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Walmart Partners with Shopify to Launch Walmart Marketplace for Online Sellers
Walmart Partners with Shopify to enable Shopify's sellers to integrate their Shopify store with Walmart Marketplace, to boost product visibility.

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Why Geocoding matters and the tech behind it
Team Locus Vittal Sirigiri, one of the top data scientists in Locus, has had quite the professional journey—investment banker, cofounder of a food business, self-taught coder, he’s worn many hats. Vittal’s will to keep expanding his horizons and love for all things numbers made him take up data science and he’s not looked back since. […]

E-Commerce
Why Retail Brands are Gunning for Direct-to-Consumer Sales During COVID-19
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 […]

Route Optimization
Explained: Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) and the most effective solution to address it
Vehicle Routing Problem is a constant in the last-mile delivery business. It happens due to the delivery and resource constraints planners face while coming up with minimum-cost vehicle routes. Solving it helps them reduce operational costs and enhance the quality of delivery services. With the massive spread of COVID-19, delivery businesses are handling larger delivery […]

Route Optimization
How to choose Route Optimization Software for Small and Mid-Sized Fleet?
The dispatch planning process has become quite complicated, with a varied mix of daily customer orders and multiple options for vehicles and routes. This complexity has made delivery companies search for good route optimization software for their small and mid-sized fleets. Route planners and logistics managers attach a lot of significance to route optimization. A […]

News
Us E-commerce Sales to Jump 18% This Year
US e-Commerce retail sales will jump by 18% due to the COVID-19 impact, according to an eMarketer forecast report. Know the role of e-commerce logistics.

Tech and Product
What’s new @ Locus – Fleet Optimization, LOTR upgrades, and more…
We want to start this by saying a big thank you for being there with us and trusting Locus with building your supply chain strategies. We hope that you are reading this from a safe space along with your loved ones. We will all come out of this stronger. We would be incorrect in our […]

E-Commerce
Why Buy Online and Pick Up In-Store (BOPIS) is the need of the hour for retailers
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 […]
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