In today’s omnichannel world, legacy methods of picking orders from line items on a piece of paper are not desirable for companies looking to grow. E-commerce retailers are looking for fulfillment centers that have the ability to quickly and accurately pick, pack and ship orders as small as 5 or…
Facebook is taking window shopping to a whole new level! The e-commerce industry is booming with no plans of slowing down. Consumers are shopping from their laptops, tablets, and smart phones for household essentials, Christmas gifts, pet supplies and so much more! A recent survey revealed that over 85% of…
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….
The warehouse management system (WMS) continues to reinvent itself. It is a key part of the supply chain that offers strengths in planning, inventory management, and aims to control the movement and storage of materials within the warehouse. Unfortunately, numerous companies are operating on a legacy WMS that is not…
UPS recently announced that it is going to start applying surcharges for residential deliveries this year after losing money during the recent disappointing holiday season. UPS spent the majority of 2014 planning for what was expected to be a crazy busy holiday season. After the shipping fiasco of 2013, in…
Historically, at the beginning of each calendar year the USPS implements price increases to their rates and available services. Consumers and retailers are accustomed to these price changes and it is never significant enough to cause an uproar. With the growth of ecommerce orders over the last fiscal year, UPS and FedEx made…
If you are an avid participator in supply chain trends by keeping up to date with industry relevant news articles and topics, you certainly have heard the term “omnichannel fulfillment” numerous times over the last year. One of the hottest topics under the omnichannel fulfillment umbrella is the idea of using in-store inventory…
With 2014 being the busiest holiday shopping season to date, it comes as no surprise to carriers like UPS and FedEx that the returning of items would soon be taking place. After comparing data from previous years and utilizing some of the numbers from Black Friday and Cyber Monday; UPS…
FedEx went on a major shopping spree this holiday season by purchasing the 3PL company, GENCO, based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. GENCO operates out of more than 130 distribution centers throughout the country, and has a wide range of clients spanning from technology and consumer industries up to healthcare and…
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…
“Where’s my order?” Three words you won’t hear when you deliver at the speed of now. That means door-to-door delivery in one to three days—from anywhere, to anywhere. That’s how we do it at TAGG E-commerce Fulfillment. So your customers are happy, and you can focus more on developing products—not…
By Tod Yazdi, TAGG Logistics Today’s consumers shop anywhere, anytime. They are a digitally savvy, well-informed bunch that demand nearly limitless product choices through an “endless aisle.” Online shoppers want to have their orders fulfilled pronto—in some cases, within 2 hours, not 2 days—whether for pick-up in the store or…
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