Apparel ships light but returns heavy, and carriers price both against you. We model your real mix of poly mailers, boxes, and returns to cut rates, kill surcharge leakage, and recover every claim.
Apparel brands move huge parcel volume on thin margins, and the cost structure works against you in three predictable ways.
Free returns are table stakes in apparel, but reverse logistics and restocking quietly double your effective shipping cost per order.
A poly mailer weighs nothing, but dimensional weight rules can bill it like a box. Most apparel shippers overpay on DIM without knowing it.
Nearly every apparel shipment is residential, and peak surcharges hit hardest in Q4 when your volume is highest.
We pair software that catches every error with experts who renegotiate the terms underneath them.
Our team negotiates apparel-specific rate structures using your real volume.
Rate Negotiations →ActiveAudit flags dimensional and accessorial overcharges and disputes them automatically.
ActiveAudit →SimpleClaims files and tracks every eligible loss and damage claim end to end.
SimpleClaims →CarrierWatch monitors time-in-transit and SLAs so Q4 promises hold.
CarrierWatch →Apparel shippers commonly leave money on the table across three layers at once: above-market rates, unaudited surcharges, and unfiled claims. We work all three together, so the savings compound.
Yes. Returns are central to apparel economics, so we factor reverse-logistics cost into every rate and carrier-mix recommendation.
Often, yes. We analyze how your carrier applies DIM rules to your packaging and target the divisor and minimums in negotiation, while ActiveAudit catches misapplied DIM charges.
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