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Amazon Makes Business Accounts Free for Sole Operators

Retail TouchPoints

In its ongoing bid to appeal to small business owners, Amazon is making business accounts free for sole operators who already have a personal Prime membership. The price of other Amazon Business account tiers will remain the same. “ We’re very focused Amazon-wide on being an ally of the small business customer.

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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

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Online shopping is now easier than ever before, enabling consumers to purchase everything from socks to a dining room table from a computer at their home to a mobile phone in an airport terminal. billion in 2023 — accounting for 8.5% As it turns out, this is quite an expensive problem to solve. of total retail sales.

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How to reduce shipping costs with right-sized packaging

Inside Retail

Making a good impression on customers today means delivering a package that protects products, is easily recycled, and is right-sized, matching exterior packaging to the size of the objects being shipped. Reduce dim weight costs When considering how to reduce shipping costs, it’s common to start by thinking about materials.

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5 ways to save money on shipping

Inside Retail

Shipping is ideally the last interaction we have with customers. There are a lot of options out there to create a more fine-tuned shipping strategy, while also saving money. Here’s five ways from ShipStation Australia to help you save money (and time) when it comes to shipping. Automate your shipping process.

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Fashion industry driving demand for green shipping, Maersk says

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Fashion brands are a key driver of demand for green shipping fuels, according to shipping group Maersk, as the sector faces pressure from consumers and regulators to reduce their climate footprint. The ECO Delivery contracts are sold at a premium to regular shipping.

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How small businesses can access discounted shipping rates

Inside Retail

ShipStation, the world’s largest multi-channel, multi-carrier e-commerce shipping solution, is launching a new feature designed to bring better savings to small businesses signed on to the service. The premise of ShipStation is that we cover all of a retailers’ shipping needs on one platform,” says Pope. “The

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Amazon, Ikea commit to using zero-carbon shipping fuels by 2040

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Amazon.com Inc and Ikea are among commercial users of container shipping that will opt for zero-carbon marine fuels by 2040 in a new initiative aimed at speeding up decarbonisation in the maritime sector, executives said on Tuesday. “The time to act is now,” said Edgar Blanco, director for net-zero carbon at Amazon.

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