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Top Posts about Last-Mile Challenges for Direct Sales and E-Commerce (6-10)

We intend this blog to be a resource for direct selling and e-commerce businesses trying to overcome last-mile delivery and shipping challenges. We want to keep you informed about the latest news and trends in your industries, particularly when it comes to last-mile challenges and customer pick-up centers. This is the second part of a two-part series recounting our most popular blog posts covering these topics. See part one here. 

Topics: customer service direct sellers last-mile delivery solutions e-commerce click-and-collect

Top Posts about Last-Mile Challenges for Direct Sales and E-Commerce (1-5)

It’s important to us that we keep you informed about the latest trends in your industry, specifically last-mile challenges and customer pick-up centers. In case you missed them the first time around, here is a summary of our most popular posts thus far.

Topics: customer convenience center direct sales last-mile delivery solutions Fulfillment by Amazon e-commerce business growth customer pick-up center local sales centers

Industry Report: Why Local Pick-up Is Becoming the Norm, Not the Exception

Local pick-up: It’s all about Amazon.

Lines are blurring between online giants and traditional retail stores.

  • In June 2017, Amazon announced that it would pay $13.7 billion for Whole Foods, and Walmart announced that it would spend $310 million to acquire Bonobos, a brick-and-mortar men’s fashion brand.
Topics: direct sales last-mile delivery solutions e-commerce shopping customer pick-up center local sales center

4 Pain Points Customer Pick-Up Centers Solve for Direct Sellers

Within any industry, there are issues that arise from time to time, and some issues that may arise more frequently. Direct sellers are not immune to these sorts of problems.

But like any successful enterprise, they look for ways to adapt. So, what are some common pain points direct selling organizations and their distributors face, and how can they overcome them?

Topics: customer service direct sales direct sellers cross-channel shopping last-mile delivery solutions e-commerce customer pick-up center free shipping local sales centers distribution strategy

How One Direct Sales Company Embraced Local Sales Centers

Herbalife Nutrition is a $4.5 billion global nutrition company with more than 8,000 employees around the world. It relies on a network of dedicated independent distributors in more than 90 countries to sell nutrition, weight-management, energy and fitness, and personal-care products. So how can Herbalife best support its independent distributors, getting them fast-moving products when they need them without creating an inventory burden?

The answer is local sales centers.

Topics: direct sales last-mile delivery solutions business growth customer pick-up center local sales centers Herbalife