O+F Advisor

| MCM staff

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The 3 Most Important Components for Selecting a 3PL Partner

| Daniela Forte

Location, technology and scalability are the three most important components when Karmaloop selects a third-party logistics partner. Renatta Hosein-Bishop, Inbound & Merchandising Operations Manager for Karmaloop will be talking about the “Best Practices in the Search & Selection of a 3PL Partner” at the Operations Summit in April in Columbus, OH.

Technology Roundup: 3PL and Fulfillment Service Guide

| Curt Barry

An increasing number of merchants both large and small are looking at Third Party Fulfillment (3PF) as an option to avoid having to increase the size of their warehouse facilities, expand staff and invest in the technology and systems they need to service the direct-to-customer channels.

Executive Summary: Shipping and Delivery

| Erin Lynch

Merchants are looking for ways to ship product the fastest way possible to satisfy customers, but in the most cost-efficient way possible for themselves. In this executive summary, you will learn how to renegotiate your current carrier contracts, why free shipping is now a cost of doing business, and more.

4 Benefits of Outsourcing Fulfillment

| David Wise

The delicate part of growing your ecommerce business is dealing with issues which one has no prior experience dealing with. One such decision that has to be made is that of outsourcing fulfillment. Seth Boylan of XpertFullfillment outlines four benefits of doing so.

Amazon Redshift Available To The Masses

| Daniela Forte

Amazon Web Services Inc., announces its making available its data warehouse Amazon Redshift to customers. Redshift was first introduced in November of last year and could pose a possible threat to its competitors.

GUESS Partners with VendorNet for Ship-from-store Solution

| MCM staff

Apparel and accessories seller GUESS will leverage VendorNet’s StoreNet technology to implement omnichannel retail capabilities, specifically fulfillment of online sales from its brick and mortar locations.

Join us for the 2013 Operations Summit Conference

| MCM staff

Direct-to-customer merchandise sales are skyrocketing. Whether you sell to consumers or businesses, your direct-to-customer sales will be a crucial part of future growth and strategy. Which is why we are inviting you to attend the only conference exclusively about ecommerce and catalog operations & fulfillment: the 2013 Operations Summit.

Lundgren Says States Will Benefit from Online Sales Taxes

| Tim Parry

Macy’s president and CEO Terry Lundgren says he doesn’t know when it will happen or how. But ultimately, he believes every consumer – and ecommerce merchant – will have to pay an online sales tax.