This was the second year Frontline Distribution has attended the Outdoor Retailer at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake, and my how things have changed. We now have a firm foot hold in the Stand Up Paddle or SUP market, and are garnering more and more interest from the Kayak and other outdoor equipment manufacturers. We started attending this Outdoor Sporting Equipment convention simply because we like and use a lot of the equipment this industry produces. But what started out of simply passion for the sports we enjoy in our free time, has because become a bit of a hall mark and amazing growth market for our company.
If you want to truly understand the benefits our Company can provide with its 15 and growing distribution centers bring to the table, you need look no further than our impressive and growing list of Stand Up Paddle Boards clients. Let’s face it, these boards are long, heavy, and fairly fragile in caparison to a fork lift. So instead of braving the long multi-cross dock freight runs cross country, we have made set up a SUP distribution network using multiple warehouses on either coast. In these select market warehouses, we can then receive, warehouse, cross pack, and fulfill orders for the industry via small parcel and freight, although the lions share goes out freight.
Making use of our bi-coastal 15 warehouse locations we can reduce the handling of the boards, reduce the transit times, reduce damages associated with long transits, and in almost all cases greatly reduce the overall cost of getting these great products to market. Another outdoor retailer equipment market that I feel we are going to greatly benefit is the Kayak market. We received a marked uptick in interest from many of the Kayak Manufacturers at the show, and I feel it is only a matter of time before they start using select opposite coast warehouse locations within our network to greatly reduce their cost of getting boats to market. We have also been approached by more than a few kayak manufacturers whom have outgrown their domestic manufacturer’s ability to fulfill and ship their orders so we are beginning to offer them flex seasonal fulfillment closer to their end customers with our very scalable and robust infrastructure.
Over all this is one of the most exciting trade shows of the year we attend and we see no end in sight to the benefits we can bring to the heavier equipment (SUP, Kayak, and outdoor furniture industries) and nutrition/ supplement vendors that focus on the outdoor industry. We are proud to be growing in this industry and excited about the products that come out of it.
Please let us know if we can be of assistance to your company and its distribution needs now or in the future, we would be excited to work with you. Currently we can receive, de-vanning, warehousing, cross packing and fulfilling orders via small parcel and freight out of first in class warehouse locations in Seattle WA., Portland OR., Oakland CA., Los Angeles, CA, Phoenix AZ. Houston, TX, Laredo TX., Saint Louis, MO., Chicago, IL., Syracuse, NY., Columbus, OH., Atlanta, GA., and Miami FL. With all these distribution options you owe it to yourself to give us a call and let us put a proposal together for you!
We hope to see you at the next Outdoor Retailer show and thank you for all the opportunities this year, it has been amazing!
This was Frontline Distribution’s second time to the Surfaces flooring trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada. As much as we love dealing in Outdoor equipment and other industries, flooring is really the industry that allowed us to grow our company from the ground up. Lets face it, flooring and flooring related products and stone are heavy and costly to distribute. With our 15 regional warehouse location in the USA and Canadian markets we can receive your containers in the port of your choice, stage your flooring material closest to your end customers, and cross pack and dispatch your orders regionally to the end customer of your choice.
In a high cost distribution industry focused on price and quality there could not be a more efficient, cost effective, and scalable supply chain distribution solutions for you. Also by outsourcing your distribution to the pros at Frontline it allows you to focus on the parts of your business that you enjoy the most, sourcing material, designing products, and sales and brand management.
So if you are looking for a more streamlined, cost effective and scalable distribution solution, for your flooring related business please give us a call. We would be very happy to strategize with you and give you a firm pricing proposal based on your current and future growth requirements. So go on, grow your empire from anywhere, and let us handle the rest! Services provided included importing containers, port drayage, warehousing, pick and pack, and freight and small parcel regional or nationwide distribution
This was the first year that Frontline Distribution has attended the SIA ski and snowboard expo in DenverColorado. Our initially impression is that this was one of the most dynamic, busy, outdoor industry trade shows that we have been to in the last couple of years. You could almost feel the excitement in air and the exhibitors and attendees passion for their outdoor industry.
All we can say is we feel the same, and have been skiing and riding almost since we were hatched 30 some odd years ago and this is definitely an industry we would like to bring some distribution efficiency to. Probably what most interesting thing we saw at the show is the resurgence of small enterprising companies starting to make kick ass skis and snowboards in the US again. It seems from what we saw, that the most exciting hubs for domestic ski design and production are coming out of Colorado and Lake Tahoe CA/NV. We couldn’t be happier to see dynamic, young, passion driven companies starting to make innovative ski and snowboard related products in the US market again.
