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E’ll be examining the current state of each of these areas, as well as taking a speculative look forward for the rest of the year to see what opportunities – and challenges – ecommerce retailers are likely to encounter in 2018. 1. Faster Shipping and Better Delivery Logistics Looking beyond the idiosyncrasies of specific ecommerce platforms, one of the very few remaining genuine differentiators in the ecommerce sector is that of shipping times and delivery logistics. Amazon is the indisputable king of ecommerce delivery, and seems poised to remain on its throne for the foreseeable future.



Amazon is notoriously secretive when it comes to specific figures, but Benin WhatsApp Number an infographic recently published by the ecommerce giant states that Amazon shipped more than 5 BILLION items worldwide via Amazon Prime’s free one- or two-day shipping in 2017. Even more interesting is the data on Amazon’s fastest deliveries – just eight minutes for a forehead thermometer, and just nine minutes for five pints of ice cream. Ecommerce trends for 2018 faster deliveries better logistics Amazon Now deliveries infographic In 2018, we can expect Amazon and other ecommerce retailers step up their logistics game.





Amazon Now’s one-hour(!) delivery service – and Amazon’s plans to expand the service even further this year – reducing the time between click and delivery is likely to become one of the bloodiest fights on the ecommerce battlefield this year. Combined with other emerging technologies such as driverless freight envisioned by automotive companies such as Mercedes-Benz, logistical improvements will drive (get it?) the ecommerce sector forward this year. 2. Greater Integration of AI and Machine Learning Given the appetite for machine learning technologies in Silicon Valley and beyond, it’s inevitable that the ecommerce sector will continue to be disrupted by greater integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology in 2018. Machine learning has already been integrated into many ecommerce systems, f