Choosing whether or not to outsource supply and fulfillment chain concerns, whether in whole or in part, is a major decision for businesses. Use this advice to make an informed choice.
Direct sales organizations have to address unique direct sales logistics concerns to put themselves in the most advantageous position possible and realize opportunities for growth.
Packaging considerations, from dimensional weight to branding options, are vital considerations for businesses in terms of both affordability and brand awareness.
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CBD oil is legal to varying degrees in many U.S. states and across Canada, but it's likely not a good idea for e-commerce retailers to sell it internationally.
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Online retailers have a variety of fulfillment and website checkout technology options to consider as they build a digital store for the first time or upgrade their existing ones. From the [...]
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Significant changes in the prices charged by carriers have had a major impact on the e-commerce industry in recent years.
The rapidly growing e-commerce industry is leading to complications for the customs agencies around the world.
What happens when you can't really afford to keep up with the e-commerce giants who are offering free returns and changing consumer expectations about how to purchase goods online?
E-commerce has become such a fixture of modern society that the general public is willing to order just about anything online.
The market for vitamins and wellness solutions is changing quickly. While demand remains high across the sectors, consumers are increasingly moving away from brick-and-mortar retail locations and [...]
The subscription box sector is growing quickly. Is your business ready to capitalize on market expansion?
North America is more than 9.5 million square miles of cities, farmland, suburbs, desert coastline, tundra and wilderness. Does your local returns strategy account for all the different online [...]
Like most developed countries, France has widespread internet penetration. Currently, more than 86% of the French population actively uses the internet. Additionally, mobile connections outpaced [...]
Why would any businesses spend time worrying about their return policies? After all, shouldn’t the real focus be on preventing returns in the first place? Yes and no. Of course companies [...]
E-tailers that partner with logistics providers are able to send their products across borders to consumers all over the world with much greater efficiency. For many companies, the ability these [...]
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As the largest and most populated country in the Nordic region, Sweden features prominently as a top e-commerce player throughout Europe. Though it has much in common with Finland, Denmark and [...]
As more shoppers across the world make online purchases from companies stationed in other countries, logistics can get complicated. E-tailers play a major role in cross-border commerce, and [...]
Organizations wondering whether they should make strides into the global market should look first at their e-commerce strategy. By focusing on e-business growth, these businesses can safely [...]
Increasingly, customers want their e-tailers to meet their needs not just for delivery, but for returns, too. That means flexible drop-off points, simple labeling and package management, full [...]
Finns, and northern Europeans in general, are among the world leaders in e-commerce. In 2015, 71% of Finnish consumers made at least one e-purchase. Finland’s e-business is characterized by [...]
There are plenty of overlaps in e-commerce – at some level, every company has the same goals: offer quality products, meet customer needs, deliver items successfully and on time, and [...]
As the bridge between Scandinavia and mainland Europe, Denmark enjoys an advantageous geographic and cultural position. The coastal nation has been among the world leaders in terms of e-commerce [...]
The best global e-tailers pride themselves in delivering their clients’ orders in the timeframe, manner and location specified. That ability is an integral part of e-commerce that separates [...]
In the omnichannel e-commerce world in which we now live, consumers can browse through multiple avenues for goods and place orders. For the foreseeable future, e-tailers will have to balance [...]
Part of a company’s success relies on its leaders’ ability to successfully keep the business on the cutting edge. Every industry is advancing more and more rapidly, especially as [...]
In 2015, e-commerce revenues in China grew by 42% to reach $672 billion, making it by far the largest e-commerce market in the world. In fact, China accounts for 40% of the world’s total [...]
Belgium has emerged as an important player in global e-commerce, given its unique position in the heart of Europe. With a diverse population, expanding market and rich culture, Belgium provides [...]
Modern global logistics is becoming bigger, broader-reaching and more complex than ever before. Emerging markets like China and Brazil have become major players in global e-commerce, while [...]
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Consumers have become so familiar with online shopping that they are increasingly turning to foreign e-commerce sites to satisfy their needs. Almost 70% of consumers worldwide claim to have [...]
The number of Chinese consumers buying online via foreign websites is steadily increasing. According to Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba, cross-border e-commerce in China will account for [...]
