The 2026 U.S. holiday shopping season is starting earlier, and the latest data suggests October is becoming an increasingly important part of the year-end retail calendar. According to Adobe Analytics’ 2026 holiday forecast, U.S. consumers are expected to spend a record $275.1 billion online during November and December, up 6.7% year over year. But one … 阅读更多
This week, the U.S. online retail market is seeing a rare concentration of major deal events. Amazon Prime Day is running from June 23 to June 26. Walmart Deals runs from June 22 to June 28. Target Circle Deal Days is also taking place from June 23 to June 26. For shoppers, this creates a … 阅读更多
For Amazon Vendors and retail 1P suppliers, fulfillment is rarely as simple as creating a shipment. In many retail fulfillment workflows, the seller or supplier cannot create a shipment directly. Instead, they must first submit a Shipment Routing Request. The channel or its assigned logistics provider then reviews the request and returns the required shipping … 阅读更多
When brands start selling through Amazon Vendor Central, most of the attention goes to revenue opportunity, purchase orders, and retail expansion. But in reality, many of the biggest operational problems do not begin on the sales side. They begin in the workflow behind it. Many brands underestimate how much Vendor operations depend on connected systems, … 阅读更多
For sellers entering the US market, the real question is usually not whether to sell on a marketplace. It is which marketplace to prioritize first. Amazon remains the dominant force in US ecommerce. EMARKETER says Amazon is expected to account for 40.5% of US retail ecommerce sales in 2025. Walmart is much smaller overall in … 阅读更多
As brands move through the first quarter of 2026, most ecommerce and retail teams are deep into planning the next big push: mid-year campaigns and, more importantly, the 2026 holiday season. Before you lock in budgets and channels, it’s worth taking a clear look back at how U.S. ecommerce actually played out in 2025, especially … 阅读更多
A practical operations guide for 1P vendors: PO ACK, routing/ASN, appointments, receiving, invoicing, and dispute-ready evidence In Part 1, we broke down Vendor Central Direct Fulfillment (DF) and why operational success is really about package-level data integrity—PO acknowledgements, labels, tracking, and shipment confirmation forming a reliable chain. 👉 Amazon Vendor Central Operations: The Real“Order Workflow” … 阅读更多
Why Vendor Central success is built on data integrity (PO Acknowledgement, shipping labels, tracking, and shipment confirmation)—not just shipping boxes If you sell on Amazon Vendor Central (1P), it’s easy to assume operational success means “we shipped the order.” In reality, Amazon evaluates fulfillment through a chain of system events and documents: Purchase Order (PO) … 阅读更多
U.S. Black Friday and Cyber Week 2025 are over, and the first wave of ecommerce sales statistics is finally in. Across Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, U.S. shoppers spent about US$44.2B online, with clear shifts in how they shopped, what they bought and where they checked out. In this article, we break the season down into … 阅读更多
A More Streamlined Way to Manage Multi-Channel Operations Synctify continues to strengthen its role as an end-to-end platform for order automation, inventory sync, and multi-channel eCommerce integrations. This month’s UI updates focus on three critical workflows that drive operational efficiency — shipment verification, product data accuracy, and Amazon financial visibility. These enhancements don’t just modernize … 阅读更多
The Global Shift: From Supplying Brands to Becoming One Across the world, manufacturers are rethinking their role in the value chain. Instead of producing for other labels, many are now exploring direct-to-consumer(D2C) strategies—building their own brands and selling directly to end users through digital channels. Why manufacturers are moving toward D2C models This transformation promises … 阅读更多
Amazon Vendor Central (VC) is a wholesale program where suppliers sell directly to Amazon, but it comes with challenges such as compliance rules, large-scale order management, and complex inventory synchronization. This case study explains the main challenges and how one of the world’s top five home goods suppliers solved them with Synctify. Customer Background Our … 阅读更多