Little Companies Get Big Footprints

Conferenza, January 31, 2007

“CEO Damon Schechter talked about his company’s Web-based shipping and inventory logistics service for small businesses. He emulated a small business owner in the U.K. looking to move into the U.S. market, opening a $30 monthly account on Shipwire, describe his shipping requirements, and pointing to locations he”d like products stored and shipped from. Shipwire then provides a shipping address for remote vendors (in 103 countries), making the company a virtual receiving platform. Why is this important? It’s a way to rapidly legitimize a small business in a new market to its suppliers and buyers, providing local fulfillment services, and potentially helping the business manage and scale inventory in remote locations.” Read more. | PDF Version.