Category: E-Commerce

Holiday Season Supply Chain Trends

Delivery Experience

Top 5 Holiday Season Supply Chain Trends to Watch Out in 2020

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Shweta Sarma

Oct 23, 2020

2020 has been a tough pill to swallow in more ways than one, but it’s officially the holiday season now. Finally, it is that time of the year to soak in some holiday cheer and have a good time with family and friends. With festivities like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year lined up one […]

E-commerce Fulfillment

E-Commerce

How to Prep your E-commerce Logistics for an Explosive Holiday Season

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Shweta Sarma

Oct 5, 2020

The holiday season is upon us, and it’s that time of year again when customers gear up for extravagant shopping of winter clothing, fashion accessories, festive gifts, and all sorts of holiday merchandise. But this year’s holiday season is a lot different from usual.  With the rising wave of Coronavirus in the US, the majority […]

AI in Fashion Supply Chain

Delivery Experience

How Artificial Intelligence can Optimize the Online Fashion Supply Chain

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Shweta Sarma

Jul 2, 2020

AI in Fashion Supply Chain: The world of fashion has changed drastically since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. The first blow to the industry was the shutting down of the world’s largest textile producing and exporting country in the world, China.  As COVID-19 spread afar, non-essential businesses were closed down globally. Shopping streets were […]

Why Retail Brands are Gunning for Direct-to-Consumer Sales During COVID-19

E-Commerce

Why Retail Brands are Gunning for Direct-to-Consumer Sales During COVID-19

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Shweta Sarma

Jun 16, 2020

The Coronavirus apocalypse is perhaps the biggest blow to mankind in a long time. It has transformed societies, governments, healthcare systems, economies, and our lifestyles in unforeseen ways. Day-to-day life still remains at a standstill in several parts of the world, but businesses must continue to sell goods and services, and find innovative yet profitable […]

Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store

E-Commerce

Why Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store (BOPIS) is the need of the hour for retailers

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Lakshmi D

Jun 4, 2020

By 2021, 90% of retailers will offer BOPIS, and 75% of them will be able to identify and customize their customers visits. – Retail Touchpoints Report The COVID-19 pandemic has made consumers move towards an omni-channel service like Buy Online and Pick up In-Store. Today, retailers in the US are trying to perfect the BOPIS experience as […]

Hyperlocal Delivery Markets

Delivery Experience

Hyperlocal Delivery Markets See a New Dawn in the US During COVID-19

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Shweta Sarma

Jun 3, 2020

Hyperlocal Delivery Market: Halfway through the year of the pandemic, we’re living in a completely different world now. Novel Coronavirus has not just endangered human lives, it has hit the world economy hard and impacted several industries around the globe. It has turned markets around, giving rise to trends and disruptions we couldn’t have imagined. […]

Zone-based routing

3PL

Zone-based routing is the need of the hour

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locus_dhruv

May 12, 2020

Terms like Red, Amber, Green; Red, Orange, Green; phased opening; restrictions; have all become a crucial part of our lives in the last few weeks. With the world slowly opening up amidst the Covid-19 outbreak, supply chain and logistics is going to play a really crucial role in setting up the ‘new normal’. Team Locus caught up […]

PUDO

E-Commerce

Pick-Up and Drop-Off Services: How PUDOs Can Redefine Delivery Efficiency and Convenience?

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Lakshmi D

Apr 29, 2020

Last Updated: Jan 2021 Pick-Up and Drop-Off Services: The biggest last-mile challenges facing the logistics industry are: failed deliveries and missed deliveries.  Retail outlets have had a consistent collapse in in-store traffic since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.  E-commerce has now become the preferred choice for any kind of purchase.  The rise in home […]