Ship Monk

AUGUST 30, 2023

According to an ongoing study of 3,036 Shopify stores, the average conversion rate (visits that resulted in purchases) in 2022 was 1.3%. would put you in the middle 60% of ecommerce stores according to this benchmark. What is an Ecommerce Conversion Rate? Anywhere between 0.2% Where Should You Start?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 7, 2022

SYSPRO surveyed CFOs and finance leaders in a variety of industries and learned that they’ve had to undertake a more flexible role than in previous years. Here are some of the major growth opportunities identified by survey respondents: 1. eCommerce. Operationalizing digitization and automation. SMART technologies. The CFO 4.0

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Even though many ecommerce merchants use data-backed buying personas, that provide insight into the purchasing decisions of their customers, many are only truly starting to get to grips with the next part associated with buying personas – and that is appreciating that consumers have delivery personas too.

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GoShip Blog

JULY 7, 2022

If you own an eCommerce store, optimizing your business for same-day deliveries can be beneficial both to your business and to your customers. According to a survey by Gatepoint Research, 40% of retailers plan to focus on this as one of their key priorities for 2022. The growing trend of same-day delivery.

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2023

As Conor told us in a podcast episode from 2022: Pretty quickly we realized our costs were going to be about 30% higher than we thought. The following data is from a survey we conducted last month (May, 2023) across hundreds of small business importers who tap Freightos.com’s global freight marketplace. The key takeaway?

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Welcome to 2022: Top 10 Supply chain logistics trends to watch out for 2022. Jumping into the new year, it is crucial for businesses to understand the logistics trends that could impact their supply chains in 2022. Find out the most important logistics trends that could impact supply chains in 2022.

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2022

With eCommerce order volumes and consumer demands high and continuing to rise, shippers have turned to LTL in lieu of truckload freight to meet these needs. So, to learn more about these challenges and how companies are addressing rate increases, capacity restraints, and other issues, we sponsored a survey. Here’s what we learned.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. Distribution is no longer a backwater of the economy, due in large part to the upheavals brought on by ecommerce. This new infrastructure will allow the retailer to expand ecommerce assortment while reducing both shipping time and cost.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2022

Ecommerce has been on a roll for the last two years. Earlier in 2022, we conducted a survey of 8,000 consumers across North America and Europe to get a better sense of their ecommerce experience and how they were reacting to retailer performance. The results of the research are a good news, bad news story.

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Ship Monk

MAY 18, 2023

If you’re reading this then you’re an ecommerce brand owner, entrepreneur, or have an interest in ecommerce burning in your soul! If these identifiers are speaking your language then we have a new ecommerce term that needs to be added to your job jargon: MonkProtect. Congratulations! That’s not hyperbole; it’s fact.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The pandemic has propelled ecommerce to new heights, making online retailers’ use of oversized, wasteful and excessive packaging unsustainable. However, surveys consistently find that up to 40% of consumers believe online deliveries often arrive in boxes way too big for the items they contain, while a ‘Which?’ per annum over 2017-2022.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

More than four out of ten (41%) of European supply chain executives expect this year’s peak retail season to be more challenging than that of 2022, with only 18% believing it will be less difficult. The relative impact of peak season is growing too, with Amazon Prime Day now considered a peak event by 62% of respondents.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 4, 2023

Manufacturing and reuse of wooden pallets increased significantly according to the most recent survey commissioned by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) and the research arm of the Forestry Commission, Forest Research. million in 2021, up 8.3 per cent from 44.9m the previous year. pallets, up from 15.6m

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 15, 2021

51% said they expect full recovery by end of 2022. 41% of surveyed companies have not enumerated their ROI from digital investments. Survey shows post pandemic companies need and want to innovate but are struggling and may not emerge in the best of shape. These are the key findings which may apply to a degree globally.

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Locus

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A survey predicts that e-commerce sales in India will hit the $100 billion mark for the first time in 2023. Most small eCommerce and delivery firms rarely have the resources to manage delivery exceptions. In a May 2022 survey , 94% of consumers stated that positive customer service experience made them more likely to buy again.

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Locus

MAY 2, 2023

Apple’s D2C sales grew from 29% in 2018 to 38% in 2022. A survey states that 82% of shippers rely on third-party providers to procure capacity for at least some of their orders. The D2C model and omnichannel fulfillment gave the brands complete control over their customer experience. of total e-commerce sales.

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 19, 2021

As such, the order backlog of new tractor supply is growing, and new tractors ordered now will be delivered well into 2022. We have also confirmed this through voice of carrier surveys and business review conversations. Supply can’t grow at the same level due to the structural limitations of Class-8 truck manufacturers.

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CH Robinson Logistics

MAY 24, 2018

According to the Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ) Economic Outlook 2018 survey, driver availability was the top concern amongst all respondents, for-hire carriers and private fleets, with regulation being their second concern. Many trucking companies have also been bumping up salaries for drivers.

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CH Robinson Logistics

MAY 24, 2018

According to the Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ) Economic Outlook 2018 survey , driver availability was the top concern amongst all respondents, for-hire carriers and private fleets, with regulation being their second concern. Many trucking companies have also been bumping up salaries for drivers.

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CH Robinson Logistics

MAY 24, 2018

According to the Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ) Economic Outlook 2018 survey , driver availability was the top concern amongst all respondents, for-hire carriers and private fleets, with regulation being their second concern. Many trucking companies have also been bumping up salaries for drivers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Most recent surveys show that a top-of-mind concern for new employees is their employer’s “personality”, or the organisational values, behaviours, and other codified and uncodified norms of how people interact with each other both internally and externally. Companies have been facing inflation (i.e.,

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