When it’s time to expand your company’s international e-commerce footprint, where you get your start is important. With no language barrier keeping you from reaching its shoppers and years of close trade links with the U.S., conditions in the UK make it a natural starter market for international e-commerce expansion. That is to say, Read More
Like your business, the financial and regulatory environment you’re operating in is always changing. As you win or lose customers, hire new talent or manage employee departures, the marketplace around you is experiencing similar fluctuations. This is especially true if yours is one of the thousands of U.S. companies pursuing and benefiting from the Read More
India will soon be the world’s No. 2 e-commerce market. A healthy 17 percent of the country’s enormous population already shops online. The U.S. and India are high-volume trade partners, and if you’re expanding your global reach through e-commerce, you should consider the subcontinent. The U.S. Department of Commerce noted that conditions differ Read More
World events seem to be driving exceptionally rapid change, as political strife, the changing landscape of international trade, and disruptive technologies might lead one to assume that globalization is in a fragile state. However, according to new research from DHL, the facts tell a very different story.The fifth edition of the DHL Global Connectedness Read More
Concern about the future of global trade has dominated headlines around the world in recent weeks, driven by talk of a U.S.-China trade war. But while the news certainly merits close attention, a more analytical review of the overall global trade situation suggests some very real positive signs. Beyond the initial, more emotional Read More
Imagine being able to see into the future. If you could know with certainty how the economy would perform and how your company’s products would fare in domestic and international markets, your business plans might take an entirely new direction. While precognition is reserved for science fiction, successful business leaders today can rely on Read More
U.S. exports are on the move. The question is, where are they going? The first answer is: Up. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, in December 2017 exports rose $3.5 billion over the previous month, to more than $203 billion. Today, more than 300,000 American companies are bringing their goods to global customers, and Read More
More companies than ever before are harnessing the power of e-commerce to reach customers around the globe. In fact, according to a report by DHL entitled The 21st Century Spice Trade: A Guide to Cross-border E-Commerce Opportunity, international e-commerce could grow at twice the rate of domestic online retail in the period leading up Read More
Globalization is not only driving a new business paradigm for large companies and e-commerce startups, it’s also fueling a vigorous national debate on the parameters of free trade. Recent executive orders even direct the U.S. secretary of commerce to review each of the country’s free trade agreements, measuring their past and potential economic value. While we Read More
The recent election of Emmanuel Macron as France’s new president is widely viewed as good news, both for the European Union (EU), which Macron supports, and for the future of international trade between France and countries around the globe, including the United States. As our country’s eighth largest trading partner, France is key to Read More
