical Dash Buttons
Amazon, the eCommerce giant, is discontinuing its physical Dash buttons that provided an easy way to order certain products over and over again. According to a report in Engadget, Amazon...
March 01, 2019
Ex-GM EVP Finds A New Home At Amazon
Amazon has hired General Motors‘ (GMs’) executive vice president of global manufacturing. Citing sources familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Alicia Boler Davis has joined the eCommerce...
March 01, 2019
Apple Adds Delivery, Flight Siri Shortcuts
Apple has launched five new Siri Shortcuts that are now available. The Siri Shortcuts feature was introduced last fall as part of iOS 12. According to USA Today, the tech...
March 01, 2019
Western Union CEO: Speedpay Sale Speeds Way To X-Border Payments...
The year 2019 is already shaping up as a big year for deal-making in financial services and payments. Western Union, of course, just sold Speedpay, its U.S. bill payments unit,...
March 01, 2019
Why Retailers Are Crowdsourcing Delivery
Imagine getting paid to go home. (Really, take a moment and do so. Feels nice, right?) Now, imagine not only getting paid to go home, but doing so in a...
March 01, 2019
How Cannabis Merchants Seek To Clear the Online Sales Haze
One-click ordering in the Amazon age has made consumers impatient for their products. When it comes to subscribing for new services, that behavior hasn’t changed. Customers want to input their...
February 28, 2019
US: FTC Penalty on fake reviews created
One cannot have the good without the bad, and that holds especially true, it seems, with online product reviews — a vital, useful part of eCommerce that is reviled by...
