Real Estate prices are depressed. Banks are failing. The stock market is down. Consumers are just not spending, or so it seems. What is a business to do? If sales are markedly down, but fixed overhead expenses such as warehouse space and employees remain constant, any enterprise without a large cash reserve will soon be out of business.
Outsourcing fulfillment services in difficult times makes a tremendous amount of sense. Instead of carrying all of those fixed expenses, a business can pay a much smaller amount that is tied directly to the sales that remain. This strategy allows for survival until the economy turns around.
In reality, the economy hasn't completely stopped. People are just being more careful. At some point, consumer confidence and better sales will return, but no one knows when or how fast. When things do begin to improve, should a business then guess about the future and immediately invest in more employees and overhead expenses to handle the increased load? A more sensible approach would be to continue to use the services of a fulfillment company where fees remain based on actual sales activity.
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