Online Shopping On The Rise
Is Your Company Positioned to Benefit from this Continued Trend?
Shopping online is on the rise. U.S. online retail sales are expected to reach $148 billion in 2008, up 19 percent from sales in 2007 and comprising about 6.4 percent of total retail sales. That figure will grow to $166 billion in 2009 and $215 billion by 2012, for a compounded annual growth rate of about 11 percent, according to JupiterResearch*. Harried schedules, high fuel prices and desire for convenience will continue to boost online sales. Now is an exciting time for merchants who take advantage of the growing popularity of online shopping. OH Logistics’ direct to consumer fulfillment solutions can help online merchants maximize their profitability.
Selected Facts About OHL's Direct to Consumer Competencies:
- Distributed over $3 billion of merchandise direct to consumers in 2007
- Fufilled over 7 million internet orders in 2007
- Fulfills more than 30,000 online orders each day
Improve Your Direct To Consumer Fulfillment
We have helped customers improve their existing direct to consumer fulfillment and have designed solutions for customers entering the e-commerce world for the first time. We’ll work with you to determine the best placement of your merchandise to reduce transit times and increase customer satisfaction levels.
Benefits to you and your customers:
- Minimized transportation costs
- Increased customer satisfaction by delivering orders as expected and on time,
- Flexible and scalable supply chain management network
- Complete end-to-end supply chain solutions that include
- air and ocean freight forwarding
- customs brokerage
- transportation
- small parcel services
- warehousing and distribution.
We understand the complexities of your business and have expertise in the following markets:
- Retail
- Consumer electronics
- Consumer packaged goods
- Apparel
- Publishing
Did You Know?
Many of our customers are ranked by Internet Retailer magazine in the Internet Retailer 500. They see the value in e-commerce and trust us to handle their supply chains. Whether you have an established direct to consumer business or want to launch one, we can help you drive costs out of your supply chain and help you keep your customers coming back.
We have partnerships in place with other leading companies to ensure a positive online shopping experience for your customers including web front-end, order management systems, call center operations and returns management.
* as reported on CNET News.com
Logistics Management Solutions To Revolutionize Your Supply Chain
Choose global logistics company OHL to provide solutions for your end-to-end supply chain management needs. Contact us now or call 877-401-6400, +1 877-401-6400 if outside the US.
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