Some highlights from this research (some surprising and some not so) are
- While ecommerce continues to juggernaut along the brick and mortar stores r not going away any time soon
- Retailers with all their gadgets and systems still struggle with the perennial of what where and how much to stock in their warehouses
- Retailers who offer free shipping find an impact of 5% to 9% margin loss on their online sales. Last year the cost of free shipping to Amazon amounted to $5 billion, or 5.1% of Amazon's sales; up from $4.2 billion, or 5% of sales in 2014; thus, Amazon’s recent change to their shipping policy—increasing the minimum order from $35 to $49 to get free shipping. Well there is and was a cost of delivering stuff to peoples homes so duh
- While 3 PL and parcel carrier companies are getting a majority of the business, major retailers are also investing in private carrier fleets. Though since this is not their primary business I wonder for how long before they sell em off to the professions
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