Last-mile delivery is seeing increased competition from smaller players taking on pricey rivals like UPS and FedEx. There’s also the looming possibility of a labor strike hitting UPS by this summer, and retailers that got hurt by supply chain snags of 2021 aren’t waiting for...
Today in B2B, Chinese lifestyle brand platform Onion Global upgrades its “supply-to-business” (STB) strategy, which integrates upstream supply chain capabilities with a base of B2B customers. Plus, international logistics software company FlavorCloud forms a partnership with global strategy firm ShipBob, and Pakistani raw materials procurement...
FlavorCloud, an international logistics software company, has partnered with ShipBob, a global strategy firm that uses selling channels to distribute customer orders, according to a Thursday (April 14) press release. Under the terms of the deal, ShipBob will integrate with FlavorCloud’s platform and its international...
A week before the weekend that includes Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Dhruv Saxena, co-founder and CEO of ShipBob, was on the road to see what was happening in the company’s fulfillment centers. ShipBob is a global fulfillment platform for small- to medium-sizes businesses (SMBs)...
July 02, 2021
Among the many consequences of the eCommerce explosion of the last year-and-a-half or so has been a tremendous upgrade of consumers’ expectations of faster delivery. Two-day shipping – the standard a scant two years ago – has given way to next-day, same-day, same-afternoon and even same-hour offerings as the “bring it to me” economy burgeoned […]
October 07, 2020
At a time when online retail sales are growing and accounting for a larger slice of the overall pie, the battle to deliver products as quickly and cheaply as possible...
April 19, 2024
ShipBob is reportedly planning to launch its initial public offering (IPO) as soon as late 2024. The listing could value the eCommerce fulfillment service provider at about $4 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday (April 19), citing unnamed sources. The firm has tapped J.P. Morgan Chase to lead its IPO and is also working with Citigroup, according […]
April 14, 2022
FlavorCloud, an international logistics software company, has partnered with ShipBob, a global strategy firm that uses selling channels to distribute customer orders, according to a Thursday (April 14) press release....
November 08, 2021
Logistics startup ShipBob plans to open 20 fulfillment centers in Europe by 2023 to help more consumer brands compete with Amazon and capitalize on the popularity of eCommerce, UK Tech...
September 16, 2021
Global eCommerce fulfillment startup ShipBob on Thursday (Sept. 16) announced that it has added a new customization suite for gift notes and kitting, an integration with eCommerce customer service platform...
