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The internet could likely be considered one of the most disruptive technologies of our time. Its widespread availability and multiple ways of accessing have radically changed how we do everything from shopping to eating, dating to doing business. While the internet has revolutionized the way...

Only a scant five years ago, research found that 46 percent of US Fortune 500 companies partnered with a third-party logistics (3PL) provider for supply chain services and outsourced logistics. That sounds pretty promising for 3PL providers. The growth since then has been even more...

Remember when Amazon was just the world’s biggest bookstore? Original radio spots in the late 1990s featured a voice actor calling some of the largest places on Earth hoping to be able to use the space for inventory for the new online bookstore. Twenty-some years...

These Ecommerce Businesses Stay Connected Despite not gaining popularity until 2008, usage of the term “staycation”—a clever combination of “stay” and “vacation”—actually dates back to the 1940s. But what once was synonymous with a tight budget and bad economy forcing families to dial back on...

How many of us use our Amazon shopping cart as less of a cart and more of a wish-list? If you’re like many online shoppers, you might drop a slew of products into your cart and then mark all but the ones you actually need...

One must imagine that in 1876 when inventor Alexander Graham Bell spoke the first words on his invention, the telephone, he never imagined what his invention would one day become. Fast forward almost 150 years and our phones are practically an extra appendage. According to...

E-commerce is one of the easiest ways for businesses to reach customers outside their typical geographic reach. Retail e-commerce sales worldwide totaled approximately $2.3 trillion USD in 2017, and are predicted to hit just under $5 trillion by 2021. With an estimated 1.66 billion people...

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The first wealth is health.” With Americans spending an average of $9,596 on healthcare every year, it’s important that any dollar spent on medical equipment and supplies be a good one. If you’re in the medical equipment and supply business,...

Last month, we shared how easy it is to connect Sage 100 to an ecommerce aggregator. Aggregators—or a “one to many” model allowing multiple businesses to sell via one platform—are a tremendous boon for helping small businesses expand their reach in the marketplace. But there...

Longevity in the tech world is relatively short compared to other industries, but no less impressive or important. In the past 20 years, ROI Consulting has matured like a fine wine. The best part, perhaps, is that our partners and customers have reaped the biggest...