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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. Choose a model that can scale with your growth trajectory.

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Time for retailers to take stock of shipping costs; playing the waiting game won’t win

Retail Focus

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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Dropshipping: What it is & why it might be smart for your small business

Clover - Retail

Instead, when a customer orders the product, the retailer contacts their manufacturer or wholesale merchant–who keeps inventory of the product on-hand–and has the product shipped directly to the customer. What is a drop shipment–and how does it work? The manufacturer/wholesale merchant is responsible for the shipping process.

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Time for retailers to take stock of shipping costs; playing the waiting game won’t win

365 Retail

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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Improve Retail Pop-Up Experiences with Technology

Independent Retailer

For brands looking to take it a step further and really offer a personalized shopping experience, drop shipping capabilities can help save a sale when you do not have a certain size or color in stock that a shopper wants. Dropshipping Provides Next Level Personalization. “In Find more dropshippers on WholesaleCentral.

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Serial Cable Adaptor Connects Star Scanners to PC POS Systems

Star Miconics

Somerset, NJ – December 9, 2022 – Star Micronics , a leading manufacturer of mobile, point-of-sale (POS), and customer engagement technologies, is now offering a serial cable adaptor for select models of its 2D barcode scanner line. Love industry news? Check out our podcast: Rising Stars Podcast.

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New Right-Sided Paper Loader for Star’s SK1-321 Kiosk Printer Aids Paper Changing

Star Miconics

Somerset, NJ – October 14, 2022 – Star Micronics , a leading manufacturer of mobile, point-of-sale (POS), and customer engagement technologies, is now offering an adapted version of its SK1-321 kiosk printer for a limited time. The SK1-321 is compact (low height size: 95mm including paper roll) and lightweight (730g).

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