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EU ends €150 duty exemption, adding new costs and compliance steps for ecommerce sellers shipping into Europe.
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Key takeaways Returns management shapes profitability, not just customer satisfaction. What feels like a win for customer service can quietly become an operational failure. Delayed evaluation of returns locks up inventory and erodes margin. Most...
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USPS proposes an 8% shipping rate increase. Learn how ecommerce sellers can reduce costs and adapt to rising shipping expenses.
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Working in cooperation with the B2C fulfillment experts Manuel Unkel and Thomas Finke, Descartes has developed a guide to help fulfillers successfully enter direct-to-consumer ecommerce.
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Stoked Ride Shop gained SKU-level margin visibility, improved bundle cost accuracy, and achieved 15% year-over-year growth with Descartes Sellercloud.
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Ecommerce sellers face a growing visibility gap as social platforms reshape product discovery. Learn what’s changing and how to adapt.
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Amazon may move Prime Day to June, giving ecommerce sellers less time to prepare inventory, pricing, and fulfillment strategies.
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OpenAI is adjusting its plans to enable direct product purchases inside ChatGPT, reflecting how quickly AI-driven commerce is evolving. While the company initially explored allowing users to buy products directly within ChatGPT search results, it is...
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US retail sales are forecast to hit $6.2T by 2030, with digital channels driving major shifts in fulfillment and strategy.
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ER2 eliminated cross-shipping, improved picking speed by 75%, and reduced shipping costs using Descartes Sellercloud to unify eight warehouses.
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Jem Global streamlined multichannel ecommerce operations, improved inventory accuracy, and automated order fulfillment with Descartes Sellercloud.
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Tariff volatility and rising fuel prices are increasing shipping costs, putting new pressure on ecommerce seller margins.
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U.S. daily online shopping fell 12% year over year. Here’s how consumer behavior is shifting in the U.K. and Australia.
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As ecommerce businesses head into 2026, one challenge is rising above the rest: inventory forecasting. Zaeem Batavia, VP of Sales Ecommerce at Descartes, shared that the issue is showing up consistently in customer conversations. Descartes onboards...
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Nearly one in four consumers made their most recent cross-border ecommerce purchase on Temu, putting the marketplace level with Amazon at 24%. The finding highlights how quickly the competitive landscape for cross-border selling is shifting. The data...
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During the 2025 holiday season, U.S. ecommerce and retail spending reached an estimated $250 billion, according to Adobe’s 2025 Holiday Shopping Recap report. Out of those purchases, approximately 14% were returned to merchants, according to an...
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Key takeaways Forecasting becomes harder as soon as ecommerce businesses add more channels, locations, and SKUs. Traditional forecasting methods were not designed for frequent sales events, omnichannel fulfillment, or product variants. As complexity...
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Key takeaways Inventory forecasting has become a financial concern, not just an operational one, according to Zaeem Batavia, VP of Global Sales for Descartes Ecommerce CFOs are increasingly involved in ecommerce technology decisions because...
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As a business leader responsible for driving revenue growth, are you exploring opportunities to increase online sales? Multichannel ecommerce is a popular way to expand your market by adding more sales channels while minimizing risk, operational...
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CPGIO describes itself as a ‘one-stop shop for ecommerce,’ providing distribution, third-party logistics, and marketing to hundreds of brands. Their goal is to help ecommerce brands achieve their dreams and take them beyond that and into the future...
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