10 Tips for Improving Your Inventory Management

| Curt Barry

As Amazon’s multi-fulfillment-center strategy continues to put pressure on multichannel merchants, having an effective inventory management strategy to maximize sales, profits and customer service becomes that much more crucial. Here are 10 points to consider as you develop and refine your inventory strategy.

Dover Saddlery Names Brad Wolansky As Its New CEO

| MCM staff

Dover Saddlery named former Yankee Candle executive Brad Wolansky as its new CEO. Here is what Dover Saddlery executives had to say about this new appointment and what it will mean for the business.

Batch vs. Wave Picking: Which One is Right for Your Business?

| Mark Del Franco

In the distribution center, walking from one location to the next accounts for 60% of a picker’s time. Reducing walking time, then, is all but guaranteed. Here are ways to know which method is efficient for your business.

MCM O+F Advisor 5-31-17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 5/31/2017 Best Buy Sees Ecommerce Up 22.5% in Q1 Home electronics retailer Best Buy had a strong first quarter in … Continue Reading →

5 Top Trends Shaping the Future of Retail Logistics

| Brian Alexander

With the perpetual advancement of technology, retail logistics are undergoing rapid change. What used to be complex is now being blended with technology to create more efficient, self-orchestrated systems. Knowing these 5 key trends will help you ensure a competitive edge as they reshape retail logistics in the coming years.

How to Work with Millennials in the Warehouse

| Peter Schnorbach

By now, we’re all aware of the stereotypes associated with millennial workers. But do we know who they really are? Discover how millennial workers differ from previous generations, steps managers can take to improve relations and why effective management of this group is so important to get right.

Knowing Your Options for Distribution Center Expansion

| Brian Barry

If your merchant business is growing and you’re looking to expand into a new distribution center, you need lots of decision support. To help you, here’s a deep dive into the 3 different options for increasing your fulfillment operations. This review will outline the scope of each option, the timeframes and what’s involved.

Newegg Creates Order Fulfillment Service

| Jasmine Brown

Tech e-tailer Newegg has launched Newegg Logistics to help ecommerce sellers and other organizations streamline order fulfillment, shipment and returns. See what the service, similar to Fulfillment By Amazon, offers to ecommerce shippers.

MCM O+F Advisor 5-24-17

| Chris Intili

Multichannel Merchant Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics week of 05/31/2017 Knowing Your Options for Distribution Center Expansion If your merchant business is growing and you’re looking to expand into … Continue Reading →

How the Amazon Sales Tax Decision Could Impact You

| Scott Peterson

Sales tax rules for ecommerce sellers remain anything but simple. Find out the answers to some of the biggest questions and get the need to know on how Amazon’s decision impacts (or doesn’t impact) your ecommerce business.