Drop Ship

New notebooks. Blue and black pens. Calendars, organizers, backpacks, laptops, and perhaps most importantly, the first day outfit. Parents and students alike are thinking about all the things they’ll need for the start of the school year. With a...

In my last blog, I talked about why furniture retailers need eCommerce stores. Today, we’ll talk about the next step: drop shipping. Once your eCommerce storefront is generating orders, adding drop shipping can help your business gain efficiencies...

To meet customer demands and stay competitive in a world where expectations for product availability and delivery speed continue to rise, every link along the supply chain has to operate efficiently. From warehouse management to order fulfillment to...

One of the most conspicuous traits of today’s business landscape is that customer expectations seem to reach new heights with every passing month—and this is especially true when it comes to shipping speed. Amazon has set the bar high for online...

2020. What a year. In home furnishings, we came into 2020 with the vigor of a new era, a new decade. We had already determined it was going to be a great year, and the first quarter started off very strong, perhaps stronger than most in recent memory...

Today’s B2C environment pits brick-and-mortar retailers against not just one another, but the whole of the internet. As eCommerce activity continues to skyrocket with a 44.4% YoY increase in Q2 of 2020, in-store sales are facing year-over-year...

Drop shipping is a business model where a merchant, such as an eCommerce or brick-and-mortar retailer, sells products to consumers, but the product manufacturer or distributor is responsible for fulfillment. When a customer places an order on the...

My first reaction to the last three months, going back to March is just wow, what happened? When stores were closed, the furniture industry got hit hard. By April, sales had dropped by 66%. It happened so quickly that it was—and still is—hard to...

Like many of you, I’m writing this from my home office, so let me start by saying that if you are home, I hope you’re safe and healthy. And if you can’t stay home, know that we are all grateful for whatever you’re doing to support your community. In...

The biggest shopping window of 2019, from Black Friday through December 26, has come and gone. As a furniture retailer, were you able to meet customer needs with the product you had in stock? How successfully did your end-to-end shopping experience...