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17 October 2024
The Importance of Cyber Week for eCommerce Brands
Cyber Week is the single most lucrative time of the year for eCommerce brands. The condensed shopping period, combined with widespread consumer demand for deals, generates a massive surge in sales that can account for a significant portion of annual...
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21 June 2024
3PL vs. In-House Logistics: Making the Right Choice for Your Business
In logistics, choosing the right warehousing solution is crucial for your eCommerce business. Efficient warehousing in supply chain management ensures your inventory is optimised, delivery times are met and customer satisfaction remains high. You have two main options: managing your...
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14 June 2024
Contract Logistics vs 3PL: Understanding 3 Key Differences
Choosing between contract logistics and third-party logistics (3PL) can greatly impact your business operations. While both options help manage parts of your supply chain, they provide different levels of service. Contract logistics specialists focus on specific tasks like transportation and...
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25 May 2024
3PL vs 4PL — What’s the Difference?
Choosing the right fulfilment provider requires lots of research. There’s a lot to consider, such as pricing, location, and capacity. While looking into fulfilment providers, it’s likely that you’ll come across two types of fulfilment services: 3PL and 4PL. Third...
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12 February 2024
What Are Logistics Services?
Logistics services are the backbone of global trade, enabling the efficient flow of goods from producers to consumers. These services encompass a wide range of operations necessary to move products across the supply chain. This includes transportation, warehousing, inventory management,...
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15 January 2024
What is eCommerce logistics?
eCommerce logistics is the process of picking, packing and delivering an online order from the eCommerce brand to the customer. The fulfilment process is the last step in the supply chain, and even incorporates returns from the customer back to the eCommerce store.
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5 October 2023
Free Carrier (FCA) Incoterms Explained
Incoterms are a globally recognised set of commercial terms that are put forward by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). They are designed to prevent confusion and disagreements between buyers and sellers – especially during international trade – by helping...
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31 March 2023
The Future of eCommerce: 2024 & Beyond
In the last decade, the eCommerce industry has grown exponentially. In 2014, eCommerce sales amounted to approximately 1.3trillion USD worldwide. In 2022, 5.7 trillion, and by 2026, it’s predicted that eCommerce sales will reach 8.1 trillion dollars. It’s crazy to...
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16 November 2022
Logistics Planning: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
Like most things in life, you can’t get anywhere in eCommerce without a good plan. A logistics plan is one of the most important plans you’ll have in place as an eCommerce business, as without one, you’re doomed to fail....
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3 March 2022
DDP vs DAP Shipping
Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) shipping is where the seller takes all responsibility for fees and risks of shipping goods until they are delivered to an agreed place by the buyer and seller.
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20 May 2019
What is a fulfilment company?
A fulfilment company is an organisation that processes the receipt, packing, delivery and return of customer orders for businesses. Fulfilment companies enable businesses to outsource their order fulfilment, including goods in, warehousing, pick and pack, shipping and returns. A modern and...
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