Risks and Rewards of Drop-shipping
Even if you already drop-ship today, or if drop-shipping represents only a small portion of your business, it
Operations & Fulfillment
Prepared for the peak season?
If you do the bulk of your business in the fourth quarter, your peak season volume is bearing down on you right now. The good news is that there is still
Best Practices for Returns Processing
Reverse logistics is a crucial and growing part of the supply chain process, but many companies fail to measure their returns process with the same rigor they use for outbound distribution.
Contact Center Shared Staff Arrangements
Some catalog centers with a busy seasonal holiday pattern look to local businesses that may slow down in the fall. Some recruit workers directly with great success from businesses that have a summer peak. You can choose to try to reach these potential staff with wide and well-timed advertising, or you can elect to go directly to the source and work with those businesses directly.
Peak Season Preparations
The holiday season is nearly here
Talbots Signs With Li & Fung
Woman’s apparel and accessories merchant The Talbots has entered into a buying agency agreement with Li & Fung that will make the Hong Kong-based global consumer goods exporter the exclusive agent for substantially all Talbots apparel products.
DHL to Pay $9.4 Million in Shipping Settlement
DHL will pay the federal government $9.4 million to settle a dispute involving shipments the company made to Iran, Sudan, and Syria that violated U.S. embargoes, according to the Associated Press. The Obama administration made the announcement on Aug. 6.
No Exigent Postal Rate Case—For Now
Despite the financial crisis burdening the U.S. Postal Service, Postmaster General John Potter says there won
Lower Your DC Utility Bills
Most distribution center managers consider the costs of utilities to be fixed.