Two online retailers can forecast the same number of monthly orders and create very different warehouse workloads. Explore how campaign timing, order volumes, incoming stock and special packing requirements affect peak-season fulfilment, and what e-commerce brands should discuss with their 3PL partner before launching a promotion.
An unopened product, a damaged box and a missing accessory create three different workloads for a warehouse team. We examine how inspection, repacking and decisions about resale affect the cost of each return, and what merchants should agree with their fulfilment partner before the seasonal rush.
The EU-Mercosur agreement creates new opportunities for Mercosur brands entering Europe. See how lower import duties on selected products, including supplements, can improve margins and why stock in Poland with INTERNEL can support faster delivery, easier returns and more sustainable fulfilment across the EU.
INTERNEL and West Coast Prep 3PL partner to help e-commerce brands manage fulfillment between Europe and the U.S. with local warehousing, shipping and returns support on both sides of the Atlantic.
During a recent FHNW student visit to our Warsaw warehouse, we walked through how fulfilment really operates in practice, from stock accuracy and picking to shipping and returns across the EU.
We often see brands selling across several EU countries with stock split between two or three warehouses. It works for a while, but over time it creates friction. Inventory ends up in the wrong place, returns take too long to get back into sale and the whole setup becomes harder to control.
Two weeks after Valentine’s Day, many e-shops discover that the peak period is not fully over. While order volumes decrease, returns begin to arrive in higher numbers and create a second operational wave.
Peak weeks often expose a hidden risk in e-commerce operations: packaging shortages. When materials are not forecasted alongside sales volume, fulfilment slows down, costs rise, and customer experience suffers.
If your ad spend is higher than your available stock, you are effectively buying frustrated customers.
Valentine week makes this problem visible very quickly.
Valentine week has one special feature: the deadline is emotional. Customers are not just buying a product. They are buying a moment. That is why this week exposes a problem many e shops have all year, but can still hide during calmer periods.
