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Optimizing Your E-Commerce Fulfillment Strategy for the Holidays

ChannelAdvisor

When it comes to shipping costs and speed, consumer expectations have shifted drastically over the past several years, with the latest available research indicating delivery demands have reached an all-time high. E-Commerce Shipping: Free Still Tops Fast. For next-day shipping, the decline was 20%.

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Smart Shipping: How to Drive Sales and Delight Customers

Weebly

As the eCommerce world continues to grow, smaller stores and sites need to constantly assess shipping strategies to keep customers happy. While shipping speeds and prices are both important, most of your customers still prefer free over fast. Some shipping companies charge by weight, while others charge a flat fee.

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The 2018 State of the Merchant: A Good Year for Store Owners

eCommerceFuel

In what has become an annual tradition, I’ve once again bribed store owners to fill out a survey in order to understand how merchants are fairing in the eCommerce jungle. If you missed last year’s edition, you can see my 2017 State of the Merchant report here. . Revenue growth was 36.8% – up from 24.7%

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

The new business model demands a holistic approach to omnichannel fulfillment that considers new expectations of speed and convenience that customers have developed while keeping costs low. This includes everything from storing inventory, processing orders, picking stock, shipping packages, and delivering orders to the end consumer.

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2019 State of the Merchant Report

eCommerceFuel

The number of drop shipping businesses dropped by a staggering 51%, while the number of manufacturing businesses increased by a third. As mentioned above, the number of drop shipping businesses was cut in half this last year. Drop shipping revenue and income both grew at more than 44% this year.

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State of the Merchant Report

eCommerceFuel

I surveyed hundreds of store owners to understand how business is going, measure the trends shaping our industry and get a sense of how satisfied, wealthy and Amazon-dependent we are. More than 300 store owners responded to the survey I sent out last fall. Who Are These Store Owners? The majority are male, live in the U.S.

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