Manufacturers of health and beauty products have succeeded with the direct-to-consumer (DTC) market for years. The higher-end price points of these products can seamlessly accommodate the fulfillment costs, including shipping. However, manufacturers of products with lower prices—such as consumer packaged goods…
Growing brand engagement in the expanding direct-to-consumer marketplace The linear model no longer rules For generations, the relationship between manufacturer and consumer was clear: Manufacturers made products, stored them in warehouses—and then brick-and-mortar stores bought and resold them to consumers. But…
Come in to the cold. Temperature controlled supply chains are becoming increasingly important in many industries—such as healthcare—as more and more products must be maintained at narrow and precise temperature ranges. These products need to stay refrigerated or frozen not only…
Following the pattern from year’s past, the major carriers have implemented their General Rate Increases (“GRIs”) for 2019. UPS GRI went into effect December 26, 2018 and affect UPS Ground, Air and International services with an increase of 4.9%. Additionally, they…
“Thanks for stopping in… now go somewhere else!” Why Would a Brand’s Website Not Sell Any Products? I like to fish. So imagine there was a brand of fishing equipment that I wanted to learn more about and possibly buy. I…
TAGG Offers Solutions to Amazon Retailers for the Seller Fulfilled Prime Program Looking to be a part of the Amazon Seller Fulfilled Prime program? Amazon is ramping up its marketplace seller’s order fulfillment ability through their own network and still offer the…
How to accelerate direct-to-consumer profits in an omnichannel world What does “speed-to-sale” mean? It’s your job to have the product ready to go to market. It’s your ecommerce fulfillment center’s job to increase the speed, accuracy and efficiency of every step in…
Best practices for a booming sales opportunity Taking a page from DTC success 2017 was the “Year of the Online Purchase,” according to Inc.com. And for good reason: record after record was broken—including such milestone events as Black Friday, which saw…
Meeting the challenge of working with multiple digital marketplaces Making diversity work for you Both online and offline, consumers shop at different retailers for different reasons based on their individual habits. Some will shop online and buy at a brick-and-mortar store….
Our very own, Tod Yazdi, was recently published in Multichannel Merchant for his recent article regarding brands and the digital marketplace. Too often nowadays, there are many brands that have a robust site to interact with consumers, but then push the…
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