President Trump has taken a break from favorite targets like Little Rocket Man to turn his Twitter fire and ire on the U.S. Postal Service, blasting the agency for not charging enough on parcel delivery, in particular singling out major client Amazon, as the USPS continues to hemorrhage cash.
In a surprising move, bpost, the Belgian postal service, announced plans to acquire U.S.-based third-party logistics and ecommerce software firm Radial for $820 million, as it looks to expand its client base here with Radial’s broad omnichannel, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities.
Driven in large part by ecommerce, parcel shipping volume in 13 major global markets grew by 48% from 2014 to 2016, going from 44 billion parcels in 2014 to 65 billion in 2016, with projections of annual growth between 17%-28% over the next four years, according to a study by Pitney Bowes.
It goes without saying that the cross-border ability to reach billions of consumers around the world presents a tremendous opportunity for businesses. However, retailers are faced with pitfalls in the payment process, resulting in more abandoned carts than ever. Here is how retailers looking to go cross-border with their business can avoid these payment headaches in the shopping cart.
What were some of the retail and commerce drivers from 2016 that will continue to have an impact on 2017? As you conduct your holiday season postmortem and roadmap your 2017 plans, here are a few trends to mull over while celebrating the New Year.
This holiday season American shoppers are joined by consumers from over 140 countries who are buying from U.S. brands. Here is the shopping data and trends you need to know during the busiest shopping weekend of the year.
A new index from Pitney Bowes projects that global parcel shipping will increase 5%-7% per year, increasing 20% by 2018, driven largely by ecommerce growth. See what else the company discovered while surveying parcel shippers in 12 markets.
It’s that time of the year again, and ecommerce companies will need to bring their all this season. The $64,000 question is, are you ready? Here is what you need to know about your shoppers this holiday season.
New Pitney Bowes survey finds that cross-border ecommerce is prevalent among global shoppers. See what this means for retailers world-wide.
Retailers of all sizes are using APIs to innovate faster, create custom solutions quickly and better serve their customers. So how can it help your business? Here are several ways that APIs could benefit your business.