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5 Reasons Ecommerce Companies Fail with Paige Fitzgerald

The Logistics of Logistics

Paige currently resides in San Diego, California, where you might find her reading at the beach or birdwatching at the bay in her free time. Fulfyld is an ecommerce fulfillment and warehousing company based in Huntsville, Alabama. Fulfyld ships same-day, every day, for one flat-rate. About Fulfyld. Paige Fitzgerald.

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Kinaxis Kinexions ’22: Ready. Together.

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended Kinaxis Kinexions ’22 in San Diego, CA. This came in the form of unexpected absenteeism at factories, warehouses, and on the road, as well as boats being stuck in ports which created container shortages. This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint.

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Panama Canal Expansion Boosts Freight in an Unexpected Place

DAT Solutions

The Panama Canal opened a new lane for larger ships this week, and East Coast ports have been expanding efforts to attract Asian imports that would otherwise arrive on the West Coast. The canal expansion has run into plenty of obstacles along the way, and many East Coast ports still aren’t ready to accommodate the larger ships.

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

BlueYonder

Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. warehouses.

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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

BlueYonder

Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. warehouses.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

As shipping costs, and capacity constraints for home delivery during the week leading up to Christmas, more and more retailers are looking to drive consumers to the store rather than online. The program, called Ships in Product Packaging , will allow sellers to ship items without any additional packaging.

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Recession-Proof Businesses and Products: Staying Afloat During Economic Downturn

ShipBob

The data is aggregated from over 3,000 ecommerce merchants who collectively ship out millions of items every month through ShipBob’s fulfillment centers. I had a customer ask if he could drive to my house in San Diego to get product. Despite unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent in April 2020, ecommerce is on the rise.