Fulfillment by Amazon

Will Shein help propel Flexport’s future?

Global fashion retailer Shein’s latest announcement on LinkedIn revealed that its U.S. marketplace merchants can now integrate with Flexport’s fulfillment services, a move expected to drive growth for Flexport.

“With Flexport as our preferred logistics partner, we’re revolutionizing the way you manage inventory and fulfill orders. … From inventory management to sales, everything works together seamlessly to boost efficiency,” Shein said.

The partnership will enable merchants to manage their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-shein-help-propel-flexports-future

Amazon adding BigCommerce to Buy with Prime, scrapping invite-only model

Launched in April, Amazon’s Buy with Prime service — which grants merchants the ability to offer customers perks like free and two-day shipping through Amazon’s fulfillment network — had the looks of a game changer for e-commerce.

Now it appears the new offering is ready to change the game.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Tuesday announced that by Jan. 31, Buy with Prime will no longer be invite only. That means more e-commerce merchants, including those that do not sell on the company’s website, will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-adding-bigcommerce-to-buy-with-prime-scrapping-invite-only-model

Amazon Warehousing & Distribution is coming in 2023

Amazon distribution center warehouse

America’s most prolific marketplace is continuing its push to monopolize its sellers’ entire supply chains.

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) this week announced a new service that will grant sellers access to its massive warehousing and distribution network. 

The pay-as-you-go offering, called Amazon Warehousing & Distribution (AWD), will let sellers ship inventory to what the company describes as “new, purpose-built facilities for bulk inventory storage and automated distribution.” But Amazon added that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-warehousing-distribution-is-coming-in-2023

Amazon Buy with Prime a potential game-changer for e-commerce

Amazon packages with Prime logo, focus on Prime as it expands its logistics network

Amazon is shaking up its strategy with a service that will allow merchants to offer the benefits of Prime to their e-commerce customers.

The new offering, Buy with Prime, will allow merchants themselves to offer Prime benefits to 200 million-plus Prime subscribers. Those benefits include free and next-day delivery and free returns on eligible orders, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced Thursday.

Customers on retailers’ websites will see the Prime logo next to products eligible for free and next-day...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-buy-with-prime-a-potential-game-changer-for-e-commerce

Missing profits: 93% of Amazon sellers lost revenue from supply chain disruptions

Much has been written, and even more discussed, about the supply chain chaos that overwhelmed the U.S. economy in 2021. While this year has leveled off, there are still record backlogs of container ships off the West Coast, product shortages, worker shortages and rising freight rates.

While most of the focus has been on the quantifiable impacts of this chaos, there is another segment of the economy that has not been addressed as much — the e-commerce seller, many of which are small to midsized...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/missing-profits-93-of-amazon-sellers-lost-revenue-from-supply-chain-disruptions

Drilling Deep: Using a helper if Amazon is fulfilling your shipments

First, you become a third-party seller on Amazon. Then maybe you use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to fulfill those shipments, taking it off your hands but requiring payment to Amazon for its services.

And then to make your life easier, you might hire an outside consultant to help you navigate FBA.

That is what GETIDA does. Its co-founder, Yoni Mazor, will join co-host John Kingston on the Drilling Deep podcast this week to discuss what his company does as well as some of the quirks of the FBA...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drilling-deep-using-a-helper-if-amazon-is-fulfilling-your-shipments

Lawmakers advance bill that could separate Amazon’s logistics operations

House lawmakers have advanced a bill that could potentially require Amazon [NASDAQ: AMZN] to divest its logistics business.

The Ending Platform Monopolies Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Lance Gooden, R-Texas, was debated and passed by the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday by a vote of 21-20. The bill will next be considered by the full chamber.

The legislation “eliminates the ability of dominant platforms to leverage their control across multiple business lines to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lawmakers-advance-bill-that-would-separate-amazons-logistics-operations

Commentary: Amazon isn’t going into 3PL business; it’s already there

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

Is it even possible to have had a business conversation in the past 10 years without talking about Amazon? Certainly in logistics and supply chain, everyone agrees the Amazon Effect has changed things forever. Amazon’s modus operandi: building solutions first for itself and growing these into solutions for its customers. This idea, plus the knowledge of the spaces...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-amazon-isnt-going-into-3pl-business-its-already-there

The Daily Dash: Dual hurricanes threaten Gulf; carriers benefiting from freight volumes

twin hurricanes

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, not one, but two potential hurricanes have the Gulf Coast in their sights early next week. Plus, carriers continue to hold all the cards when it comes to rate negotiations, and Amazon charts a new path for merchants.

Double the trouble

In a rare but not unprecedented occurrence, a pair of hurricanes could potentially strike the U.S. Gulf Coast early next week.

Nick Austin is following the storms:...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-daily-dash-dual-hurricanes-threaten-gulf-carriers-benefiting-from-freight-volumes

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