Reducing shipping costs and times to Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico - International Bridge whitepaper
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When addressing product sales and distribution to offshore regions within the United States, retailers, e-retailers, and direct selling organizations typically adopt one of the fol-lowing models:

  • Offer shipping to only the continental U.S. addresses.
  • Develop local brick & mortar presence to support needs.
  • Pass off high-cost of traditional inte-grated carriers to consumers.

Historically, these regions have been underserved because of the expense associated with traditional express delivery models. Typical challenges include limited reverse freight for assets bringing products to the region, maintaining fleets of vehicles for delivery, efficiently reaching outer rural areas, and supporting large numbers of staff in these locations. And because the overall percentage of parcels distributed to these regions is comparatively small, solving these challenges has remained a low priority for traditional carriers.

 

The opportunity however, remained there. In this whitepaper International Bridge explains how they were able to reduce costs and transit times to these locations by 30%