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Customer experience, or CX as it’s also known, is generating a lot of buzz in the ecommerce world — and for good reason. Recent data shows that some 86% of customers say they are willing to pay more for a great experience. But with a whopping $1.6 trillion lost in the US every year due to poor customer service, many brands still struggle to get it right.

While the rise of digital advertising has given businesses numerous channels to promote their products, it has become apparent that scarce inventory can make poorly handled ads backfire.

How can you create a seamless pathway for your inventory and advertising strategies to work together and yield the best possible results? Read on to find out.

Your business is booming, sales are increasing, your brand is expanding… but now what? It’s time to get the logistics in place to make your customers happy with fast and efficient order fulfillment. While it may not be the most glamorous part of the e-commerce world, delivering your product on time is an important part of the consumer’s experience…

A trusted tool for every modern retailer, the right sales forecast can lead to better purchasing decisions and healthier cash flow. And that’s crucial, because purchasing and cash flow are two of the top 10 areas where most ecommerce businesses fail.

But whether you’re a new or experienced store owner, the task of getting sales forecasting right can leave you feeling overwhelmed — especially when attempting to forecast for new product launches.

E-commerce has ushered in the modern-day gold rush.

In the US alone, e-commerce sales are tipped to hit over $563 billion by 2025, while global e-commerce will account for 22% of retail sales by 2023. 🔥

But with the e-commerce market also growing increasingly competitive, you’ll need to do something special to stand out from the crowd.

That’s where supply chain optimization comes in.

Status Before Flieber (July 2019)

• 5 years in business
• 200 items
• $1M in Amazon sales

In a world of supply chain disruptions, raw materials shortages and labor issues, getting your products to your warehouses, and then to your customers, can take a long time.

Add in inefficiencies in your own operations, and you could be looking at weeks or even months to get your products from the office whiteboard to your customer’s front porch.

Which SKUs do you order? In what quantities? And when?

To guarantee sales several months out, you need confident answers to each of these questions. 

While you may not be able to control which products will go...

Table of contents

• What are the main inventory problems for online retailers?
• The harsh reality of poor inventory management
• 6 inventory ROI formulas every platform should have
• How to succeed at inventory optimization long-term

Ah, inventory management. Though we hate to admit it, it’s the one area of the business most ecommerce entrepreneurs would rather not think about.

We’re not going to sugarcoat it. Managing inventory is hard — and nailing your forecast accuracy? That’s probably the hardest part of all.

From varying lead times to unforeseeable supply chain issues, it’s no surprise so many e-commerce retailers struggle to balance stock levels.

Series A funding will accelerate the company’s expansion in the Shopify and DTC ecosystems.

NEW YORK — Sept 22, 2021 — Flieber, the groundbreaking inventory optimization platform, today announced $12 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by seed investor GGV Capital and Monashees, and brings the company’s total funding to $20 million. With this recent investment round, Monashees will join GGV on the board of directors where it has served since 2019.