CBRE, Los Angeles, introduced Intelligent Site Selection, a proprietary process for advising e-commerce companies and other occupiers on the evolving scope of factors that can influence their use of industrial and logistics real estate and how it enhances their supply chain and distribution.

CommonSense Robotics, Israel, released a study that analyzes some of the biggest drivers of e-commerce growth and explores factors that will pose particular challenges for grocery retailers in the future.

The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, and Ocado, UK, broke ground on what is said to be the nation’s first customer fulfillment center (CFC).

Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., announced plans to open what is said to be the first-of-its-kind pickup point located in Lincolnwood, Ill.

DHL Supply Chain, Westerville, Ohio, released its latest research report on the evolution of e-commerce supply chains.

TRUNO, Lubbock, Texas, announced a partnership with MY CLOUD GROCER, Brooklyn, N.Y. This partnership leverages TRUNO’s TruCommerce platform to provide brick-and-mortar grocers the opportunity to compete in the online grocery space.

The percentage of U.S. consumers, ages 18 and above, who shopped online for groceries within a 30-day period, whether for delivery or pick-up in store, increased from 17% in the quarter ending November 2018 to 20%, or about 51 million consumers, in the quarter ending February, according to National Eating Trends Omnichannel Scorecard., produced by the NPD Group, Chicago.

The Kroger Co. announced plans to locate its new digital headquarters in downtown Cincinnati.

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E-commerce food sales have been growing at a rate of about 22% per year, and are expected to make up close to 10% of the overall food and consumables market by 2023, according to data presented by Inmar, Winston-Salem, N.C.