Logistics Business Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

Heating products and electrical cable distributor Pitacs Ltd has selected Forterro’s ERP and Warehouse Management Solution, Orderwise Cloud, to drive automation, improve operational efficiency, enhance ecommerce and support the next stage of the company’s digital transformation.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Arka Packaging has the flexible packaging solution ecommerce businesses need to stand out from the crowd with custom and unbranded eco-friendly packaging. Ecommerce packaging is one of keys to a great customer experience. Arka’s API uses AI to auto-replenish packaging inventory for warehouses and 3PLs.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 28, 2025

As we embark on a new year, many ecommerce businesses are setting ambitious goals for growth. But scaling your operations can be challenging, especially if you’re not equipped with the right strategies and tools. In this blog post, we’ll explore some key strategies for scaling your ecommerce business in 2025.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 21, 2024

With most ecommerce businesses, however, the sales pipeline isn’t nearly as long or as hands-on. Today’s CRM platforms have adapted and expanded their tools to meet the needs of ecommerce businesses. Let’s take a look at CRM systems, the tools they provide, and the benefits they offer to ecommerce businesses.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, you want to start an ecommerce business. We’re happy to tell you that there are far more options than those two seemingly opposite paths to success (and many, many ecommerce businesses go both ways)! Take a seat as we explore the differences between ecommerce stores and ecommerce marketplaces, and list the pros and cons of each.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 27, 2025

The beauty ecommerce world is a fast-paced, trend-driven environment where customer expectations are sky-high. ShipMonk: Tailored Fulfillment Solutions for the Beauty Industry ShipMonk is a leading 3PL (third-party logistics) provider specializing in ecommerce fulfillment. Thats where ShipMonk comes in.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 12, 2024

When it comes to ecommerce orders, that also means experiencing different ways to order products within the same website. Since you, as an ecommerce business, want to win out their attention in the competitive market, why not appeal to them by making shopping for multiple items easy? What is Ecommerce Kitting?

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Ship Monk

APRIL 16, 2024

Ecommerce fraud is big business for cyber criminals, and a big problem for ecommerce businesses. In 2023 alone, ecommerce fraud (a.k.a. The good news is that fraud management tactics and tools are making it easier to prevent, catch, and combat ecommerce fraud. Friendly fraud accounts for 18% of all ecommerce fraud.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 30, 2024

Every ecommerce store relies on an assortment of vital components to survive and thrive, but ecommerce software is the heart of all these elements. Regardless of the size of your ecommerce brand, it doesn’t hurt to periodically reevaluate if the software tools you’re using are giving you everything you need.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 31, 2024

Every ecommerce business that becomes a ShipMonk 3PL client is a priority. Of course we’re talking about your ecommerce store’s data security. Why is Ecommerce Cybersecurity Important? Protecting Ecommerce Store Customers Your ecommerce customers are at risk if information from your business is misused or not properly protected.

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 9, 2024

We can’t predict when joggers will go out of style (never, we hope) but we are pretty good at predicting ecommerce trends. Since ShipMonk is a third-party logistics provider (3PL for short), we’re well situated to observe the ecommerce supply chain from end to end. Here are a few of the trends we think are going to be big in 2024.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

One of the greatest benefits of owning a direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce business is that you get to form a direct connection with your customers. Email vs. Other Forms of Communication For many years, email has been the gold standard of communication tools for DTC businesses. The downside?

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Ship Monk

MARCH 5, 2024

No flower wants to stay a seed, no tree wants to stay a sampling, and no ecommerce business wants to stay stagnant. Ecommerce businesses that want to grow then scale successfully and sustainably have to make strategic decisions in every aspect of their operation. How much ecommerce inventory do you need for peak season ?

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As much as we’d like to think that ecommerce is taking over the world, it still only accounts for around 21% of retail sales according to a 2023 Digital Commerce 360 analysis of U.S. In fact, there can be significant advantages for brands that engage in both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar sales. Department of Commerce figures.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 15, 2024

ShipMonk is privileged to work with so many amazing ecommerce brands, and we are honored to help them achieve their business goals every day through custom 3PL services and omnichannel fulfillment solutions. Reflecting on your journey, what would you say to a young woman looking to pursue an entrepreneurship and ecommerce career path?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 15, 2021

ForHIMS is a personal wellness startup that sells through the ecommerce channel. They stood up a fully functioning ecommerce distribution center in 90 days. Körber’s ability to support ecommerce warehouses also emerged as something of a theme from the sessions I watched. Ecommerce warehouses require a flexible solution.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

ShipMonk is the leading 3PL (third-party logistics) provider built for high-volume ecommerce brands. ShipMonk seamlessly integrates with 100+ ecommerce platforms, marketplaces (like Amazon and TikTok Shop), and shopping carts, giving you a single, crystal-clear view of all your orders. Ditch the spreadsheets and clunky systems.