In their attempts to satisfy demanding online consumers, many retailers are gradually reaching the limits of what existing supply chains can do. Over the next few years, there will be a strong [...]
The most challenging time of the year has arrived for e-tailers. This is because they can bring in more than 25 percent of their yearly turnover in this period. It won’t come as a surprise to [...]
E-commerce keeps growing in the United States. U.S. retail e-commerce sales are expected to hit $347 billion in 2015, with projected growth to $491 billion by 2018. Discover more about the [...]
With worldwide revenues from B2C e-commerce estimated to reach almost 1.6 trillion dollar in 2015[1], the rise of e-commerce shows no signs of stopping. In many countries, consumers are becoming [...]
India, the second most populous country in the world, is currently experiencing a remarkable “digital boom”. Thanks to the ever increasing internet access and the expanding payment options, [...]
Global e-commerce growth shows no signs of slowing down with online sales predicted to reach 1.92 trillion dollars in 2016. To capitalize on this potential, e-tailers must consider how to create [...]
Lean management is a methodology that improves business results by striving for less waste throughout the process. Already widely known in the production industries, the lean concept is now [...]
The strong growth of cross-border e-commerce is creating an unprecedented opportunity for e-tailers. However, an efficient and flexible distribution network is required in order to fully reap the [...]
More and more consumers worldwide are shopping online, but it remains a continuous battle for e-tailers to win over their trust. Needless to say, the logistical handling of an order has to [...]
Located in the heart of Central Europe, Poland’s growing economic prosperity is in turn fueling the development of it’s e-commerce market. The country has almost 10 million e-shoppers [...]
The land of the rising sun has one of the most attractive online economies and its maturity only accentuates this attractiveness. The country ranks fourth in the world in terms of e-commerce [...]
Increasing globalization of world trade and a growing digitalization of society results in online consumers who are increasingly looking beyond borders. In 2012, global cross-border e-commerce [...]
At least 30% of the internet users in Italy shop online. Services are preferred over the purchasing of physical products online, which currently account for 37% of the e-commerce expenditure. The [...]
E-commerce is currently experiencing growth at an average rate of 20% per year, and its rise is set to continue. As such, the Internet economy can be counted among the fastest-growing sectors. In [...]
There is often a false assumption to consider the Nordic countries as one unit. This is most definitely not the case and that is the reason why, following on from Sweden, this month we are [...]
As a result of the ongoing growth in cross-border online shopping, innovations making overseas purchases easier will be prominent among 2015’s e-commerce trends. Almost half of the United [...]
Faced with an increasingly competitive market and a complex and continually changing global supply chain, e-retailers—or e-tailers—are forced to look at ways of enhancing their performance, as [...]
The revenue generated from e-commerce worldwide increases year on year. And at an average global growth rate of 20% per year, the rise of e-commerce shows no signs of stopping. For companies [...]
Vendors, e-tailers and logistics providers are increasingly facing challenges due to technological developments and customer demand. But technology is also offering companies a platform to [...]
E-commerce companies around the world are investing vast amounts of money in large automated warehouses from where orders will be fulfilled. To meet the demand for prompt, convenient delivery, [...]
Driven by a booming population, improving internet access and rising disposable incomes, Asia Pacific is the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce region (yStats). Meanwhile, young, tech-savvy [...]
The global beauty market is expected to be worth €210 billion by 2017 (Lucintel). And with cosmetics and beauty products now the second biggest cross-border revenue generator in e-commerce with [...]
Parcel lockers—automated delivery points from which customers can collect or return e-commerce packages, 24 hours a day—are proliferating worldwide. Rather than waiting for deliveries at home, [...]
The four international e-commerce markets below show that e-commerce potential lies in more emerging economies than just China and India—and that there is still compelling potential in mature [...]
In a previous factsheet, we have already covered Chinese e-commerce. However, given its special status, today we are focusing on Hong Kong. As a special administrative region of China, it has [...]
An e-commerce boom in emerging markets across South America, Asia and Eastern Europe is being propelled by smartphone proliferation, improving broadband and rapid economic growth.Here are some [...]
Today’s online shoppers have higher expectations than ever before. Consumers want to shop from websites anywhere and at any time, and they want a choice in how products are delivered to them. The [...]
