Logistics

Photo: Matt Chasen, CEO, uShip

It’s a shame (or maybe a good thing) Hemingway and Bukowski did not live in an age where a vast assortment of alcohol is available a click away.

Omnichannel beer/wine/liquor delivery service Drizly is launching a new service that provides digital drinkers with a product selection far beyond the scope of local stores. Currently available in Boston and Washington, D.C., Drizly Connect lets users shop across tens of thousands of beer, wine and spirits products for next-day delivery orders.

Target Corp. is getting tough with vendors as it works to improve its supply chain.

The retailer plans to tighten deadlines for deliveries to its warehouses, hike fines for late deliveries, and could institute penalties of up to $10,000 for inaccuracies in product information, according to a report by Reuters.

Prime retail real estate in Southern California and nearby states is now available after bankrupt Sport Chalet retained A&G Realty Partners to sell its assets.

Rising expenses resulted in an increased net loss at Tuesday Morning Corp. during the third quarter of fiscal 2016, despite positive sales results.

Dallas-based Tuesday Morning reported a net loss of $5.24 million, close to double the $2.8 million loss it posted during the third quarter of the previous fiscal year. On the plus side, net sales rose 11% to $211.38 million from $189.73 million. Same-store sales grew 13.4%, largely driven by an increase in customer transactions.

The warehouse is shifting from a building where you keep stuff to an intelligent hub that supports order management, customer service and general productivity.

Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a 1.6 million square foot distribution center that dramatically increases the company’s ability to support store expansion and omnichannel initiatives.

Amazon.com continues to expand its fulfillment center network along with its fleet of college pickup locations.

The e-tail giant will open two new fulfillment centers in New Jersey, in Florence and Carteret. The new centers will create more than 2,000 new full-time jobs in the Garden State, where Amazon already employs more than 5,500 full-time workers.