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Sustainable reverse logistics in apparel: how 3PLs are helping brands reduce returns waste
Jun 03, 2026 - Joe Barth
In 2024, approximately 80% of discarded clothing ended up in landfills or was incinerated. Less than 1% was recycled into new textile fibers. Against this backdrop, apparel brands face a returns problem that is simultaneously an operational challenge, a financial drain, and an...
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Sustainable reverse logistics in apparel: how 3PLs are helping brands reduce returns waste
Jun 03, 2026 - Joe Barth
In 2024, approximately 80% of discarded clothing ended up in landfills or was incinerated. Less than 1% was recycled...
7 signs your apparel brand has outgrown your 3PL (and what to do next)
Jun 01, 2026 - Joe Barth
Most apparel brands don't make a deliberate decision to outgrow their fulfillment partner. It happens gradually — a few...
How Laundry Sauce Built a Premium Brand in a Commoditized Category — and Took It to Target
Jun 01, 2026 - Peter Curac-Dahl
Laundry is about as commoditized as it gets. Procter & Gamble and Unilever have owned those shelves for decades. The...
Amazon MCF vs. FBA: Which Fulfillment Option Is Right for Your Brand?
May 27, 2026 - Chris Mehrabi
If you sell on Amazon, you've probably heard of FBA. But if you're also selling on your own site, Walmart, TikTok Shop,...
How to Sell on Walmart Marketplace: A Practical Guide for DTC Brands
May 27, 2026 - Chris Mehrabi
Walmart Marketplace is no longer an afterthought for brands that take Amazon seriously. With 120M+ monthly visitors and...
The true cost of apparel returns: what large brands lose when reverse logistics is an afterthought
May 13, 2026 - Joe Barth
One in four online apparel purchases gets returned. For some fashion segments — fast fashion, premium casualwear,...
Peak season fulfillment planning for fashion brands: a practical capacity guide
May 06, 2026 - Joe Barth
Black Friday online spending hit $11.8 billion in 2025, up 9.1% year over year. Cyber Monday reached $14.25 billion....
Omnichannel fulfillment for apparel brands: how to run DTC, wholesale, and retail from a single inventory pool
Apr 29, 2026 - Joe Barth
For most of the past decade, the dominant narrative in apparel was about going direct. Cut out the wholesale middleman,...
How AI and predictive inventory forecasting are changing the math for fashion brands
Apr 22, 2026 - Joe Barth
Fashion has always been one of the hardest categories to forecast. Short product lifecycles, trend-driven demand that...
SKU complexity at scale: how enterprise apparel brands keep picking accuracy above 99%
Apr 16, 2026 - Joe Barth
A single T-shirt style offered in six sizes and four colors is 24 SKUs. Add a slim fit and a relaxed fit and you're at...
From a storage unit to Sephora and Ulta: what ILIA Beauty learned about scaling fulfillment
Apr 10, 2026 - Peter Curac-Dahl
In a recent Cart.com Thought Leadership Series webinar, Madeline Heartt, Senior Director of Sales Operations at ILIA...
Near-shoring vs. multi-node fulfillment: which strategy actually protects apparel margins in 2026?
Apr 10, 2026 - Joe Barth
If you're a supply chain or operations leader at a large apparel brand right now, you've almost certainly had some...
Sustainable reverse logistics in apparel: how 3PLs are helping brands reduce returns waste
Jun 03, 2026 - Joe Barth
In 2024, approximately 80% of discarded clothing ended up in landfills or was incinerated. Less than 1% was recycled...
7 signs your apparel brand has outgrown your 3PL (and what to do next)
Jun 01, 2026 - Joe Barth
Most apparel brands don't make a deliberate decision to outgrow their fulfillment partner. It happens gradually — a few...
How Laundry Sauce Built a Premium Brand in a Commoditized Category — and Took It to Target
Jun 01, 2026 - Peter Curac-Dahl
Laundry is about as commoditized as it gets. Procter & Gamble and Unilever have owned those shelves for decades. The...
Amazon MCF vs. FBA: Which Fulfillment Option Is Right for Your Brand?
May 27, 2026 - Chris Mehrabi
If you sell on Amazon, you've probably heard of FBA. But if you're also selling on your own site, Walmart, TikTok Shop,...
How to Sell on Walmart Marketplace: A Practical Guide for DTC Brands
May 27, 2026 - Chris Mehrabi
Walmart Marketplace is no longer an afterthought for brands that take Amazon seriously. With 120M+ monthly visitors and...
The true cost of apparel returns: what large brands lose when reverse logistics is an afterthought
May 13, 2026 - Joe Barth
One in four online apparel purchases gets returned. For some fashion segments — fast fashion, premium casualwear,...
Peak season fulfillment planning for fashion brands: a practical capacity guide
May 06, 2026 - Joe Barth
Black Friday online spending hit $11.8 billion in 2025, up 9.1% year over year. Cyber Monday reached $14.25 billion....
Omnichannel fulfillment for apparel brands: how to run DTC, wholesale, and retail from a single inventory pool
Apr 29, 2026 - Joe Barth
For most of the past decade, the dominant narrative in apparel was about going direct. Cut out the wholesale middleman,...
How AI and predictive inventory forecasting are changing the math for fashion brands
Apr 22, 2026 - Joe Barth
Fashion has always been one of the hardest categories to forecast. Short product lifecycles, trend-driven demand that...
SKU complexity at scale: how enterprise apparel brands keep picking accuracy above 99%
Apr 16, 2026 - Joe Barth
A single T-shirt style offered in six sizes and four colors is 24 SKUs. Add a slim fit and a relaxed fit and you're at...
From a storage unit to Sephora and Ulta: what ILIA Beauty learned about scaling fulfillment
Apr 10, 2026 - Peter Curac-Dahl
In a recent Cart.com Thought Leadership Series webinar, Madeline Heartt, Senior Director of Sales Operations at ILIA...
Near-shoring vs. multi-node fulfillment: which strategy actually protects apparel margins in 2026?
Apr 10, 2026 - Joe Barth
If you're a supply chain or operations leader at a large apparel brand right now, you've almost certainly had some...