{"id":10563,"date":"2019-12-16T20:37:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T20:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uship.com\/business\/?page_id=10563"},"modified":"2020-01-10T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T15:43:28","slug":"smb-shipping-report-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businesssubd.wpengine.com\/smb-shipping-report-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"SMB Shipping Report 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"body_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","text_block_id":"","text_block_background_color":"sectionWhite","text_block_intro":"","text_block_content":"When it comes to shipping and logistics today, small and mid-size businesses (SMB) decision makers find themselves in an awkward position. Try offering next-day, free delivery like big-box retailers and risk losing your shirt. Or stick with multiple-day, non-free delivery and risk losing your market share to customers conditioned by the Amazon Effect.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThroughout 2019, this underlying tension -- and influence from big-box retailers -- has been building. In 2020, it\u2019ll come to a head as SMBs are rethinking how they invest their shipping and logistics dollars, where to invest in technology over team (or vice versa), and where they can turn for trusted, reliable, affordable delivery options."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","text_block_id":"","text_block_background_color":"sectionGrey","text_block_intro":"2020 SMB Shipping Spend Outlook","text_block_content":"<img src=\"https:\/\/www.uship.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2020-smb-shipping-spend.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>47% of SMB decision makers<\/b> plan to increase their shipping spend in 2020 compared to 2019.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><b>8% of SMB decision makers<\/b> plan to increase their shipping spend by at <b>least 26%<\/b> in 2020 compared to 2019.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","text_block_id":"","text_block_background_color":"sectionWhite","text_block_intro":"Big Box Influence","text_block_content":"<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uship.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/big-box-influence.png\" alt=\"\" \/>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_columns","text_columns_id":"","text_columns_background_color":"sectionGrey","text_columns_intro":"Tech vs. Team","text_columns_intro_sub":"","text_columns_item":[{"text_columns_item_title":"","text_columns_item_content":"<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uship.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/team-vs-tech-graph.png\" alt=\"\" \/>"},{"text_columns_item_title":"","text_columns_item_content":"<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>1 in 3 (30%)<\/b> of SMB decision makers plan to make new technology a priority<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>1 in 5 (20%)<\/b> of SMB decision makers would rather invest in the right logistics team over technology<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><b>1 in 7 (17%<\/b>) of SMB decision makers say investing in new technology is too expensive<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_columns","text_columns_id":"","text_columns_background_color":"sectionWhite","text_columns_intro":"New Approaches","text_columns_intro_sub":"","text_columns_item":[{"text_columns_item_title":"","text_columns_item_content":"<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uship.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alt-shipping-options.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>1 in 6 (17%)<\/strong> prefer to invest in alternatives to traditional shipping options such as UPS, FedEx, XPO Logistics, and freight brokers."},{"text_columns_item_title":"","text_columns_item_content":"<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uship.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/no-alt-shipping.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>1 in 10 (11%)<\/strong> don\u2019t know where to find alternative shipping options to organizations like UPS, XPO Logistics, and freight brokers."}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","text_block_id":"","text_block_background_color":"sectionGrey","text_block_intro":"Large and Bulky Struggle","text_block_content":"Shipping large and bulky e-commerce -- furniture, vehicles, sporting equipment, safes, and more -- remains a mystery to some. 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