Understanding your sales data is important for running a successful ecommerce operation. While profits may be an overall indicator of success, there are several other key performance indicators (KPIs) you should be watching. Individually, these KPIs have limited usefulness. But when combined, they can be great for laying out strategies to grow your ecommerce business. More...

Amazon.com filed a patent late last year for a “Method and system for anticipatory package shipping.” In short, the company plans to develop a system that ships items to customers before they have actually ordered them. More...

Fulfillment Works was a featured company in Multichannel Merchant’s 2014 3PF (third-party fulfillment) Vendor roundup. This year’s focus was on 3PFs that specialize in warehousing and customer order fulfillment of direct-to-customer orders in multichannel companies. More...

Continuously moving inventory is a major goal for ecommerce retailers. But when seasonal, market, or other fluctuations negatively affect your sales you may find yourself sitting on some outdated inventory. You may be willing to cut the price on those goods just to reclaim the warehouse space for more profitable/faster-moving items. But sometimes, putting outdated inventory on sale isn’t good enough. More...

While maintaining an ecommerce business, there are so many elements that must work together for everything to run smoothly. Of course, product fulfillment is a major part of that. Fulfillment services get your products to your customers and helps ensure their satisfaction. Here are three tips to help improve your product fulfillment and ecommerce business. More...