Mall Owners Open Micro Distribution Hubs For E-Commerce Fulfillment

In an era where e-commerce fulfillment has become a competitive differentiator,  mall owners are evolving their operations to work with tech-enabled logistics companies to establish micro-distribution hubs in their retail centers. Today more than 60% of mall-based retailers have ship-from-store capability, with malls averaging 950 to 3,200 packages shipped daily, according to Fillogic, the logistics-as-a-service platform.

“Property owners, retailers, and freight delivery networks have long inhabited the same ecosystem, but until now they have not operated as an integrated network,” Bill Thayer, co-founder and co-CEO of Fillogic, says in prepared remarks. According to Thayer, tech-enabled mall-based solutions are designed to aggregate demand and maximize efficiencies for all stakeholders.