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Infographics eCommerce & Marketplaces
Data Shows Life at Home During COVID-19 Impacts Shopping Patterns
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Press Data & Technology
Ware2Go Study: Online Shoppers Buying From More Sellers and Broader Categories
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Infographics eCommerce & Marketplaces
Data Shows COVID-19 Consumer Shopping Shifts
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Articles Warehousing & Fulfillment
How Ware2Go Is Ensuring Smooth Fulfillment & Distribution Coverage for Merchants During These Times of Uncertainty
As the situation surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19) within the U.S. continues to evolve, many businesses continue to face new and unique supply chain challenges. In light of all that is happening, we feel it is prudent to offer a timely review of how our on-demand fulfillment model is built to accommodate supply chain disruptions of this kind. Although it is widely known by now that both state and federal governments have designated that certain “essential services” (including warehouse, transportation, and logistics providers) remain operational throughout this period, our intent is to offer clarity beyond these designations and showcase specific ways that our on-demand warehouse network can help mitigate risk and offset uncertainty during these periods of disruption.
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Articles eCommerce & Marketplaces
From Amazon to Shopify: Why Multichannel Fulfillment is Key to Solving E-Commerce Complexity
Unless your business is brand new, chances are your sales are occurring across more than just a single channel. For instance, today’s leading brands are likely selling directly to consumers across e-commerce marketplaces like Amazon, eBay, and Wayfair, as well as through their own websites via platforms like Shopify or WooCommerce. Targeting this array of channels makes sense because if you truly want broad market exposure, you have to go where your customers are. The challenge? For each new sales channel you add, a new layer of order fulfillment complexity is introduced.
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Articles Data & Technology
The 5 Data Sets You Need to Effectively Leverage 3rd Party Logistics & Fulfillment in 2020
In 2020, the 3rd party solutions available to merchants for optimizing their logistics and fulfillment workflows are as accessible and affordable as ever. However, for these new-age logistics models to function as they’re intended, merchants must be able to provide a range of data related to their product set, sales channels, and order volumes. By capturing these data sets, merchants enable their 3rd party provider to determine how much inventory should be stocked, how often new inventory should be restocked, and what the most efficient delivery options are.
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Articles Warehousing & Fulfillment
How to Achieve Affordable Nationwide 2-Day UPS Ground Shipping
As merchants seek to provide faster and more affordable shipping options for customers, many discover that building an efficient delivery network is more complicated than they first anticipate. Often times, the standard ground shipping options offered by major carriers are too slow to reach customers across the country. However, the high costs associated with air delivery make this option too expensive to afford long-term. But given these constraints, how can merchants develop distribution networks that guarantee 1-2-day delivery speeds for all their U.S. customers without having to pay expensive shipping fees? One answer may lie in Ware2Go's on-demand warehousing and fulfillment network.
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Market research eCommerce & Marketplaces
5 Essential Elements of International E-Commerce in 2020
Sean Flaherty, Vice President of Retail and E-Commerce Strategy at UPS, sheds light on the five primary trends that he believes will fuel the growth of international e-commerce throughout the course of 2020. Among them include a rising global middle class, widespread urbanization, and a shifting landscape of trade relationships.
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Articles Data & Technology
UPS Drones, Uber Freight, & the Rapidly Evolving Field We Call Logistics
In today’s fast-paced economy, customer demands for faster and cheaper delivery are continually pushing businesses to develop more efficient distribution networks. And as business leaders recognize the extent to which supply chain efficiency impacts customer satisfaction, companies are toiling to lead the charge for the fastest and most cost-effective delivery structure. Resultantly, an abundance of investment across the logistics landscape in recent years has yielded some highly innovative solutions. Learn more about these developments by reading the full story.
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