E-Commerce | Industrial Distribution

Podcast: ID Chats Pandemic, Amazon Business, Tech & More With Zilliant

ID editor Mike Hockett was the featured guest on Zilliant's first "B2B Reimagined" podcast of 2021, which covered a range of trending topics. Check it out here.

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Here's How AI Powers Amazon’s Success

Benj Cohen summarizes how Amazon utilizes three AI strategies to account for around $80 billion of its sales.

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Rising to Meet E-Commerce Demands in the Wake of COVID-19

Zilliant's Pete Eppele shares new ideas on how data science and software are addressing key e-commerce questions emphasized during the pandemic.

Retail's Online Future Brighter After Pandemic Bump

Grainger Adds Image Search to Mobile App

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Business Irked by Google's Ad Costs, Not its Alleged Monopoly

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Research: US Manufacturers Digitizing at Twice the Rate of Other Businesses

How Amazon Business Stacks Up Against the Top Big 50 Distributors

While few outside of Amazon know just how big Amazon Business really is, reliable estimates allow us to compare it against the largest industrial distributors.

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Examining the Surging Growth of B2B Marketplaces

And the leader is, of course, Amazon Business.

Amazon to Hold Prime Day in October

The pandemic forced the company to postpone the sales event from July.

E-Commerce Startup GoExpedi Raises $25M for Industrial/Energy MRO Procurement

With $75 million raised since its 2017 launch, GoExpedi will use the newest funds to advance its digital platform for MRO and supply chain systems.

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Amazon Seeks to Hire 33,000

It is one of the few companies that has thrived during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Taiwan Says Alibaba-Linked Site a Security Risk

The government told the e-commerce site's operator to register as a company from mainland China or dispose of its ownership stake.

Retailers Team Up in Thinly Veiled Attack on Amazon

The group wants to force e-commerce platforms to verify information about third-party sellers.

Distribution International Launches CustomerConnect Self-Service Portal

The new website and digital platform enable customers to easily search and request quotes for more than 27,000 products.

Amazon Forms Counterfeit Crimes Unit

The new task force is dedicated to bringing parties that list counterfeit products on its marketplace to justice.

Product Content is an Ongoing Process, Not a One-Off

Next to leveraging a robust B2B platform, providing quality product content is perhaps the most essential aspect of building a strong e-commerce program.

PEPPM Cooperative Purchasing Awards Amazon Business National Contract

Schools, colleges, cities, counties, and other governments will be eligible to buy from Amazon Business.

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ID's 2020 Distributor Operations Report, Part 2

See what our readers had to say about their financials, supplier relations, employment and more.