e-commerce

Ecommerce packaging made easy with bagging equipment Looking for poly bags, plastic bags, merchandise bags, etc? Whichever way you call them, bags are everywhere in the ecommerce packaging world. Just think about the volume of mailers and other types of bags in circulation. Now think of all the labor needed to get everything into those bags. Talk about...

LTL rates increasing in 2018 Be on the lookout for increasing LTL (Less Than Truckload) shipping rates this year. 2018 could see increases up to 5% for shipping less than truckload shipments. This is due to pent-up demand, shortage of qualified drivers, rising e-commerce deliveries, and increased government regulations. If you ship LTL, be ready for...

e-commerce on the rise The fast growth of e-commerce almost 10 years ago has revolutionized the retail marketplace. Just think of how many people are selling their products on Amazon these days. You probably even know someone that's selling something on Etsy right now. That's because e-commerce is growing by the day. The increase in online purchasing...

According to the “US eCommerce Forecast: 2013 to 2018” from Forrester Research, Inc., in 2014, online retail sales in the U.S. are expected to reach $294 billion, or approximately 9% of all U.S. sales. The forecast further predicts a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for U.S. e-commerce of 9.5% between 2013 and 2018, yielding approximately...