E-commerce & Fulfillment

Talkshoplive and its embeddable player network received a huge boost with $6 million in funding.

Bringg and GoFor join forces to expand delivery capacity, coverage and customer satisfaction.

Direct-to-consumer alcoholic beverage service is on the rise.

Chinese warehouse automation firm Hai Robotics is reportedly looking for a $150 million raise at a $1.3 billion valuation.

DoorDash’s midyear report on delivery trends found a $2,900 order for perfumes and comfort food and grooming supplies seeing large order growth through the first six months of 2021.

Kroger Co. continues to bring intelligent automation to its warehouses.

Digital retailers are partnering with SaaS companies that are employing an emergent new service model: secure access service edge

Bringg helped U.K. retailer Co-op scale its e-commerce business from 30 stores to over 800 in a year’s time — and do so in a more environmentally friendly way.

Warehouse automation company Geek+ announced it has sold 20,000 autonomous mobile robotics solutions around the world.

Zebra Technologies will acquire Fetch Robotics for $290 million, adding warehouse automation tools to its portfolio.

Upfront costs are reduced in the Robots-as-a-Service model.

Headless commerce company Shogun has raised $67.5 million to scale its solution and speed the go-to-market process.

Two Oregon delivery providers have terminated their contract with Amazon, but the e-tailer has countered and said the companies wanted $36 million to continue servicing the contract.

Last-mile delivery management company Onfleet said its software has now helped facilitate more than 100 million deliveries.

ShipBob has secured a $200 million Series E round, valuing the cloud-based logistics platform at over $1 billion.

Sendle is known for offering e-commerce sellers flat-rate shipping options, and now it has an additional $35 million to accelerate expansion of its network.

Afterpay, a buy-now, pay-later provider, has inked deals with 13 major retailers representing nearly half of all e-commerce purchases.

ShipHero’s SaaS and e-comm 3PL businesses complement each other.

The parent company of Saks OFF 5TH, the discount designer retailer, will spin off its e-commerce business in a new entity with fresh funding from Insight Partners.

As shippers work to fulfill the orders from Prime Day, there are many lessons that can be gleaned to improve the overall customer experience.