Fulfillment

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...

Since March, FedEx has been in a self-proclaimed “Shipathon.” As the holidays close in, we’re seeing a surge in eCommerce unlike any before. Between higher online sales, and consumers’ desire for expedited shipping, the result is even more...

In the wake of COVID-19, food eCommerce has been growing rapidly, increasing 42% in revenue year over year this September as millions of consumers turn to online sources for their favorite snacks, drinks, and kitchen staples. Selling any product...

Selling online without selling on marketplaces means missing huge revenue streams. This entire landscape has undergone a massive transformation in recent years. Today, more than half of buyers skip search engines like Google and go directly to...

Cyber Monday is big. From what was an amusing oddity at the Internet’s dawn, it has evolved into the most important online retail event of the year. Total sales hit $9.4 billion in 2019—up nearly 19% from a $7.9 billion haul the previous year...

Here’s a not fun fact: Our world is hotter, more polluted and harbors more trash than ever before, and traditional supply chains aren’t helping. Logistics companies like FedEx, UPS and USPS create more gas emissions than 7 million cars. Plastic...

In a whitepaper in 2012, Oracle predicted that, “The next decade will be an innovative and demanding one for B2B eCommerce.” Nearly nine years later, we can say with confidence that they were right—and that there’s no stopping the evolution of B2B...

Walmart has been signaling their intent to launch a competitive offering to Amazon’s prime service; however the shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic caused the retailer to delay the launch. With a better understanding of the impact from this...

In some ways, the COVID-19 pandemic has turned the world of retail upside-down; but in the case of eCommerce, the crisis has only augmented already accelerating online buying trends. From 2018 to 2019, online consumption in the US alone grew 14.9%...

Drop shipping has been an important part of multichannel commerce since the mail-order catalogs of the 1950s. But with the advent and subsequent explosion of Amazon and other “etailers”, modern drop shipping has grown into a global market worth over...