Practical articles on same-day fulfillment, local inventory, and building the channels of tomorrow.
Most retailers are sitting on the solution to same-day delivery and don't know it. The inventory your customers want is already on a shelf nearby — the problem is connecting it to demand in real time.
Most 'inventory APIs' only tell you what's in a warehouse. A real retail inventory API needs to handle store-level availability, real-time updates, and best-node routing — here's what that looks like.
Retailers spend millions building omnichannel strategies, but the fastest and cheapest option — shipping from the store closest to the customer — usually goes unused. Here's why, and how to fix it.
Google's Local Inventory Ads let retailers show shoppers that an item is in stock at a nearby store. But getting accurate, real-time inventory data into Google is the hard part. Here's how it works.
Last-mile delivery is expensive because most orders start from a centralized warehouse far from the customer. Fulfilling from the nearest retail location can cut costs by 40–60% — without new infrastructure.