Highlights:
- Comprehensive solution delivers omnichannel growth for
brands through platform integrations, eCommerce services and
expertise, and national company-owned 3PL fulfillment
network.
- Helps brands drive sales across major
selling platforms with ease and speed to deliver a
seamless selling experience to customers where and how they
shop.
DEERFIELD, Ill. and PASADENA, Calif., June 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Essendant, an industry-leading
distribution and commerce company, has launched Connected Commerce,
a powerful eCommerce, fulfillment and third-party logistics (3PL)
solution that accelerates omnichannel growth for brands. The
comprehensive solution includes out-of-the-box integrations,
eCommerce services with analytics and tools to increase store
traffic, and fast order fulfillment.
"For brands to succeed today, they must meet customers wherever
and however they shop. That means selling beyond their own websites
to include access to major marketplaces like Amazon, social
commerce sites and top retail and wholesale channels," said
David Boone, Interim CEO, Essendant.
"Essendant is the right partner to deliver on this need with ease,
speed and confidence through decades of experience that spans
industries, product categories and channels to ensure brands
provide a seamless selling experience and drive sales across major
selling platforms."
Success depends on a friction-free omnichannel experience but
coordinating fulfillment activities across channels and adding new
ones is complex and challenging. The right partner is the key
to reducing the complexity through a customized solution that
connects the digital and physical points of commerce to help brands
expand their reach.
Connected Commerce brings together the company's capabilities to
drive visibility and proven sales growth through:
- Integrations: A connection to most major
marketplaces, B2B platforms and webstores as well as nine of the
top 10 national retailers.
- Ecommerce Services & Platform Management: Deep
eCommerce service and channel expertise, driving sales for more
than 1,300 major brands and 560 suppliers through 20 online
storefronts and marketplaces.
- Fulfillment Expertise & Fast
Delivery: Best-in-class reach and 3PL service levels,
including next-day delivery to 98 percent of the U.S. with a
national network of 20+ fulfillment centers
Essendant brings more than a century of proven experience across
B2B, DTC including Vendor Drop Ship, and Ecommerce expertise in
major marketplaces. Its full suite of customizable services and
systems, with additional capabilities under development, helps
brands in a broad range of product categories maximize their
business results through:
- Optimized product listings and content for each channel
- Real-time inventory access
- Performance tracking and trended guidance
- Pricing analysis and competitive insights
- Sales process management across marketplaces and channels
- Compliance expertise enabling brands to sell direct to major
retailers
- Speed to customers with flexible network of coast-to-coast
fulfillment centers
Essendant's industry-leading logistics network includes a
national footprint with international shipping and the ability to
handle a broad range of products within seven million square feet
across its facilities. The company services thousands of channel
partners, including nine out of the top ten U.S. retailers, and
distributes nearly 2,000 brands and 80,000 SKUs across all major
channels.
Visit Essendant.com/connected-commerce for more information
and Essendant.com/get-started-fulfillment to begin a
partnership.
About Essendant:
We Provide the Better Way to Commerce: Essendant is a distribution
and commerce company that provides wholesale distribution and
fulfillment services (3PL) to resellers and brands, helping them
expand their paths to growth, improve their customer experience,
and optimize their supply chain to meet the demands of commerce
today. Essendant empowers customers with best-in-class distribution
capabilities for accurate and timely delivery anywhere in the U.S.,
system integrations that enable commerce from point of sale to
delivery, a broad product assortment stocked for optimal
distribution throughout its network, and eCommerce services that
support online selling. With 100 years of experience, Essendant
fuels growth for thousands of customers including independent
resellers, retailers, B2B distributors, manufacturers, and
eCommerce businesses, ranging from startups to multinational
corporations. For more information on Essendant, visit
https://www.essendant.com/.
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