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Ship Monk

MAY 10, 2024

We get a lot of questions from ecommerce businesses about shipping costs — questions about how they’re calculated, how our rates compare to what they’re paying now, what kind of discounts they can expect, and how they can reduce their shipping costs. Some offer flat rates for certain size packages.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 11, 2024

What can ecommerce businesses do to leverage this power? That, in a nutshell, is why ecommerce businesses cannot afford to ignore the importance of social proof. Conformity bias is what makes the fashion industry tick, and many ecommerce businesses benefit from it. What do we have to gain by helping ecommerce businesses grow?

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Ship Monk

APRIL 5, 2024

Whether your business is a small ecommerce startup or a big box retailer, the benefits of supplier relationship management are the same. For example, we love working with our ecommerce clients and, based on their feedback, they love working with us. That’s because they know we’ll do almost anything to make their customers happy!

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 15, 2021

AfterShip, a post-purchase engagement and tracking platform for ecommerce businesses, has announced the launch of its new AI-powered Delivery Date Prediction tool.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 17, 2022

3PL —a simple abbreviation for one of the most complex, integrated, helpful entities operating in the eCommerce landscape. 3PL stands for third-party logistics, and at a glance a 3PL partner provides eCommerce brands with solutions to their fulfillment needs. 3PL vs. 1PL, 2PL, 4PL, and 5PL. Don’t worry; you can change later on.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 7, 2023

Effective inventory management has become increasingly crucial for businesses in this fast-paced and rapidly evolving era of ecommerce. Moreover, the ecommerce explosion has brought new and unique challenges that complicate inventory management for enterprises selling online. BOOK NOW Need help with demand forecasting accuracy?

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 13, 2023

ShipMonk gives an edge to ecommerce brands across the globe. But how exactly do we harness the power of vertical integration to foster growth for our ecommerce clients? ShipMonk’s Ecommerce Origins. But when we came into the market in 2014, we did a lot of research around what the right tool would be for us.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As the holiday shopping season reaches its peak, ecommerce business owners everywhere are crossing their fingers, hoping they have enough product in stock and that they didn’t order too much. In truth, demand forecasting, or estimating how much product you’ll sell in the future, is one of the toughest challenges for any ecommerce business.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

HDVI’s Shift tool uses a fleet’s own real-time telematics data to charge a fleet the cost of their actual risk. Chuck and his team at HDVI are using the same playbook, using tech to lower costs and deliver a better customer experience.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 27, 2021

Deliver ecommerce-caliber service levels. IoT and Telematics: Detection and monitoring tools increase real-time visibility, improve quality, and support optimal decisions. Now, logistics providers and shippers are accelerating the pace to adopt new technologies to serve customer-first and eCommerce expectations.

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Ship Monk

JULY 9, 2021

We’re talking, of course, about eCommerce packaging. When you have the right tools, almost anything is possible, like sending chocolate truffles across the country without them turning into a (arguably less delicious) pool of cocoa. You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but good books deserve good covers. We’re here to help!

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Could your ecommerce brand benefit from shipping flexibility and an ally that regularly ensures you get the best shipping speeds and rates, while also staying reliable in times of supply chain crisis? Our Virtual Carrier Network is essentially a rate shopping, transit management, and cost standardization tool all rolled into one.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 3, 2021

In the face of unprecedented B2C eCommerce growth, incorporating a cloud-based multi-carrier management solution provides businesses with a way to manage the complex eCommerce logistics landscape.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For small ecommerce brands, competition is part of daily life. Competing with bigger, sometimes even giant ecommerce brands can feel a lot like a gopher taking on a giraffe. With the right product, right team , and right tools, any small ecommerce brand can effectively challenge big ecommerce brands.

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Ship Monk

DECEMBER 20, 2024

3PLs ( third party logistics providers ) handle orders, inventory, warehousing, and shipping for ecommerce businesses on the rise. Point #4 – 3PLs are strategic partners that scale with ecommerce brands. 3PLs and 4PLs can both improve your ROI and foster ecommerce business growth.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 25, 2022

As an eCommerce retailer, packaging is one of the most important parts of its product range. It approached the Smurfit Kappa Beacon team hoping to find a supplier who could assist it in creating packaging which could safely ship its eCommerce orders and speed up its fulfilment production line, while also fitting with its company ethos.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Ecommerce businesses can find out how to save costs, reduce shipment volumes, and boost packaging performance by visiting stand 500. The post Sparck shows revolutionary ecommerce packaging systems appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Ship Monk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

With so many literal and figurative moving parts to factor into your shipping strategy, it can be a lot for an ecommerce brand to handle alone. When you combine this amazing tool with our insider tips and tricks, your ecommerce brand is set up for success, simply. Luckily, ShipMonk has the perfect solution.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Shipping Integrations The physical world of ecommerce relies on digital technology to route and track millions of small packages to customers’ doors, and to monitor and control shipping costs.

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Logistics Business Magazine

APRIL 19, 2023

At the end of 2022, Budbee joined forces with Instabox under a new parent company, Instabee, with the aim of continuing the transformation of eCommerce deliveries while challenging traditional players in Europe. The post Fortna Automates Swedish eCommerce Parcel Hub appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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