Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted told CNBC that the German sportswear company will continue to invest in brick-and-mortar stores, despite the boom in e-commerce sales during the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s no doubt that online has accelerated two to three years into the future … but I actually think if you asked …
Read More »Costco CEO says brick-and-mortar remains key even as e-commerce grows
Costco CEO Craig Jelinek told CNBC on Monday that the company’s physical stores will remain critical going forward, even though the wholesale retailer saw a surge in e-commerce sales during the coronavirus pandemic. “Our overall online business will continue to grow. Will we get tricky? No, we won’t,” Jelinek said …
Read More »E-commerce hiring booms as traditional retail sheds jobs into holiday shopping season
An employee looks for items in one of the corridors at an Amazon warehouse. Carlos Jasso | Reuters The November jobs report showed that the pandemic-induced surge in e-commerce spending is spilling over into holiday hiring trends. The warehousing and transportation segment added 145,000 jobs last month on a seasonally …
Read More »Retail Ecommerce Ventures buys bankrupt Stein Mart for $6 million
The company that has given Pier 1 Imports, Dressbarn and Modell’s Sporting Goods a second chance at life online is adding another embattled retailer to its empire: Stein Mart. Miami-based Retail Ecommerce Ventures has emerged as the winner of a bankruptcy court auction for the intellectual property of Stein Mart. …
Read More »Shoppers spend $10.8 billion on record e-commerce day
An independent contractor to FedEx Corp. unloads packages from a delivery truck on Cyber Monday in New York, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Holiday shoppers went online Monday and spent $10.8 billion, setting a record for the largest U.S. online shopping day …
Read More »Time to test the limits of e-commerce
An employee wearing a protective mask scans a package at an Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center in Kegworth, U.K., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Chris Ratclifre | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cyber Monday will put retail websites and warehouses to their biggest test yet. The industry is bracing for what is …
Read More »Digitization in travel and e-commerce
Founder & President of PKFare Jason Song, Co-founder and Chief Business Officer of PingPong Payments Ning Wang speak during Day 2 of CNBC East Tech West at LN Garden Hotel Nansha Guangzhou on November 18, 2020 in Nansha, Guangzhou, China. Zhong Zhi | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has forced …
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