Cross-Border E-Commerce Parcels with Escher and Hurricane
David Spottiswood, co-founder of Hurricane Modular Commerce, and David Nelson, Vice President Sales (Americas) at Escher, join me to talk about improving the efficiency and customer experience of cross-border e-commerce:
- Estimating taxes and duties on goods moved via the post office
- Data collection for cross-border e-commerce
- Data leakage for parcels lodged over the counter
- Delays due to customs inspections
- The customer experience for cross-border e-commerce
- Prohibited and restricted items
- Screening denied and restricted parties
- Creating a central global database of denied and restricted parties
- Gathering sender and addressee data at the time of lodgement (in the post office)
- How changes in legislation have affected cross-border parcels
- Reducing the cost of returns
- What growth in cross-border e-commerce means for postal operators
- Risks in not paying duties and taxes
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