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Wal-Mart's Amazon War Takes to Skies With Floating Warehouses

18 August 2017 • By Bloomberg

18 August 2017 • By Bloomberg

Wal-Mart has applied for a patent for a blimp-style floating warehouse that could make deliveries via drones, which would bring products from the aircraft down to shoppers’ homes.

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Wal-Mart's Amazon War Takes to Skies With Floating Warehouses

Wal-Mart has applied for a patent for a blimp-style floating warehouse that could make deliveries via drones, which would bring products from the aircraft down to shoppers’ homes.

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In Global E-Commerce, the Race to Solve the 'Last Mile'

14 August 2017 • By Edwin Jiang

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In Global E-Commerce, the Race to Solve the 'Last Mile'

As e-commerce continues to grow in important emerging markets, how will fashion retailers crack the most difficult logistics conundrum of all?

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Report: Two Groups in Race to Buy $10 Billion-Valued Global Logistic Properties

30 June 2017 • By Reuters

30 June 2017 • By Reuters

The acquisition offers a chance for bidders to grab control of Asia's biggest warehouse operator which counts Amazon among its clients, and could rank as one of the biggest private equity backed deals in Asia.

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Report: Two Groups in Race to Buy $10 Billion-Valued Global Logistic Properties

The acquisition offers a chance for bidders to grab control of Asia's biggest warehouse operator which counts Amazon among its clients, and could rank as one of the biggest private equity backed deals in Asia.

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JD.com to Develop Larger Delivery Drones

22 May 2017 • By Associated Press

22 May 2017 • By Associated Press

The company revealed it plans to develop drone aircraft capable of carrying a ton or more for long-distance deliveries.

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JD.com to Develop Larger Delivery Drones

The company revealed it plans to develop drone aircraft capable of carrying a ton or more for long-distance deliveries.

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Asos Warehouse Fire Destroys Stock Worth $8 Million

16 May 2017 • By Reuters

16 May 2017 • By Reuters

The incident is not the first time the online retailer has been hit by fire accidents. Its main distribution centre in the UK at Barnsley caught fire in 2014, causing £30 million worth of damage.

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Asos Warehouse Fire Destroys Stock Worth $8 Million

The incident is not the first time the online retailer has been hit by fire accidents. Its main distribution centre in the UK at Barnsley caught fire in 2014, causing £30 million worth of damage.

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Amazon Goes North, Forcing Canada's Retailers Out of Hibernation

10 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

10 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

As Amazon steadily ramps up its own operations in Canada, local rivals are scrambling to avoid the same sort of fate that doomed many of their counterparts south of the border.

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Amazon Goes North, Forcing Canada's Retailers Out of Hibernation

As Amazon steadily ramps up its own operations in Canada, local rivals are scrambling to avoid the same sort of fate that doomed many of their counterparts south of the border.

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Amazon Lowers Delivery Charges as Wal-Mart Battle Heats Up

9 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

9 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

Amazon lowered its free shipping threshold, undercutting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. by $10 and escalating a battle between the world’s e-commerce leader and the world’s biggest retailer.

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Amazon Lowers Delivery Charges as Wal-Mart Battle Heats Up

Amazon lowered its free shipping threshold, undercutting Wal-Mart Stores Inc. by $10 and escalating a battle between the world’s e-commerce leader and the world’s biggest retailer.

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JD.com Posts Surprise Profit as Chinese Spending Strengthens

8 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

8 May 2017 • By Bloomberg

China’s second-largest e-commerce company has benefited from the rise of online shopping in a country with patchy physical retail infrastructure, and is now investing in technology to ensure longer-term growth.

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JD.com Posts Surprise Profit as Chinese Spending Strengthens

China’s second-largest e-commerce company has benefited from the rise of online shopping in a country with patchy physical retail infrastructure, and is now investing in technology to ensure longer-term growth.

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Burberry Retreats on Beauty Strategy, Signs Deal with Coty

3 April 2017 • By Limei Hoang

3 April 2017 • By Limei Hoang

The move is a major reversal in strategy after Burberry took its beauty business in-house four years ago.

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Burberry Retreats on Beauty Strategy, Signs Deal with Coty

The move is a major reversal in strategy after Burberry took its beauty business in-house four years ago.

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H&M Invests in Supply Chain as Fashion Rivalry Intensifies

30 March 2017 • By Reuters

30 March 2017 • By Reuters

After years of hectic expansion across the world, H&M's profitability has faltered as Inditex and online specialist ASOS gain an edge in fast fashion.

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H&M Invests in Supply Chain as Fashion Rivalry Intensifies

After years of hectic expansion across the world, H&M's profitability has faltered as Inditex and online specialist ASOS gain an edge in fast fashion.