Time or space? In the run-up to their peak delivery seasons, UPS and FedEx are emphasizing different aspects of reality , according to ...

BASF, the German chemical company, is beginning to use blockchain technology for early identification of supply chain problems . According ...

Here's how UBS breaks down the US grocery industry After the big announcement: The New Yorker explains what Amazon's purchase...

Photo composite by Adweek In June 1974 Marsh grocery stores -- anchored in Indiana -- introduced scanning technology to retail. On May ...

Various and sundry offered with no comment, but before I forget entirely: Link to good report by The Economist Intelligence Unit on curr...

Good piece in the Wall Street Journal addressing how Walmart is deploying price competition to hold and grow its share of the grocery market...

In interviews with Recode (above), Reuters and others, Marc Lore the head of Walmart's ecommerce operation has announced the compa...

Jana Partners, an activist investor, has accumulated a nine-percent stake in Whole Foods . It is pushing for major reforms, including -- it ...

Good overview of retail trends from Bloomberg .  One extract: There could be 8,640 store closings in 2017.... That would be higher than t...

The Material Handling Institute has released Version 2.0 of their Material Handling and Logistics Roadmap.   The document considers what the...

The Amazon River, photo by NASA According to Bloomberg , sometime in May Amazon will host several of the biggest providers of consumer-...

According to Colliers International Group : The supply chain renaissance being driven by e-commerce continues to push retailers, wholesal...

According to the company, for the fourth quarter of 2016 Walmart: Total revenue was $130.9 billion, an increase of 1.0%. Excluding curren...

According to Reuters : Wal-Mart Stores Inc for the first time will combine its own buying for products sold at its stores with purchases i...

Monday the CIPS Supply Chain Risk Index  -- reviewing calendar year 2016 -- concluded, "A combination of economic nationalism, rebou...

According to CBRE and DCVelocity : Driven by booming e-commerce sales volumes, developers are building an increasing number of mega-wareh...

According to the company , Kellogg's ... will begin to exit its Direct Store Delivery (DSD) network in the second quarter, transition...

In October I noted IBM and Walmart had begun an experiment to use Blockchain for supply chain management of pork in China. In November...

Last year I talked to several big grocery distributors serving dense urban areas in the United States.  I wondered what might be availabl...

Last week ICIC, a research and advisory group focusing on inner cities, released a new report on urban food systems .  It is a valuable...

At the FMI mid-winter meeting a new study of digital demand was released.   According to Nielsen , as early as 2025 online could constitute ...

According to Progressive Grocer : Supply chain services provider McLane Co. Inc. has landed a service agreement with The Kroger Co. to ser...

According to the Wall Street Journal and other media, Walmart has begun the long-expected cuts to its Bentonville headquarters staff. Roug...

I suppose this has been available for quite awhile, but I just noticed it:  Amazon has a glowing profile of its recent "no check-out...

According to the H&M retail group : ... sales including VAT increased by 6 percent in local currencies in December 2016 compared to...

The National Retail Federation has looked hard at Department of Commerce data for the 2016 holiday season and highlights the following: O...

According to Amazon : Today, the company announced that it plans to create an additional 100,000 full-time, full-benefit jobs in the U.S...

According to the Singapore Straits Times , Global Logistics Properties (GLP) is seeking potential buyers: Global Logistic Properties (GLP)...

According to Munich RE: A number of devastating earthquakes and powerful storms made 2016 the costliest twelve months for natural catas...

According to the MasterCard spending index : U.S. retail sales excluding auto and gas grew 7.9% during the traditional Black Friday ...