Sam’s Club Jumping in on “Ship-from-Store”

COVID 19 indeed has everyone changing their ways to adapt to the new norm and stay afloat. Sam's Club is joining the transition to utilizing e-commerce and keep its quarantining members. They are launching their "ship-from-store" / "club" program this quarter in attempts to save holiday sales along with saving money in transportation costs. 

Sam's Club already has most of the online shopping options but luckily prepared for the switch to fulfill more e-commerce orders in 2018 when they started turning their closed stores into fulfillment centers.

Sam's Club hired 2,000 permanent supply chain workers to account for the influx of online shopping volume.

Sam's Club might not be close to their parent company, Walmart in online sales, but they try to adapt to customers' needs. Warehouse employment from major retails and 3PLs have reached an all time peak for hiring due to a trend that has been accelerated by the pandemic.

Contributor: Amy Norman

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Reference: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/sams-club-supply-chain-workers-peak-demand/586656/

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