Most people think of Black Friday and Cyber Monday as the beginning of the Christmas rush. But in actuality, it all starts on Singles day. Alibaba’s 11/11/16 Global Shopping Festival (AKA Singles Day) smashed its record with 32% growth over last year. The 24 hour event which Alibaba started promoting in 2009, recorded $17.8
If you are in retail (online or offline), you are in the thick of the busy season and it just seems to be getting busier! Things to think about today Labor Companies are hiring tons of temporary labor for the holidays and fewer and fewer are working the registers in brick and
By John Bartell My latest blog is about the rise of ecommerce home meal delivery subscription services and how more and more of these companies are needing to find the right cold chain packaging solution to ensure their perishable products get to the consumer fresh and protected. Writing blogs is interesting. Sometimes it just flows
One of the objections to going with automation for ecomm fulfillment companies has been “the busy season”. Companies not able to justify going with a system because their busy season is too short (September- December) and they are concerned the system would not get utilized to its fullest capabilities. Based on the overwhelming success of
By John Bartell Here at PAC Worldwide we believe in getting companies “out of the box and into the bag”, when it is applicable. Is it always applicable? No. But sometimes it is more applicable than many ecomm companies think. This infographic makes the environmental case for why e-commerce cosmetic companies should use
It’s getting more and more difficult for retailers to stand out and make an impact online, particularly when competing on noisy channels that they don’t own, such as social media, influential blogs, third party shopping apps, etc. Over the past few years, consumers have become better equipped to find the information they need to inform
