Air & Ground World Transport (AGWorld) and SEKO Logistics from a partnership and aim to give clients in the United States and Asia broader cross-border growth and supply chain opportunities. The partnership targets shippers doing business between Asia and the United States. Working together, AGWorld and SEKO Logistics offer clients a platform of services to develop new
Online focus for Bose
Audio gear brand Bose will close all of its stores in Europe, North America, Australia and Japan. The brand decided to follow an online-only strategy after it noticed a significant change to online shopping in these regions, reports Ecommercenews. It means a total of 119 brick-and-mortar stores will close in the coming months. In regions where shopping behaviour hasn't
SEKO Logistics aquires cross-border e-commerce specialists, Air-City, Inc.
SEKO Logistics completed its largest-ever acquisition with the purchase of New York-based freight forwarder and cross-border e-commerce experts, Air-City, Inc. The investment represents the latest phase of SEKO’s program to expand its global footprint and establishing more strategic partnerships. The acquisition is made to expedite the growth of its three core services;
New record high cyber weekend spendings in the US
In the United States, the Cyber weekend - again - reached new heights. On Black Friday, turnover in the US reached at least 7.4 billion dollars. This is an increase of 1.2 billion dollars. On average, spendings reached a record high 168 dollar per order, an increase of 5.9% compared to 2018. Popular products involved gadgets and toys with Frozen 2 and Paw Patrol theme. The
Amazon: 3 million active sellers
Amazon is close to 3 million active sellers on all its marketplaces worldwide, reports MarketplacePulse. This is an increase of 17.7%. A seller is defined active if they have products listed for sale on the marketplace platform. Less than 10% of all active sellers are able to achieve $100,000 in yearly sales. On top of that, only 1% reached the $1 million sales mark. This