How to Tell if Your Company Can Afford Free Shipping

How to Tell if Your Company Can Afford Free Shipping

Like it or not, free shipping seems to have become an expectation of online shoppers rather than a pleasant occasional perk. Many retailers have capitulated to this growing demand, while others continue to resist. Whether your company already offers or is considering...
How to Shop for a Fulfillment Provider

How to Shop for a Fulfillment Provider

So, you decided that you need to outsource your order fulfillment or make a change from your current 3PL provider. If only finding the right fulfillment provider was as easy as buying hand towels on Amazon. Unfortunately, it takes much more work and effort to find the...
4 Things To Look For When Touring a Fulfillment Center

4 Things To Look For When Touring a Fulfillment Center

Touring A Fulfillment Center Is Crucial Before Making Your 3PL Selection The process of finding a new fulfillment provider is not as easy as numbers on a spreadsheet or written responses during the RFP process. One of the most critical steps in finding the right...
Distribution Center Space Optimization

Distribution Center Space Optimization

Due to limited availability, distribution centers are frequently trying to overcome the challenge of efficiently optimizing their space. Running a warehouse on a large-scale level can be very costly. Because of this, it is important for warehouses to run efficiently,...
What Matters Most To Consumers, Fast or Free shipping?

What Matters Most To Consumers, Fast or Free shipping?

If you’ve been sweating the ever growing consumer demand for faster and faster shipping, I have good news for you. It seems the shipping speed bubble has finally burst. For the past decade, anyone in the logistics or ecommerce space has been told that consumers what...
Reducing Accessorial Shipping Charges

Reducing Accessorial Shipping Charges

For nearly all ecommerce companies shipping direct to consumer, shipping expenses is one of the biggest impacts on the bottom line.  Finding ways to reduce shipping costs can be an ongoing battle, but understanding how shipping costs are calculated and what impacts...