DEERFIELD, Ill. and PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 14,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Essendant announced today it has
expanded its marketplace operations to now include offering
products from key brand partners on Mercado
Libre, the largest online marketplace serving Mexico, Central and South America.
The new partnership with Mercado
Libre is Essendant's first foray into the Latin American
market and entails a robust product selection of power and hand
tools from top brands.
"Mercado Libre has immense reach
internationally, so this is a critical expansion for Essendant's
Connected Commerce program. It not only gives us a foothold into 18
Latin American countries but offers huge potential for us to help
brands sell their products to a broader audience of consumers,"
said David Boone, Interim CEO of
Essendant.
After months of developing the partnership with Mercado Libre and curating a selection of brands
and products that would appeal to the Latin American market,
Essendant's selection went live on Mercado
Libre's platforms the first week of October.
To learn more about Essendant's commerce and fulfillment
solutions, visit Essendant.com/connected-commerce. To begin a
partnership, go to Essendant.com/get-started-fulfillment.
About Essendant
We Provide the Better Way to Commerce:
Essendant is a distribution and commerce company that provides
wholesale distribution and fulfillment services (3PL) to resellers
and brands, helping them expand their paths to growth, improve
their customer experience, and optimize their supply chain to meet
the demands of commerce today. Essendant empowers customers with
best-in-class distribution capabilities for accurate and timely
delivery anywhere in the U.S., system integrations that enable
commerce from point of sale to delivery, a broad product assortment
stocked for optimal distribution throughout its network, and
eCommerce services that support online selling. With 100 years of
experience, Essendant fuels growth for thousands of customers
including independent resellers, retailers, B2B distributors,
manufacturers, and eCommerce businesses, ranging from startups to
multinational corporations. For more information on Essendant,
visit https://www.essendant.com/.
About Mercado
Libre
Founded in 1999, MercadoLibre, Inc (NASDAQ:
Meli) is the leading company in e-commerce technology and digital
financial services in Latin
America, with operations in 18 countries. It offers a
complete ecosystem of solutions for individuals and businesses to
buy, sell, advertise, obtain credit and insurance, collect, send
money, save, and pay for goods and services both online and
offline. Mercado Libre looks to
facilitate access to commerce and financial services in
Latin America, a market that
offers great opportunities and high growth potential. It uses
world-class technology to create intuitive solutions tailored to
the local culture to transform the lives of millions of people in
the region. More information at
http://investor.mercadolibre.com/.
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