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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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Sub-2 Hour UK Rapid Paint Delivery

Logistics Business Magazine

The new relationship falls under the remit of ‘Gophr Trades’ – a specialist delivery service provided by Gophr for the construction and DIY industries, as well as larger construction and related trade businesses.

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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. So is optimization technology a significant differentiator for express delivery providers? trillion in 2020? 1 Last-mile begins closer to home.

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Jack Ma predicts the future of logistics

The Logistics Academy

There’s no denying that over the past ten years, China’s ecommerce market has exploded. Heck, ten years ago, two of China’s biggest ecommerce platforms – Tmall and JD – didn’t even exist, and Taobao was nothing close to the giant sales behemoth that it is today. I just saw a delivery company that helped a client deliver a house.

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How E-Commerce Companies Benefit from Using Freight Forwarders Beyond Courier Services

Dedola Global Logistics

While many e-commerce businesses often default to courier services for smaller or express deliveries, there’s an added dimension to logistics through freight forwarding. Efficient and reliable planning form the backbone that supports the growing demands of a global customer base. This includes ocean containers and air cargo.

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LastMile Dialogues: Maximizing unit economics to unlock last mile efficiencies

Locus

The growth in the manufacturing sector is expected to boost the demand for express delivery and logistics services. Investment in Indonesia’s manufacturing sector totaled $21 billion in 2021, a 19% rise from %17 billion in 2020.