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Following a test, Five Below has made the decision to start selling some products for more than $5. The higher prices address rising costs and offer the opportunity to stock costlier items at “extreme value” in the home and tech categories.

Dia&Co made a name for itself in the plus-size fashion market through its five-product subscription box, similar to services provided by FabFitFun, Stitch Fix and others. But starting Friday, the company is introducing both a direct e-commerce model and a hybrid that splits the difference between control and curation.

UPS announced its 2020 general rate increase (GRI) on November 18, 2019. The announced rate increase is 4.9% on Ground and Air services, and it will go into effect on December 29, 2019. Along with the increases on the transportation charges, most accessorials will go up, some new accessorials will be added, and the DAS and EAS ZIP Code list will change.

As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, department stores around the globe are seeking to attract shoppers with creative campaigns centered on themes ranging from video games to blockbuster films.

Indianapolis-based enVista is expanding its presence in the Asian-Pacific market to take advantage of the expanding demand. The software developer and consulting firm says it specializes in both physical and digital commerce solutions by improving efficiencies.

Time was when time was money. But with e-commerce and the tightening supply chain compressing time into a final mile, the big money nowadays is in big data – or, as Garry Oswald puts it, “The top trend today in freight audit and payment is data, data, data.”