Holiday Season Tips for Retailers

The Expert Guide to Managing Product Returns During The Holidays

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, so retailers deal with an influx of product returns. While managing returns can be challenging any time of year, the holiday return rush can be incredibly daunting. To help you out, we've put together this expert guide about managing product returns during the holidays. In it, we'll

By Jim Cahill|2022-12-27T12:05:40-05:00December 23rd, 2022|eCommerce, retail holiday season, Returns|Comments Off

How Your Return Policy Can Impact Your Bottom Line

As a business owner, you know that having an effective return policy can make a big difference to your bottom line. By defining your returns strategy in advance, implementing realistic terms and conditions, and encouraging customer satisfaction whenever possible, the right return policy can be leveraged for optimized profits. Your return policy can have a

By Jim Cahill|2023-01-05T11:29:20-05:00December 14th, 2022|Freestyle, Inventory Management Software, order management software, retail holiday season, Returns|Comments Off

Top 5 eCommerce Order Management Tips for Black Friday

Ready or not, Black Friday is just around the corner. The biggest shopping day of the year is an excellent opportunity for eCommerce businesses to boost their sales, but it can also be a lot of work. If you're not prepared, things can quickly get out of hand. Luckily, we're here to help. In this

By Jim Cahill|2022-12-10T15:09:10-05:00November 22nd, 2022|order management software, Order Management System, retail holiday season, seasonal software seats|Comments Off

Picking The Right OMS in Preparation For Holiday Sales

The correct order management software (OMS) can be a massive game changer going into this holiday season. Learn what to consider if you’re thinking about improving upon your OMS, so you can hit the ground running moving forward at full momentum throughout the holiday season and into 2023. The holiday season is fast approaching. Even

By Jim Cahill|2022-12-10T14:42:47-05:00October 27th, 2022|M.O.M., order management software, Order Management System, retail holiday season|Comments Off

Happy Holidays from Freestyle Solutions

All of us at Freestyle Solutions would like to wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah and a Happy New Year. As the busy holiday shopping season comes to an end, eCommerce brands are simultaneously juggling holiday returns and evaluating holidays sales to determine how they fared. We hope that

By Jim Cahill|2021-12-30T11:26:00-05:00December 30th, 2021|Freestyle, Order Management System, retail holiday season, Returns|Comments Off

The Ultimate Holiday Ebook for eCommerce

For years, Freestyle has published timely, relevant, exceptional content geared towards helping retail brands and eTailers get through the busy, hectic, profitable holiday season. Now, we’re pulling some of our hottest pieces together into our new "Freestyle's Ultimate Holiday Order and Inventory Management Ebook", including: How to Take on the Holiday Retail Season Like a

By Jim Cahill|2022-09-29T14:54:32-04:00November 17th, 2021|eCommerce, Fulfillment, Inventory Management, Order Entry, Order Management System, retail holiday season, Returns, Uncategorized|Comments Off

TBT: Holiday Shipping & Ordering – Have You Started?

We recently wrote about how important getting a head start on your holiday ordering and shipping is going to be this year. Recent supply chain issues don’t seem to have any solution in the near future. Increased shipping rates and slower delivery times are expected from all the major carriers - yes, UPS FedEx and

By Jim Cahill|2021-10-21T11:32:16-04:00October 21st, 2021|retail holiday season, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Will Shipping & the Supply Chain Bring Bah Humbug to the Holidays?

There’s been a lot of shipping and supply chain news for eCommerce brands to digest the past few weeks: The continuing impact of the global supply chain crisis The challenges brands and consumers will face with holiday ordering and shipping in the coming months And more... All of these unprecedented industry disruptions are sure to

By Jim Cahill|2021-10-11T09:06:13-04:00October 8th, 2021|retail holiday season|Comments Off

Holiday Shipping & Ordering: Did Someone Say Start Early?

As we wrap up August, a few things become more urgent...it's time to book that last summer getaway, take that final trip to the beach or get the kids back to school, right? Maybe you've even started thinking about starting your holiday shipping and shopping. Of course, for eCommerce brands, the time is even more

By Jim Cahill|2021-09-13T09:46:27-04:00August 30th, 2021|retail holiday season|Comments Off

Freestyle’s Holiday 2020 eCommerce Sales Recap

The eCommerce Holiday sales season turned out to be even better than we expected. Here is just one startling statistic... Amazon delivered $1.5B packages during the 2020 holiday season. To accommodate this, the eComm giant offered a staggering $2.5B in bonuses and incentives for their employees. They also committed a whopping $18B to help grow partner

By Jim Cahill|2021-01-13T11:26:52-05:00January 13th, 2021|eCommerce, retail holiday season, Uncategorized|Comments Off