Walmart vs Amazon, Warehouse Worker Retention, Sales Reference Calls

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Walmart vs. Amazon

Walmart is taking a play out of Amazon’s playbook as the company will now start fulfilling orders placed on other platforms such as Target, Etsy, and Amazon. Amazon has previously said that more than 60% of website sales are from outside sellers (FBA), and the company launched Supply Chain by Amazon in 2023 as an end to end supply chain solution. Given the rapid growth Amazon has been experiencing, Walmart is now trying to implement a similar strategy to take back some marketshare from Amazon. Check out the WSJ article here.

Warehouse Worker Retention

As peak season rapidly approaches, warehouse floor workers will be asked to work longer days to keep up with demand and hit SLAs. Replacing a warehouse worker is so expensive, but turnover continues to be extremely high. Check out the blog here on various strategies that may be able to help with worker retention before, during, and after onboarding. If you are struggling to find temporary labor that may be able to help during the peak season surge, send us a note and we are happy to help!

If you are considering or currently leveraging any labor optimization, productivity, or robotics solutions to help with the labor retention problem, we would love to hear from you as well!

Reference Calls

If you are not currently offering brands an opportunity to speak with an existing client during the sales process, we highly recommend implementing this strategy! Over the last week, we have heard numerous brands inform us that this played an influential factor in their final decision as they heard an unbiased perspective on the 3PL and shows the brand the 3PL is working with another brand in the similar niche.

Hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend!

Talk soon,
Joe, Dan, and the Fulfill Team