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Holiday Shipping Services & Solutions

Ship Monk

Strategy and precision around the holidays are as important to ecommerce store owners as lights and ornaments are to the pivotal pine tree. Considering all that, ecommerce stores need to have their ducks (or, rather, gifts) in a row come peak season. Think ecommerce stores that specialize in clothes, toys, and books for example.

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

Few retailers can hope to grow, or even survive today, without the ability to sell through ecommerce channels. In an article about online retail that I published at the end of 2019, I highlighted Target’s click-and-mortar retail model, which, even then, was positioning the company as an ecommerce trend-setter. The Dark Store Trend.

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Editor’s Pick: 3 Things You Need to Know About Cross-Border E-commerce

Talking Logistics

This was revealed in a recent webinar with Charles Brewer , CEO of DHL eCommerce and Kris Kosmala, General Manager APAC at Quintiq. Delivery is indeed the new battleground. During the webinar, a question was asked about where last-mile delivery begins in cross-border e-commerce. 1 Last-mile begins closer to home.

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Is it Time for B2B Freight Providers to Learn From B2C?

Logistics Bureau

In consumer ecommerce, it’s common for retailers to offer free shipping as standard, with lead times of three days or more, faster shipping at a small premium, with a delivery promise of two to three days, and next-day or even same-day deliveries available for customers who care more about speed than cost.

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How Digitalization can Revolutionize Your B2B E-commerce Business

Locus

End-to-end last-mile tracking on orders is now possible while operating with multiple partners like logistics providers, forwarders, and express companies. Example: A wholesale business supplies meat to some of the restaurants regularly. Example: A brand supplies alcohol and beverages to retail outlets and restaurants regularly.

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