How retailers can move that extra inventory this peak season

The yearly buying frenzy that is peak retail season is just around the corner. But vendors are facing additional pressure this time around as they seek to get rid of all of the excess inventory sitting in their warehouses.

Companies typically bulk up their supplies to ensure they can meet increased demand ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which arguably mark the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season.

This year, inventory levels hit a record high in February and have slowly...

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Eurosender bridges European borders with straightforward shipping platform

Truck traffic on European street

Luxembourg-based international shipping platform Eurosender has simplified shipping across European borders so much that its website attracts over 1 million monthly visitors. 

While Eurosender’s platform targets small to midsize shippers, a few of its website visitors have made some pretty outlandish requests, like the shipping of a live human, a wheelbarrow or the sperm of a bull. 

Since its founding in 2014 by Jan Štefe and Tim Potočnik, Eurosender has provided instant rates for door-to-door...

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Shipwaves goes with TradeLens information flow

Digital freight forwarder Shipwaves has joined TradeLens, the blockchain-enabled shipping platform developed by A.P. Møller – Maersk and IBM.

Shipwaves, based in Mumbai, India, said the move is aimed at accelerating the digitization of ocean logistics, particularly in India and the Middle East. Having recently allowed shipping bills of lading to be filed over a blockchain platform, India has been “betting big on blockchain-enabled solutions to digitize its maritime supply chains,” Shipwaves said.

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