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Alibaba Supply Chain Exec Recommends Futureproofing with AI, Blockchain and Crowdsourcing

Retail TouchPoints

As the Head of Supply Chain for Alibaba ‘s North America B2B business, Yikun Shao is right in the thick of it. For 15 years he worked as a business and trade consultant for PwC , helping multinational corporations navigate the intricacies of customs, international trade and the global supply chain.

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The Cost of Living Crisis: How Online Retailers Can Weather The Storm

Frooition

The cost of living crisis caused by rising energy costs and the subsequent squeeze on household budgets will hit online retail businesses hard this winter. Christmas 2022 is going to be challenging for many retailers. 10 Tips To Help Online Retail Businesses Survive The Cost of Living Crisis.

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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

Online shopping is now easier than ever before, enabling consumers to purchase everything from socks to a dining room table from a computer at their home to a mobile phone in an airport terminal. While this is good news for many ecommerce retailers, it has also become more and more expensive to deliver those goods to customers.

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UK Product Safety Reform Looms: How Online Retailers Are Preparing

365 Retail

The UK’s appetite for buying online is the highest in Europe, with more than a quarter of retail sales now made through the internet. What could the new legislation mean for online retailers? What is being proposed in the reform of the UK product safety regime? .

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FTC Suit Claims Amazon Illegally Maintains Monopoly Power

Retail TouchPoints

The practices the FTC is challenging have helped to spur competition and innovation across the retail industry, and have produced greater selection, lower prices, and faster delivery speeds for Amazon customers and greater opportunity for the many businesses that sell in Amazon’s store.” But that’s not how competition works.

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Best 3PL Companies in Canada for Fast Ecommerce Fulfillment

Ecommerce Platforms

The best 3PL companies in Canada allow for online stores to store their products in Canadian warehouse space, get those items packaged up nicely, and then quickly sent to customers all over Canada. So, during our research, we made sure we only chose 3PL companies with Canadian warehouses and fulfillment centers.

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How to get started with dropshipping for small businesses

Payoneer

How drop shipping from US suppliers helps small businesses Editor’s Note : This article is a guest post by Devon Funk, a freelancer at Spocket. Source : Oberlo Small Business Statistics In today’s business landscape, small businesses drive robust economic growth and job creation. Out of the 33.2