With that said Frontline Distribution is dedicated to helping the ski and snowboard related industry with forward thinking, highly efficient supply chain distribution and freight solutions. Especially since much of this industry is so highly seasonal with regards to its throughput. There is really no reason to hold a long term lease when you can contract us for just the time you need warehousing and distribution related services. With our 15 regional warehouses, legions of staff, customizable pick pack shipment prep, and access to substantial freight discounts with all the major and regional carriers, you could not pick a better poised partner to help with your snow sports related distribution. Did we forget to mention that we are also long term riders that would be stoked to partner with you to better your lead times and cost to market!
If you are a ski or snowboard related sports company that is looking for a highly scalable, efficient, and cost effective manner to distribute and cross dock your products into any region of the USA, Canada, and Europe please let us know how we can be of service. We would be excited to strategize with you for the upcoming season, and give you a firm pricing offer for whatever supply chain type distribution solutions you may require. We look forward to speaking with you soon,
This is market that is traditionally plagued by high costs, high damages, and inefficient shipping and distribution costs across the board due to their large cumbersome products. By brain storming new ways of using our vast warehouse and distribution capacity we have helped SUP and surf board related companies warehouse and fulfill order closer to their end customers, greatly reduce damages associated with long shipping distances, reduce shipping related lead times to 1-2 days , and reduce overall LTL Freight/ shipping cost by 25-50% in most cases.
If you are in the Stand up Paddle board or surfboard related business you owe it to yourselves to at least have a conversation with us and see what we can do for you and your company. If nothing else you will have another good, economical option for how you can get your products to market competitively in any market in the continental USA or Canada.
Aside from the Usually freight shipping and distribution related business and making new friends at the expo, we had a chance to see some great new game changing products, see Tony Hawk and some other veterans of the Bones Brigade days tear up the Quicksilver half pipe. It also didn’t hurt that Oneill and Lost really know how to throw a party and say thanks to there buyers and suppliers!
If you are in the surf related products company, from Stand Up Paddle boards, to surf boards, to skateboards, to swim wear and surf apparel we have distribution solutions for you. From distributed warehousing, to picking and packing of small time consuming and repetitive items like bikinis and swim wear, Frontline Distribution not only has a first in class supply chain solution for you, but we would be stoked to work with you and your merchandise! This truly is the best of both worlds, getting a great cost effective and efficient service from a company whom is truly excited about your industry and surf/ beach related products.
Please let me know if you have any upcoming LTL freight, supply chain or distribution related requirements you would like us to price out!
Hope to talk to you soon, and I hope it’s a great year!
It really comes down to this, we like bikes, we like riding bikes, and we like being involved and helping the bicycle related industries with our shipping, warehousing, and distribution services. With that said, this was our second annual pilgrimage to Interbike in Las Vegas and all we can say is awesome! What a great industry and what great products that are even going to become more and more relevant as gas pricing continue to go up over time.
The bicycle industry and distribution and order fulfillment of bike manufacturer’s products is some thing that Frontline Distribution is dedicated to the core on. We have a highly robust, and scalable, and massively cost effective system in place for the bike industry and we are already proving it by helping such up and comers and the massively popular Linus Bikes and others.
This just happens to be a passion of our and as luck would have it, another industry that is plagued by large, cumbersome, and costly products to ship and distribute. Currently Frontline Distribution can receive your containers from the port of your preference, de-van, warehouse and stage your bikes or bike related products in any one of our 15 and counting warehouses in the USA and Canadian Markets.
At this point we are able to receive, warehouse and fulfill bike orders for around $7-8/ bike and by staging them in the warehouse of your choice closest to your end consumer we can drastically reduce your UPS/FEDEX or Freight distribution costs. Not to mention by using our multi-regional distribution facilities closer to your end customers you can take advantage even more of our heavily discounted regional freight tariffs and greatly reduce any transit related damages!
What have you got to lose, give us a call, we love bikes, we are experts in distribution and supply chain matters, and we would be super excited to earn our pro deal on our slowly amassing company quiver of bikes! See you next year and we hope to talk to you soon!
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It really comes down to this, we like bikes, we like riding bikes, and we like being involved and helping the bicycle related industries with our shipping, warehousing, and distribution services. With that said, this was our second annual pilgrimage to Interbike in