Last-Mile Delivery Solution Shipsi Announces New Partners

Los Angeles-based Shipsi, a technology solution utilizing “last-mile” delivery services to shorten delivery time for retail customers “from days to hours,” has added new supply chain partners and announced that it has significantly expanded its coverage. Shipsi has expanded its coverage to 600 cities, from about 150 cities two years ago. The company leverages prescriptive analytics to connect retail customers in major metropolitan areas with last-mile delivery options such as Uber, Postmates and more. Founded in 2017, Shipsi is led by chief executive officer and cofounder Chelsie Lee, whose corporate exit from previous stints at Saks Fifth Avenue as well as five years at SPS Commerce, a leader in supply chain technology, was also backed by data. (Upon seeing the prototype, she quit her job to apply “meticulous focus” toward growing Shipsi, which announced a $1.8 million seed funding round in November.) Recognized as a 2018 TechStars alum, Shipsi is also a newly indoctrinated member of New York Tech Fashion Lab, as recently reported in WWD. The company’s “expanded list of partners” aims to “touch all aspects of omnichannel” and includes: Orderful, a cloud electronic data interchange solution; Rouge Advising, an e-commerce strategy firm; Guidance, digital commerce solutions, and Arka, custom boxes and branded

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