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E-commerce company Radial opens 2nd Avon fulfillment center

March 22, 2023

In addition to adding more than 100 jobs at the center, the company has tapped China-based logistics tech firm Geek+ to provide automation and robotics for the facility.

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Online sneaker business is a Fishers father-daughter venture

September 16, 2022

Daniel Bradley

Abby Vitale’s struggle to find sneakers she liked in a woman’s size 7 last year at a shoe resellers’ convention has led to a growing business and has established an online community for female sneakerheads.

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Google teams up with Walmart and other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbot

January 12, 2026 | Associated Press

Google, OpenAI and Amazon all are racing to create tools that would allow for seamless AI-powered shopping by taking chatbot users from browsing to buying within the same program instead of having to go to a retailer’s website.

Shoppers spend billions online on Black Friday, despite wider economic uncertainty

November 29, 2025 | Associated Press

Consumers have turned to online deals to make post-Thanksgiving purchases from the comfort of their own homes—or opt to stretch out spending across longer promotions now offered by retailers.

Ford taps Amazon to let shoppers buy its used cars online

November 17, 2025 | Bloomberg News

Ford joins Hyundai on the Amazon Autos portal, which allows car buyers to browse, finance and purchase a used car by clicking on the familiar “add to cart” icon.

Plainfield-based logistics company acquired by DHL Supply Chain

May 6, 2025 | IBJ Staff

Founded in 1960, IDS offers fulfillment services and transportation management, shipping 50,000 packages daily.

Route changes to Whitestown Connector bus system to take effect in June

April 30, 2025 | Daniel Bradley

The Workforce Connector program was launched in 2015 to help people without reliable transportation get to their warehousing jobs in Plainfield and Whitestown.

E-commerce sites Temu, Shein say they’re raising prices due to tariffs

April 16, 2025 | Associated Press

Temu, which is owned by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, and Shein, which is now based in Singapore, said in separate but nearly identical notices that their operating expenses have gone up “due to recent changes in global trade rules and tariffs.”

Retailers improving delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers

December 19, 2023 | Associated Press

Walmart, Target and Amazon are all-in on the shipping wars, a move retail experts say will help them maintain a competitive edge against low-cost Chinese retailers Shein and Temu.

Student loan resumptions might be felt by retailers, restaurants

July 4, 2023 | Associated Press

Just as the American economy is struggling with high inflation and interest rates, the coming resumption of student loan payments poses yet another potential challenge.

Amazon stock tumbles on weaker-than-expected 3Q revenue

October 27, 2022 | Associated Press

The Seattle-based e-commerce behemoth’s weak forecast for the fourth quarter indicates that it expects things to get tougher.

Not-for-profit pushes into e-commerce space for sales to public

February 7, 2022 | Wes Mills, Inside INdiana Business

Through online sales, Bosma Enterprises will make its nitrile exam gloves available to individual medical practices and other healthcare offices.

Online fullfillment firm Radial planning 2,500 seasonal hires in Brownsburg

September 28, 2021 | IBJ Staff

Radial, which fills online orders for dozens of retail brands, said it needed the temporary help it pick, sort, pack and ship an upcoming surge in holiday orders.

Buy now, pay later appeals to buyers who don’t like credit

July 9, 2021 |

Susan Orr

The new iteration of an age-old retail concept is gaining traction, particularly with younger consumers, and a growing number of central Indiana retailers are adding the payment option to their websites.

Online farmer’s market tech firm raises $5M, plans HQ move to Indianapolis

May 21, 2021 | IBJ Staff

Carmel-based Market Wagon grew from five employees to almost 55 during the pandemic, prompting the need for more operations space. It also plans to expand from 29 to 50 markets by the end of the year.

Two Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

October 12, 2020 | Associated Press

The discoveries of Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson, both of Stanford University, “have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world,” the Nobel Committee said.

Rapid growth of e-commerce likely to fuel industrial-market momentum for years to come

August 14, 2020 |

Mickey Shuey

The planned, 2.2-million-square-foot Walmart distribution center is one of a dozen warehouses exceeding 900,000 square feet to enter the Indianapolis market since 2011.

Retail rivals crash Amazon’s Prime Day party

July 16, 2019 | Associated Press

The gravitational pull of Amazon Prime Day is so strong on shoppers it’s benefiting other online retailers as well, according to an early analysis from a key data group.

Amazon’s latest target is pharmacy disruption

February 21, 2019

As the online retailer has moved into new industries over the years, consumers have flocked to it and numerous traditional retailers have closed their doors, unable to compete.

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