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The Hidden Benefits of Visiting Your DTC Fulfillment Partner (Or Perspective Partner)

Stord

These teams offer insights into the quirks and nuances of your products—how best to package them to optimize space, density, and prevent shipping damages. This visit is an opportunity to discuss the past, present and future needs - do you need new automations like a print-and-apply (PandA) or autobaggers? What went great?

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RLA Inaugural Startup Pitch Contest

Cathy Roberson

An interesting finding in the NRF and Appriss survey is that Buy online, return in-store (BORIS) return fraud is expected to be 48% higher than fraud in returns to non-store locations, which is “potentially spotlighting an area to further streamline data and process protocols when multichannel return processes are present.”

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QAD Explore 2019: Vertical Market Round-up

QAD

An impressive sight, especially when you add the tremendous amount of ship traffic moving up and down the river. I was not aware of the “army” of QAD employees working toward the preparation of presentations, education of our users, and working closely with our customers to identify the changing nature of the industries we serve.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. The winner paid $925, shipping not included. The field is large and growing. The lot ended up attracting 50 bids.

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FedEx: Contractors’ Action Could Be Breach of Contract

Multichannel Merchant

“They’re growing and evolving their companies alongside FedEx Ground as we jointly navigated opportunities presented by the rapid growth of ecommerce,” she said. At the fourth annual event, to be held in Las Vegas, a process will begin to select a committee of 10 contractors in September.

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FedEx Ground Group: Contractors Could Flip to Franchisees

Multichannel Merchant

20-21 in Las Vegas. “With more than half of all contractors in the nation scheduled to attend, I have to imagine that FedEx Ground would want to be present,” Patton said in a video response to a letter from Smith to all contractors.

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Putting the WoW! Into Service Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Founded in 1999, it is an online retailer selling shoes via a drop-shipping business model. When vendors fly to visit our offices in Las Vegas, they are greeted at the airport by one of our Zappos shuttles. One of the most notable case study is from a company called Zappos.com.