Nov 4, 2021 | newsroom
Throughout the pandemic, businesses have touted perks like sign-on bonuses. Others have raised wages. But experts say that companies should go even further as they reconsider compensation for many crucial blue-collar jobs that are struggling with staffing.
Mathieu Stevenson, CEO of hourly work online marketplace Snagajob, told Insider that he believes that “compensation and benefits that have typically been reserved for white-collar employees have now become expectations and norms in blue-collar jobs.” He called the phenomenon the “white-collar-ization of blue-collar jobs.”
Read more at Business Insider
Nov 4, 2021 | newsroom
Google has announced two new ways to allow calculate shipping speeds with Google Merchant Center. You can (1) specify your shipping carrier, shipping service, and ship-from location and (2) you can link to your partner to authorize them to share your historical order tracking signals with Google.
Google said that showing shipping speed is a “critical factor in customers’ purchase decisions.”
Read more at Search Engine Roundtable
Nov 3, 2021 | newsroom
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ShipHero, the leading shipping and logistics platform for over 5,000 e-commerce brands and 3PLs, announces it has acquired Golden Egg Solutions, an eCommerce fulfillment company based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Golden Egg Solutions specializes in eCommerce, fulfillment, packaging, drop shipping and white label supplement procurement. Golden Egg Solutions has been a longtime, valued customer of ShipHero’s, who uses their warehouse management software. With this business acquisition, ShipHero now has a warehouse strategically located in the northwestern half of the United States for use by their fulfillment and 3PL clients. Salt Lake City is the capital and most populous city of Utah, which is also connected to the retail supply chain in the Northwest.
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Nov 1, 2021 | newsroom
Following last week’s Government announcement detailing the new Covid traffic light system, Kiwi business owners are starting to gain a better understanding of how future restrictions could impact their companies.
For those businesses starting to plan ahead with this new information, there is much to be learned from those overseas who have already begun navigating some of the more common challenges.
Read more at Kea
Oct 22, 2021 | newsroom
NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ShipHero, the leading shipping and logistics platform for over 5,000 e-commerce brands and 3PLs, today announces it has acquired Cargo Cove Fulfillment, a full service logistics company based in Jacksonville, Florida.
One of the few full service logistics providers in Florida, Cargo Cove Fulfillment offers fulfillment and shipping services to over 50 partnering e-commerce brands, which will now be fully integrated into ShipHero’s fulfillment offering. Cargo Cove’s philosophy of making shipping and logistics easy and affordable mirrors ShipHero’s customer-centric mission, making it a seamless partnership for both parties.
Read more at PR Newswire
