Tag: Shipping

February 5, 2018

AppleInsider was tipped on Monday morning, and has confirmed with its sources not authorized to speak on behalf of the company that “early orders” of the 14-core iMac Pro have shipped to not just U.S. based customers, but to international […]

July 22, 2016

Click and collect is a distribution method in which a customer buys an item online and then picks it up at a physical location rather than paying for shipping. Shoppers are attracted to the less expensive final total, and retailers […]

April 7, 2016

As it turns out, making a new 4-inch smartphone was actually a brilliant move on Apple’s part. It’s new iPhone SE is sold out in many stores across the US, and shipping estimates have slipped into the end of April. […]

September 28, 2015

(Bloomberg)—Consumers might delight in the ease of front-door delivery for a mattress, trampoline or gym equipment. FedEx Corp., now handling an increasing number of these bulky shipments, has mixed feelings. As more online shoppers snap up the type of hefty […]

August 21, 2015

Target Corp. plans to expand its ship-from-store capabilities as it hopes to grow on yet another strong quarter from an online sales perspective. The retail chain, No. 16 in the Internet Retailer 2015 Top 500 Guide, reported that e-commerce accounted […]

August 7, 2015

Store merchandise will be used to fulfill online orders. Tapping into their stores as inventory centers, Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s are adding nine markets to their same-day delivery service, bringing to 17 the total areas served. Macy’s Inc., No. 7 in […]

July 7, 2015

John Lewis plans to begin charging some customers who pick up online orders in stores. Competitor Marks & Spencer will expand its free click-and-collect program to more stores. Major United Kingdom department store chain John Lewis Plc says it plans […]

April 21, 2015

By 2017, ecommerce sales are estimated to reach $434 billion in the United States. We’ve been actually developing this site to add some ecommerce solutions and strategies after testing some automated reporting solutions last year. Much more to come in […]

February 6, 2015

Do you sell media on eBay? Here’s a heads-up that the marketplace has raised its shipping caps in some media categories, and what you as a seller need to know about the changes. The Basics eBay first set media shipping […]

February 6, 2015

If you sell large-but-light items or tend to use extra-large boxes for your shipments, you need to know about dimensional (DIM) weight – shipping rate based on package size, not weight – and how UPS Ground and FedEx Ground have […]