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Running on Ice: The fulfillment trend grows

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All thawed out 
(Photo: Misfits Market)

Fulfillment for perishable goods seems to be the new trend for...

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Creating a new, nimble parcel world

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This article was originally published in the second issue of FreightWaves’ Supply Chain Playbook.

Parc...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/creating-a-new-nimble-parcel-world

Live demo preview: Direct-to-consumer X Delivery

X Delivery logo on a black screen

A major attraction of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Northwest Arkansas on May 9-10 will be the seven-minute live demos. Here’s a preview of one of those demos.

E-commerce has been one of the biggest things to come out of the pandemic-era supply chains. Now more than ever, companies that focus on direct-to-consumer brands are hitting logjams when it comes to scaling, data tracking and operations.

Processing hundreds of small parcel loads to carriers throughout the country...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/live-demo-preview-direct-to-consumer-x-delivery

Pack, ship, reuse: How Boox plans to develop circular DTC shipping

Imagine a world where companies never have to buy a new box for a shipment or one where box manufacturers are nearly put out of business.

Sounds far-fetched? It probably is. But there is a California company that is trying to move the direct-to-consumer market closer to a truly circular economy. Boox wants brands and consumers to switch to reusable shipping containers — boxes and now bags.

The Petaluma, California-based startup on Tuesday announced the introduction of its Boox Baag, a reusable...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pack-ship-reuse-how-boox-plans-to-develop-circular-dtc-shipping

Conversations with Dusty: AeroPress founder Alan Adler

Welcome to Conversations with Dusty, a regular column where Bitcadet founder Dusty Dean speaks with senior executives about their experience selling direct to their customers, major challenges, and lessons learned along the way.

A Conversation with Alan Adler, founder of AeroPress

If you’re a coffee lover like me, you’ve heard of (and probably own) AeroPress, one of the most popular coffee brewers on the market. Not only does it make a great cup of coffee each time, AeroPress is environmentally...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/conversations-with-dusty-aeropress-founder-alan-adler

Windy City delivery: AxleHire handles final mile for X Delivery DTC brands

AxleHire and X Delivery have joined forces to provide last-mile delivery to e-commerce customers in the Chicago area, bringing new delivery options to end consumers of some of the nation’s largest retail brands.

The new partnership, which has been operational since June in the Windy City, allows X Delivery’s customers to access AxleHire’s network of same-day and next-day delivery services. X Delivery, which provides tech-driven shipping solutions for direct-to-consumer brands, will inject client...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/windy-city-delivery-axlehire-handles-final-mile-for-x-delivery-dtc-brands

GXO expands relationship with MYXfitness, opening Atlanta DC

Continuing a string of wins for GXO Logistics, the company on Thursday announced it would open an e-commerce distribution center for MYXfitness, the at-home connected fitness brand under parent company The Beachbody Company, in Atlanta.

The facility is an expansion of an existing agreement between the companies and brings the total warehouse space GXO will manage for the fitness brand to a little more than 86,000 square feet.

“MYXfitness is a leader in home exercise equipment, and we’re proud to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gxo-expands-relationship-with-myxfitness-opening-atlanta-dc

5 tips DTC brands can implement to improve holiday sales

When consumers shop in a brick-and-mortar store, the retailer gains valuable insight on them. When they move online, similar data insights can be gleaned thanks to the “digital shelf.”

PriceSpider identifies the digital shelf as a “collection of digital experiences consumers use to find, learn about, compare, and purchase products. That includes everything from search engines and product pages to your website and other online content.”

In essence, direct-to-consumer brands that leverage the data...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/5-tips-dtc-brands-can-implement-to-improve-holiday-sales

Sudshare wants to be the Uber for laundry

Doing laundry, like enduring telemarketers or slow internet, is universally hated. At the same time, a society without laundry would be a dystopian one –– a world where lawyers and doctors and politicians were constantly distracted by bad smells and marinara sauce stains.

But imagine your laundry still getting done without your having to do anything. That’s the paradise that on-demand laundry service SudShare has in mind.

Billing itself as Uber for laundry, SudShare boasts a nationwide presence...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sudshare-wants-to-be-the-uber-for-laundry

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