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Mounting costs. Zero reliability. And a growing pile of customer complaints. Those are just a few of the fires global fulfillment can spark.Naturally, given the rise of international ecommerce ... going global is no longer a choice, but a necessity.
Whether you're thinking about starting an ecommerce business, or you've been selling products for a while, you've probably thought about warehousing, shipping, and fulfillment.Working with logistics companies can be intimidating if you've never done it before. We chatted with Paul Van Remortel from Ottawa Logistics to find out everything you've been too afraid to ask.
On 29 March 2017 the UK's Article 50 Notice was delivered to the European Council in Brussels, triggering the formal process for the UK's exit from the EU. The current position of the UK Government is that the UK will not remain part of either the EU's Single Market or its Customs Union.
Supporters of the global free-trade regime that has been built up over the past 25 years like to think of themselves as capitalists. Benevolent capitalists, perhaps - ones who have only the interests of the world's poorest workers and their own nations' least wealthy consumers at heart - but capitalists nonetheless.
Northern Lights is a PR, marketing and social media agency based in Harrogate that has been exporting services for three years. Here, Chief Executive, Victoria Tomlinson, shares her experiences and tips for small businesses to break into international trade. Three years ago, in the depths of the recession, I got on a plane to Dubai.
A brief history of the UK-Russian relationship and modern trade opportunities between these great states. By Shelly Pritchard He was greeted 'with great admiration and plausibilities of the people running plentifully on all sides' Since the Elizabethan period and the start of the bi-lateral relationship, Russia and Britain have experienced a roller-coaster relationship - been allies against Napoleon, enemies in the Crimean War of 1850, rivals for control of Asia, allies in both World Wars & enemies once more during the Cold War.
Following a fairly stagnant year of growth as well as global trade in Q4 of 2017, where do SMEs stand? TFG took a deep dive on global trade, to see what this means for SMEs.
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