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YAMATO helps businesses navigate all electronic channels of commerce. By any measure, e-commerce leads the way in shipping and delivery growth.
E-commerce is defined as the buying and selling of products and services exclusively through electronic channels and without the use of paper documents. There are three main branches of electronic commerce; the biggest form being online shopping, also known as business to consumer (B2C). Here individuals can order various products and also pay for their purchase on the internet. Think Amazon.
Other categories of e-commerce is business to business (B2B), where companies, such as manufacturers and wholesalers or wholesalers and retailers exchange products and/or services. The third category of e-commerce involves transactions from consumer to consumer (C2C), as in the example of eBay, Etsy or other similar websites.
According to Statista.com retail e-commerce sales in the United States totaled $322 billion in 2016. It is expected to reach $485 billion in the year 2021.
Ask us how YAMATO can help you grow your company via timely, cost-efficient shipping services.
Case Studies
YAMATO PIONEERS CROSS-BORDER EC ANONYMOUS DELIVERY SERVICE FOR US AND CANADA TO JAPAN
Summary :
YAMATO launched BUYMA YAMATO, a cross-border e-commerce anonymous delivery service, on BUYMA, a specialty marketplace operated by Enigmo, for shipments from the U.S. and Canada to Japan.
Backstory :
With cross-border e-commerce—wherein goods are purchased online from abroad—growing in recent years, BUYMA now has over 10.59 million members and handles over 18,000 brands. Meanwhile, issues exist including concerns over transmitting personal information to counterparties and the long period of time between purchase and receipt of packages shipped from overseas which obscures the delivery schedule.
Solution :
Linking each company's order and delivery data with the transportation and delivery network allows for safer, more secure, and more comfortable use of BUYMA.
- Personal Data Protected in Cross-Border E-Commerce with Anonymous Shipping
- Enhanced Convenience of Receipt Through Linkage with “Kuroneko Members” Service
- Centralized Shipping Label Issuance, Freight Charge Settlement for Sellers
- Shorter Delivery Time
Results :
The BUYMA YAMATO cross-border e-commerce anonymous delivery service was achieved to the safe, secure, and comfortable customer experience provided in domestic transactions in cross-border e-commerce transactions.
In the future, BUYMA YAMATO will be expanded going forward to enable shipping from South Korea as well as host of other countries and regions.
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YAMATO FULFILLS ALL ORDERS FOR PREMIUM FOODS
Summary :
YAMATO provides one-stop B2C solution for one of the best e-commerce vitamin and health supplement suppliers in the USA.
Backstory :
Premium Foods was looking for a shipping company that could provide small parcel export of its vitamins and health supplements to customers in Japan and around the globe.
Solution :
Meeting with the YAMATO team, it was determined that Premium Foods needed to free up capital resources to continue growing their business. To make this possible, YAMATO would set up a complete fulfillment solution outside the company. Using their own expansive USA warehouse, YAMATO dedicated thousands of square feet of space to store the entire Premium Foods inventory. YAMATO then formed a one-stop team to inventory, pick, pack and ship orders for customers as they came in.
Results :
Premium Foods now has an offsite fulfillment service that allows for timely deliveries of their products around the globe, allowing them to focus on other areas of business growth.