332: Make Fulfilment Easy and Sustainable, with Renewal Logistics
Courtney Folk is the CEO and co-founder of Renewal Logistics, a woman-owned 3PL specializing in sustainable fulfillment for apparel and consumer goods. She leveraged the unique expertise gained from scaling her family's restoration dry cleaning business to solve complex logistical challenges for a major apparel brand, which became the catalyst for her company. Folk champions a problem-solving approach, helping clients manage high return rates, execute complex rework, and build circular supply chains. She passionately believes that with the right partner, brands can turn returned inventory from a liability into a valuable asset, enhancing both profitability and sustainability.
Today I’m joined by Renewal Logistics, a high-volume, high-throughput, collaborative and sustainability-focused woman-owned logistics company.
Renewal Logistics are an e-commerce fulfillment and third party logistics company with a specialty in apparel and consumer goods, partnering with eco-friendly brands that have outgrown in-house fulfillment and require flexible and scalable, on-demand solutions.
Today Courtney Folk, CEO and co-founder of Renewal Logistics, joins me to chat all about the company; how fulfillment and logistics are changing; creating exceptional brand experiences; and how they are leading the circular movement, through processing returns from your favorite national retailers.
Courtney’s background, how her husband’s family dry cleaning business led her to co-found Renewal logistics and an overview of the company’s growth.
How the landscape of e-commerce, fulfillment, logistics and sustainability has changed, and the current industry challenges.
A closer look at Renewal’s services, and how they’re helping customers tackle key industry challenges.
The ideal client for Renewal Logistics.
How Renewal manages the popular trend of subscription boxes.
The importance of building circular supply chains, and how a focus on returns and sustainability can give businesses a competitive advantage.
The future for Renewal Logistics.
Resources & Links Mentioned
- Head over to Renewal Logistics website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with Renewal Logistics and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube or Instagram, or you can connect with Courtney on LinkedIn.
- If you enjoyed this episode, and want to hear more from Courtney, check out 328: Blended – Breaking the Class Ceiling, where Courtney joins a panel of industry leaders to discuss the sometimes controversial subject of classism.
- And if you’re interested in hearing more about the fashion and apparel industries, why not listen to 223: Women In Supply Chain™, Tara St James, featuring Tara St James: fashion designer, sustainable design strategist and responsible supply chain consultant, or 239: Women In Supply Chain™, Joanna MacDonald, featuring entrepreneur, fashion designer, communications and training specialist and philanthropist, Joanna MacDonald.
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