SHOPCLUES: TURNLNG LOGISTICS INTO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ShopClues has developed a marketplace for the masses by building a technology platform that connects Tier 2 and Tier 3 customers [households with income between $6,000 and $15,0001 residing in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities] with regional/local brands. In Marth 2016, Ranjit Mayne, senior director of logistics and fulfilment at Sholk'lues.com (Shop Clues), a leading online marketplace headquartered in Gurgaon, India was reflecting on the company's positive turnaround in logistics strategy. Until 2014, the company had been dependent on-air transport to deliver shipments, which had limited it to Tier 1, Tier 2, and a few Tier 3 cities (covering 8,000 postal index numbers or PIN codes). It was entirely reliant on die few national courier services such as Blue Dart Express limited, Ecom private limited, and 1.11 T1
SHOPCLUES: TURNLNG LOGISTICS INTO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ShopClues has developed a marketplace for the masses by building a technology platform that connects Tier 2 and Tier 3 customers [households with income between $6,000 and $15,0001 residing in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities] with regional/local brands. In Marth 2016, Ranjit Mayne, senior director of logistics and fulfilment at Sholk'lues.com (Shop Clues), a leading online marketplace headquartered in Gurgaon, India was reflecting on the company's positive turnaround in logistics strategy. Until 2014, the company had been dependent on-air transport to deliver shipments, which had limited it to Tier 1, Tier 2, and a few Tier 3 cities (covering 8,000 postal index numbers or PIN codes). It was entirely reliant on die few national courier services such as Blue Dart Express limited, Ecom private limited, and 1.11 T1
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