The direct-to-consumer marketplace is more competitive than ever, with no signs of the field thinning out post-COVID. If anything, lockdowns have made the public even more hungry for DTC products and services. Standing out in that environment can be tricky — and unless you explore innovative shipping solutions, it’s downright impossible. Taylored Services provides several …
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the worldwide economy previously unseen in living memory, and its GDP impact on the economy is yet to be fully realized. While we don’t yet know when the pandemic will be fully behind us, it’s clear that the normal of tomorrow won’t be quite like the one we left behind. However, there …
Maybe you’re a small business. It all starts with an online business idea — you have a product, do some marketing, the wheels of commerce start turning, and now you find there are people out there buying what you are selling. Now you’re at a tipping point: the orders are coming in fast and furious, …
With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 quickly became the Year of Disruption for the business community. Arguably the very first lesson we collectively learned was that a lean supply chain — the gold standard of operational excellence for a generation — was a liability in times of crisis. Leanness was out, and resilience …
Whether you’re manufacturing computer chips or chocolate chips, you rely on a group of suppliers to create your business products. Then you sell those products to specific customers. In this respect, your company, your suppliers, your customers (and their customers) form the different “links” of a supply chain. Moreover, the better you can integrate these …
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 …
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 …