Everything is going great with your e-commerce business. Orders are coming in, customers are leaving five-star reviews, and you were recently able to find another manufacturing partner at a lower cost. But fulfillment is still an issue. You can keep up with demand using the small office and commercial space you lease, but you keep …
Thanks to Amazon, consumers expect anything to be delivered fast and at a low cost. You’ve worked so hard to create a line of products and offer them at a price that customers are happily willing to pay for. Your marketing is on point: reviews and referral traffic are building, and you’re able to reduce your …
The overall market for consumer packaged goods (CPG) – the items used by the average consumer – is on the rise. For example, in 2018, online sales of CPGs rose over 35 percent, and that trend doesn’t look to change anytime soon. What are CPGs? They are the everyday items that most people use regularly. They are …
Whew! You have designed and either built or sourced great products. You have efficient manufacturing partners, and your marketing is scaling. Customers are finding you online, and orders are rolling in steadily. But the big question is: can you be — or do you want to be — the one to fulfill and ship all …
It’s essential to fulfill your promises to consumers and do everything to deliver goods on time. Now that we’re entering the post-COVID-19 era, consumers are used to purchasing more goods online and will continue to rely on convenience. That trend doesn’t look like it’s going to reverse course anytime soon. Naturally, this paradigm shift is …
E-commerce was one of the earliest industries to experience an immediate impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. Although traditional retail will take some time to recover, online retail, including the consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and logistics providers who drive the industry, continues to surge. Amazon’s sales were $96 billion for Q3 2020, representing a 37% year-over-year increase. The …
Every year, there’s a degree of evolution in retail and e-commerce inventory management and the logistics and warehousing that support it, but 2020 has seen more change than most years. Pundits and business schools will spend years analyzing its (often painful) lessons, but several fundamental trends are already clear. We’ve selected seven that we think …
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How Are Mail Holidays Affecting Your Business If you’re a small retailer, then you know that the holiday season is a crucial time of year. This is especially true if you’ve got an online component as part of your business. Customers will be placing orders and expecting them to arrive in plenty of time before …
The holiday season is in full swing and if you’re a business owner, then you’re trying to get online orders out the door as quickly as possible. But are you offering overnight shipping? If not, then you may be missing out on a lot of potential customers. So how can you as a small business implement overnight shipping in the busy holiday season without blowing your profit margin?