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Finding Your Ecommerce Brand Niche

Ship Monk

You decide to launch an ecommerce store to sell this idea because it’s the greatest idea ever and can’t possibly fail. Part of the process is doing your homework and identifying your ecommerce niche. What is an ecommerce niche? What is an Ecommerce Niche? These often indicate rising trends and problems you can solve.

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3PL Warehousing Trends for 2022

Camelot 3PL Software

As we chug along into the first quarter of 2022, the trends we observed last year continue to play out. The impacts of these trends can be significant. eCommerce Fulfillment. eCommerce is still white-hot, growing at over 33% last year with no signs of slowing. So it is important to be proactive and plan accordingly.

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Changing Consumer Trends on Online Shopping in a Post-COVID World

MTS Logistics

Such services include Matson’s CLX, APL’s EXX and ZIM’s eCommerce Xpress. Sporting goods, exercise equipment, hardware and office supplies have seen the largest gains (except essentials like groceries, cleaning supplies, etc.). While sporting goods and exercise equipment increased 86%.

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Ways to Handle Excess Inventory in Retail

ShipLilly

This is a trend that is undesirable since excess inventory tends to have a detrimental effect on cash flow. When the pandemic led to social distancing and lockdowns, the age of eCommerce received a great boost. Historical data, as well as informed projections, can be useful in this exercise.

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Supply chain trends to watch out for in 2023

Logistics Business Magazine

While it’s imperative to focus on budgets and business initiatives that will take precedence over the next year, it’s just as important to keep an eye on the big-picture trends that are shaping the industry. o9 Solutions’ supply chain experts and leaders are sharing their insights on the trends that could become prevalent in 2023 and beyond.

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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

If you haven’t done a segmentation exercise, that would be a positive first step towards understanding customer profitability. Cost-to-serve analysis can highlight data trends showing how products in specific categories affect profit during the various stages of their lifecycle. Schedule your consultation call now.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

My exercise plans for the weekend are set. The article goes on to say, “The backlog reflects the degree to which Wal-Mart, United Parcel Service and other companies struggled to handle peak ecommerce volumes despite months of preparation and major investments to expand and upgrade distribution facilities.”. Rake today, shovel tomorrow.