https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/drones/ Ecommerce Industry News Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:36:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/drones/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/23/walmart-closes-innovation-lab-bets-big-on-drone-deliveries/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/23/walmart-closes-innovation-lab-bets-big-on-drone-deliveries/#comments Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:36:34 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230318 Walmart is closing Store No. 8 and laid off some staff, crediting the incubator it had launched in 2017 with innovations that have transformed how customers shop at Walmart. In a statement to EcommerceBytes on Tuesday, a Walmart spokesperson said, Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2024/01/23/walmart-closes-innovation-lab-bets-big-on-drone-deliveries/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/07/15/amazon-proposed-drone-delivery-has-some-texas-residents-concerned/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/07/15/amazon-proposed-drone-delivery-has-some-texas-residents-concerned/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:28:48 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=227849 Amazon announced on Friday it would begin delivering packages to customers in College Station, Texas by drones later this year. The news follows on the heels of its announcement last month that it would offer drone delivery to customers in Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2022/07/15/amazon-proposed-drone-delivery-has-some-texas-residents-concerned/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/05/23/amazons-bold-plan-to-reach-every-customer-on-earth/ Sun, 23 May 2021 13:10:00 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=18214 How do you increase selection and lower cost for customers? If you’re Amazon, you spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the flow of goods from manufacturer to customer fast and efficient. And Amazon doesn’t just want Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/15/ebay-tech-leaders-see-four-trends-impacting-ecommerce-in-2021/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/15/ebay-tech-leaders-see-four-trends-impacting-ecommerce-in-2021/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2021 20:42:20 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17356 eBay asked four of its tech leaders what’s next in the evolution of the online shopping experience and how they think ecommerce will evolve throughout 2021. Here are the trends and summaries of what they said: 1) Drone delivery for Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/15/ebay-tech-leaders-see-four-trends-impacting-ecommerce-in-2021/feed/ 5 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/09/09/walmart-is-testing-delivery-drones/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/09/09/walmart-is-testing-delivery-drones/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:34:07 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=16595 Walmart is testing delivery drones in a new pilot with Flytrex, which is an “end-to-end drone delivery company.” The program is focused on delivering select grocery and household essential items from Walmart stores. The pilot launched today in Fayetteville, North Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/09/09/walmart-is-testing-delivery-drones/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/28/could-the-usps-soon-deliver-your-packages-by-drone/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/28/could-the-usps-soon-deliver-your-packages-by-drone/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:40:46 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14814 How would you feel about the Postal Service delivering your ecommerce packages by drone? (And how would you feel about receiving packages by drone?) The Official Mail Guide (OMG) said the USPS has been exploring drone use and is now Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/28/could-the-usps-soon-deliver-your-packages-by-drone/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/01/ups-officially-certified-to-operate-a-drone-airline/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 03:01:19 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14626 UPS announced it is now certified to operate a drone airline, the first company to receive such government certification. The shipping carrier has been concentrating its drone efforts in healthcare in particular, and on Tuesday said it would initially expand Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/03/25/etsy-executive-to-keynote-at-home-delivery-world/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:07:30 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13427 A top Etsy executive will be one of the keynote speakers at the Home Delivery World conference taking place next month. Roman Sobieri, Head of Shipping, Listing Management and Payment Operations at Etsy, will speak about providing a frictionless shipping Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/10/12/americans-think-drone-delivery/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:35:51 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=1316 Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2016/01/19/ecommerce-news-amazon-drones-postal-mules/ Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:57:35 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=2772 Read more]]>