by Descartes | Nov 23, 2018 | Shipping Tips
As the 2018 holiday season approaches, merchants prepare for the traditional spike in sales and the inevitable surge in online returns. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the 2017 holiday season saw 28 percent of the gifts people purchased returned,...
by Descartes | Jul 24, 2018 | Press Releases
WATERLOO, Ontario, July 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Michigan-based Wizard Distribution is using the cloud-based Descartes...
by Descartes | Jun 8, 2018 | Shipping Tips
If you haven’t already started selling internationally, it is time to start! According to Statistica, from 2014 to 2021 worldwide ecommerce sales will grow almost 246 percent, from $1.3 trillion to $4.5 trillion. from Entrepreneur, June 8, 2018Read more...
by Descartes | Jan 2, 2018 | Shipping Tips
Many small businesses are merchants selling on Amazon and other marketplaces. A 2017 BigCommerce study reported that marketplaces account for 45 percent of online sales. Sellers need to know how to manage product returns in this environment. from Entrepreneur, January...
by Descartes | Dec 7, 2017 | Shipping Tips, Customer Stories
With the ecommerce market exploding on a global scale, merchants of all sizes are realizing manual shipping is an inefficient, time-consuming proposition. Without advanced parcel shipping capabilities, ecommerce retailers can be left with escalating costs and...
