Your sales team sees surging demand ahead. Operations expects steady growth. Finance plans cost cuts. Suppliers guess wildly. Customers face empty shelves. Sound familiar? You’re trapped in forecasting silos. Most companies operate this way. Sales make promises operations can’t deliver. Supply chains drown in excess inventory or scramble to fill orders. Each department builds forecasts … Read more
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In supply chain management, the upstream supply chain refers to all activities that happen before production: sourcing raw materials, evaluating and contracting suppliers, purchasing components, and transporting them to the manufacturer. It’s the upstream supply side of the entire supply chain value network, whereas downstream supply chain operations handle finished products distribution to customers through … Read more
Selling large and oversized items on Amazon, such as patio furniture sets, exercise equipment, and home entertainment systems, can be incredibly profitable. However, it doesn’t take long for the hidden costs to accumulate. You’re often dealing with high Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) fees, expensive storage and shipping, strict packaging and sizing requirements, and complex return … Read more
Self-fulfillment is a common entry point for ecommerce businesses. Before seeking a third-party solution, many store owners opt to fulfill customer orders in-house, retaining full control and oversight of their operations. However, ecommerce self-fulfillment is full of challenges. An inefficient process results in poor customer satisfaction rates and higher fulfillment costs, and it can be … Read more
Given the numerous variables in pricing and service levels, comparing UPS and USPS rates has become increasingly difficult, especially for businesses shipping various products. Yet, knowing which carrier offers you more value can make or break your profit margins. With 12 years of shipping and third-party logistics (3PL) experience, Red Stag Fulfillment understands the nuances … Read more
Your customer clicks “buy now,” expecting their order to arrive quickly, accurately picked, perfectly packed, and delivered exactly as promised. Miss that expectation, and you’ve likely lost that customer forever. B2C fulfillment is the complete process of receiving inventory, picking orders, packing shipments, and delivering products directly to individual consumers. Unlike bulk B2B operations, B2C … Read more
How many daily visits does Amazon receive? Amazon receives approximately 86-90 million visits per day to its website based on May 2025 data. This figure comes from dividing the latest monthly traffic totals (2.8 billion visits according to Semrush, 2.3 billion per SimilarWeb) by the number of days in the month. The variance between sources reflects different … Read more
What Is Amazon’s Average Order Value (AOV)? Amazon’s average order value currently sits at approximately $52 per order across the U.S. marketplace, according to multiple 2024-2025 industry studies. This figure represents a modest increase from the $47-50 range reported in previous years, reflecting both inflation and Amazon’s strategic push toward higher-value transactions through Prime membership benefits and … Read more
Trusted by the best in ecommerce We’ve put in our 10,000 hours (and then some) to become 3PL experts in big, heavy & oversized products. In 2012, our co-founders were on their third 3PLand at their wits’ end. Their sporting goods ecommerce company was growing rapidly. But fulfillment was a major problem—late deliveries to customers, … Read more
How many people work for Amazon? (2025 data) Amazon employs approximately 1.56 million full- and part-time workers worldwide as of early 2025, according to the company’s latest quarterly reports and financial disclosures. This figure represents a 2.3% increase from the previous year, marking a recovery from the workforce reductions that followed Amazon’s pandemic-era hiring surge. Numbers at … Read more
How many Amazon marketplace sellers use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)? In 2025, approximately 82% of active Amazon marketplace sellers use Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) according to multiple industry reports and data analysis firms. This means the vast majority of sellers rely on Amazon’s warehousing and Prime network, with the remaining 18% using Fulfillment by Merchant (FBM) … Read more
You’re staring at a warehouse full of winter coats in Miami while customers in Chicago can’t find them anywhere. Meanwhile, your best-selling product sits out of stock in three locations, but you have 500 units gathering dust in a warehouse that rarely ships to those markets. This is inventory allocation gone wrong—and it’s costing you … Read more
