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Taking a look at the parcel express market with Rick Watson, CEO, RMW Commerce Consulting

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Logistics Management and Peerless Media Supply Chain Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Rick Watson, Founder and CEO, RMW Commerce Consulting.


Recording Date/Time
Monday, September 11, 2023 1:27PM
Podcast Duraton
00:27:49 hrs/min/sec

Topics covered in this podcast include: Peak Season prospects;  recent rate hikes from UPS and FedEx, pricing and service levels, , and the ongoing emergence of Amazon as a competitive threat to the parcel duopoly of UPS and FedEx, among other topics. 

Rick Watson serves as Founder and CEO of New York-based RMW Commerce Consulting. Rick founded his firm after spending more than 20 years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the e-commerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Rick's work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams, incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.      


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Jeff Berman
Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review and is a contributor to Robotics 24/7. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis.
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