By Krista Garcia, eMarketer / Neither retailer nor buyer wants to pay for online returns What if you buy an expensive sofa online and end up hating the color? Or what if a 200-pound mirror you ordered arrives broken? These things happen. According to a June 2018 uShip survey, 21% of US digital buyers who purchased an oversized… Read More
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Study: Consumers Seek Improvement in Oversized Deliveries
By Marianne Wilson, Drug Store News / Retailers have plenty of room for improvement when it comes to the delivery of oversized goods ordered online. Some one-in-five (21%) consumers ordered an oversized item that arrived damaged, while 15% ordered something that never arrived at all, according to a study by logistics tech company uShip. “Ultimately, the… Read More
Study: The ‘last mile’ has never been so important—especially for items
By Marianne Wilson, Chain Store Age / Retailers have plenty of room for improvement when it comes to the delivery of oversized goods ordered online. Some one-in-five (21%) consumers ordered an oversized item that arrived damaged, while 15% ordered something that never arrived at all, according to a study by logistics tech company uShip. “Ultimately, the… Read More
Oversized Goods Delivery Remains a Pain Point
Anne Flynn Wear, Furniture Today, August 9, 2018 / Retailers can improve the delivery process to positively impact their bottom line. Logistics technology company uShip released a report focused on consumer expectations and frustrations with delivery of oversized shipments, such as furniture. Realities in Oversized E-Commerce Delivery in the Amazon Era, released today also looked at where retailers… Read More
Innovate in Oversized Delivery to Compete with Amazon
It can’t be overstated how Amazon has been the engine behind ecommerce’s explosive growth. The 100 million products Amazon claimed it sold during its recent Prime Day only underscore its impact. Logistically, offering free two-day shipping has completely reset buyer expectations on speed and cost. In fact, 43% of consumers expect “much faster” deliveries in 2018, according to… Read More
Barely legal: 5 hot imports you can finally drive on American roads in 2018
By Jeff Zurschmeide, Staff Reporter, Digital Trends / It’s a well-known fact that many of the hottest exotic cars in the world aren’t sold in the United States. The reason is simple: our government won’t allow any automaker to sell cars here unless they pass the Department of Transportation crash tests. That means sacrificing several cars to… Read More
Ship your motorcycle to save time and arrive less tired at rallies and events
Bruce Brown, Staff Writer, Digital Trends / Anywhere from thousands to hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists attend major rallies and events in the U.S. each year. The largest rallies take place from March to October in various parts of the country, and most last from a week to ten days. If you want to be part of the… Read More
Digitization and E-commerce Continues to Reshape Forwarding Marketplace
Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Management Review and Logistics Management / Forwarders now need to ramp up the value-add visibility services in an effort to boost revenues and keep shippers happy. / Real revenue and volume growth in the air and sea freight forwarding markets was remarkably similar globally, but this disguises significant differences across… Read More
5 Affordable Tiny Homes For the Perfect Cross-Country Road Trip
Amber C. Snider, Home & Design Editor, The Culture Trip / This Oregon-based company is capitalizing on the “tiny homes” movement in a big way—and their mobile rustic creations are not only adorable, they’re also pretty affordable too. / This Oregon-based company is capitalizing on the “tiny homes” movement in a big way—and their mobile rustic… Read More
uShip Leads the Way in Latest Harvey Relief Effort by Austin Tech Startups
Brent Wistrom, Austin Inno / Dozens, probably hundreds, of Austin companies have been donating money, time and supplies to help families in southeast Texas as the remnants of Hurricane Harvey continue to cause historic flooding and displace thousands of people. And some tech startups are using their own software to assist. uShip, for example, is an… Read More