Category: Technology
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FedEx Follows Amazon Into the Robotic Future
As soon as the first robot arrived at a FedEx shipping hub in the heart of North Carolina tobacco country early last year, talk of pink slips was in the air. Workers had been … ›
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Nordstrom snaps up tech startups to fuel mobile shopping
Nordstrom announced it has acquired retail technology companies BevyUp, provider of a digital selling tool, and MessageYes, an enabler of … ›
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Walmart relies on DevOps and the IoT to better its business model
Across Walmart's 10,000 IT employee workforce, CIO Clay Johnson is executing a product management model where managers "serve as 'product … ›
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For L’Oreal and Home Depot, AI quickly becomes table stakes
Artificial intelligence and its sister technologies like machine learning and machine vision have been the talk of the town at South by … ›
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Amazon wants to make it easier to shop its website without a credit card
Amazon is in early talks with financial institutions including J.P. Morgan Chase to help launch checking account-like products, aimed at … ›
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China’s biggest retailer JD.com takes on Amazon with robots and drones
When JD.com's Zhang Chen looks into the future, the chief technology officer at China's biggest retailer sees a world of self-driving … ›
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Amazon has French grocery market in its sights, French boss tells paper
U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon aims to launch its grocery delivery service in France as part of global ambitions to expand in food retail, … ›
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Amazon’s push into fashion retail should scare these companies the most
Amazon’s size and reach—not to mention its willingness to sacrifice profits for market share —make it a company that every … ›
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E-retailing may log in 2.5 times growth in three years
The booming e-retail market is likely to surge over twofold over the next three years, as players will be forced to shift their focus from … ›
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Australian retailers resilient as they face down ‘Amazon effect’
Three months after the launch of Amazon in Australia, local competitors say they are still waiting for the dreaded “Amazon … ›