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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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LastMile Dialogues: Maximizing unit economics to unlock last mile efficiencies

Locus

According to studies, year-on-year CEP revenue growth is expected to reach $394 billion in 2021, up from $333.9 The growth in the manufacturing sector is expected to boost the demand for express delivery and logistics services. billion in 2020. Revenues are projected to further reach $ 519.5

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

– Third-Party Logistics Study, 2022, NTT Data. With customers expecting ultra-express deliveries at a reasonable price, on-demand deliveries and same-day deliveries are becoming the new differentiators. US direct-to-consumer (D2C) ecommerce sales will reach $151.20 billion in 2022, an increase of 16.9%

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What Does it Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur? The Incredible Journey of a Last Mile Pioneer

Logistics Viewpoints

I had studied TV script writing at the University of Cape Town with Roy. And neither of us had studied business. But we believed, because we had studied TV script writing, that we knew how to pitch. This was South Africa’s most well-known Ecommerce retail brand at the moment. A guy called Roy Brawley. A Savior Appears.