Starting this month, portions of the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) begin to take effect after the bill was passed into law four years ago. The law is a long-term effort at tightening food safety protocols for shippers and especially importers of food products. As always, federal regulations of…
As the last remaining brick-and-mortar retail book chain, Barnes & Noble has had to adapt quickly in order to remain relevant in the 21st century. From e-commerce book sales to their NOOK e-reader, the chain has tried its best to adapt to its customers’ shifting buying preferences and stay competitive….
This month, TAGG acquired Philadelphia-based e-commerce fulfillment and 3PL provider ABC Fulfillment. Now with locations in St. Louis, Reno, and Philadelphia, TAGG is capable of shipping anywhere in the United States in just 1-2 days! At TAGG, we strive to provide e-commerce fulfillment at the speed of now! With our new…
In case you are operating an e-commerce website from outside of the SEO or web development world, you may not have heard about the recent Google update which affects all websites based on mobile friendliness. Why does this matter for e-commerce? First of all, Google is the most-used search engine…
In the first months of this year, Amazon has been gradually opening a massive new e-commerce fulfillment center in Reno, NV. The new facility was just opened 8 months after it was announced, and after Amazon closed an older fulfillment center in nearby Fernley, NV. The new fulfillment center has the capacity…
Local businesses face a mountain of challenges in the near future, the chief of which is e-commerce. Whether this means competing with worldwide e-commerce retailers or a local competitor selling in store and online across the street, small businesses have realized that online sales and e-commerce are here to stay….
This holiday season is on track to be a big one for e-commerce retailers. A really big one. A forecast by ComScore estimates e-commerce spending to grow by 16 percent for this quarter compared to last year. More spending means more sales, and more sales means more shipments for 3PLs!…
Amazon continues to be the industry leader in e-commerce fulfillment and logistics. As the amount of orders they service continues to grow, Amazon has been building fulfillment centers all over the world to keep up with demand and to allow for faster shipping times. One new fulfillment center is located in Tracy, CA, near Sacramento….
As e-commerce continues to grow, the way in which orders are filled are being fundamentally changed. E-commerce sellers are getting bigger and bigger, which means most offer more products and more types of products. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that the seller handles the shipping for all of those. Instead,…
In the fulfillment industry, time is one of the most important commodities. Whether it’s the amount of time it takes to pick, pack, and ship or the amount of time the customer waits on their item, time is always of the essence. In order to combat one of the many…