Situated at the heart of Europe and keen to maintain its independence from the European Union, Switzerland is a country that is as unique as it is key for those wanting to establish a [...]
Clothing is functional and essential, but also a mark of status and identity. Small wonder, then, that apparel is the world’s biggest cross-border e-commerce category, according to PayPal’s Spice [...]
To establish the needs of e-consumers, from purchase through to delivery, it is useful to study their purchasing habits according to age. Do requirements differ depending on whether you are 25 or [...]
In 2003, 83% of consumers felt frustrated by online shopping; today 72% actually consider themselves ‘expert’ e-shoppers (Corra). With global e-commerce sales reaching €740 billion (eMarketer) [...]
With an internet penetration rate of 83% and a mobile penetration rate expected to reach 100% in 2014, Canada seems set to become an e-commerce success story. Nevertheless, e-commerce has yet to [...]
Today’s e-tailers know that the delivery of packages is a key element in their site’s success. Amongst other things, the flexibility and speed desired by e-shoppers mean a wide range of delivery [...]
The number of city dwellers is growing. According to Frost & Sullivan, by 2025 three out of five people will live in cities globally. This in turn will drive a change in supply chain. [...]
Did you know that 75% of online shoppers look at shipping costs before deciding whether to go ahead with a purchase? Not surprisingly, high delivery costs are the main reason for e-shoppers to [...]
Accurate order fulfillment is vital if companies are to compete effectively in today’s challenging retail environment and keep their customers happy. Rising demand in the e-commerce world and [...]
A city-state of almost 700 km² with a population of just over 5 million inhabitants, Singapore is nonetheless making its mark on the global economy. In addition, it has been classified as “the [...]
The global consumer electronics market is projected to be worth €1.2 trillion by 2018, with the Asia-Pacific region (18%), Middle East (17%) and Africa (17%) expected to grow the fastest [...]
We discussed this subject in a previous article: the development of e-commerce is largely driven by emerging countries, with China, Russia and Brazil playing the most significant role. Among the [...]
With a surface area of over 7 million square kilometres and 23 million inhabitants, Australia is an extremely atypical country. To provide a comparison which helps to understand this [...]
Emerging countries hold enormous potential for e-commerce growth. According to A.T. Kearney’s 2013 Global Retail E-commerce Index report, the online retail industry has grown at 17 percent CAGR [...]
In a previous article, we looked at cross-border e-commerce and the key logistics requirements to ensure it can be carried out effectively. When your international growth is exponential, to [...]
Cross-border e-commerce is expected to grow 75% by 2020, International Post Corporation estimates. Yet you might be surprised to learn that only one in four EU-based e-tailers currently sell [...]
Just-in-time deliveries, whereby stock is less and less often sent from the warehouse by traders, and the ever-increasing demands of web consumers have lead to a rise in the number of vehicles on [...]
In the world of e-commerce delivery, the featureless brown package is becoming a rarity as boxes in a range of colourful designs increasingly land on shoppers’ doormats. Protecting goods from the [...]
Russia is among the most predominant emerging markets according to e-commerce specialists. With its favourable policy and import tax only being payable on purchases over €1000 (the calculation [...]
In order to be profitable, today’s e-commerce companies are adapting their logistics – using new optimization levers inspired by methods that have already proven to be successful in the [...]
eMarketer focused on southern Europe as a source of growth in its recent report on the explosion of global e-commerce: predicting growth of 13.8% in 2014. In E-commerce Europe’s “Southern Europe [...]
Approximately one trillion euro: this is the astronomical turnover record that will be achieved in 2014 in global B2C e-commerce according to eMarketer. This spectacular growth is almost [...]
Unable to ‘try’ before they buy, consumers would never embrace online clothes shopping – or so many retail analysts once argued. Yet according to yStats, apparel is now the biggest e-commerce [...]
English is the most widely used language in the world – and probably the first language you had your website translated into. While the British market is naturally a destination market to sell to [...]
In a previous article we looked at the importance of delivery service as a marketing tool in providing ultimate satisfaction for customers. Let’s now have a look at the challenges from a [...]
Shipping is the culmination of the online purchasing process. Consequently, an etailer should keep in mind that this stage embodies all the efforts of the commercial chain, from acquisition to [...]
