article thumbnail

Retailers Increasingly Turning to Third-Party Resources to Handle Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

Store-based fulfillment of customer orders got an enormous boost during the COVID pandemic, when both curbside pickup and delivery offerings became survival tactics for so many retailers. While just 45% of 2022 survey respondents outsourced deliveries to courier services, 57% did so in 2023.

article thumbnail

Misfits Market Debuts B2B Fulfillment Solution for Perishables

Retail TouchPoints

Misfits Market has introduced Fulfilled by Misfits (FBM) , offering its logistics platform for perishable brands to store, pick, pack, fulfill and deliver their products nationwide. Misfits Market purchased Imperfect Foods in September 2022.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Staples to Deploy AI-Powered Robotic Picking in Fulfillment Centers

Retail TouchPoints

Staples will install autonomous item-handling robots in its fulfillment centers as part of a multi-year agreement with RightHand Robotics. Robots have been used in fulfillment centers by a number of brands, including Amazon. Walmart purchased robotics company Alert Innovation in October 2022.

article thumbnail

Walmart to Open 5th Next-Gen Fulfillment Center in 2026

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart , which had announced plans to open four next-generation fulfillment centers in June 2022 , will build a fifth location scheduled to open in 2026 in Stockton, Calif. The 900,000-square-foot facility will help Walmart fulfill online orders for West Coast customers more quickly and efficiently. “In in a statement. “In

article thumbnail

Port In The Storm: Takeaways From Amazon’s Q2 2022 Earnings

Forrester eCommerce

After years of spending lavishly on growth, Amazon cut costs in Q2 2022, reducing headcount by 6% and, according to CEO Andy Jassy, “improving the productivity of [its] fulfillment network.” As a result, Amazon reported a $2 billion loss, marking the business’s second consecutive quarterly loss, which hasn’t happened since 2014.

article thumbnail

Reports: Walmart Eliminating Hundreds of Jobs at Five Fulfillment Centers

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart is reportedly eliminating hundreds of jobs at five ecommerce fulfillment centers, according to Reuters and CNBC. The affected fulfillment centers are located in Pedricktown, N.J.; Fort Worth, Texas; Chino, Calif.; Davenport, Fla.; and Bethlehem, Pa.

article thumbnail

Best Fulfillment Center for Small Business in 2022

Ecommerce Platforms

You may wonder if a fulfillment center is only for large businesses. To answer those questions, we must clarify that 3PL fulfillment is in fact for every type of business. However, you simply have to partner with a fulfillment company that caters to small businesses. Best Fulfillment Center for Small Business.