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| While the opportunities to convert both new and existing clients in this service -- with the opportunities to convert both new and existing clients in this service, we expect transportation management to continue contributing to top line growth moving forward |
| Based on our current visibility, our strong foundation and our growing pipeline opportunities, we also believe we remain primed to drive sustainable, double-digit growth over the longer term |
| So I'm proud of the score that's posted there |
| These products improve the speed with which we can launch and scale new fulfillment centers and client engagements alike, as well as increase the innovation in our sales cycle |
| Despite the strong conversion of sales opportunities into signed contracts during Q2, we are maintaining a very strong sales pipeline as we head into the back half of the year |
| I'm excited for the prospects of the company this year and into the future and I'm very proud of our sales and operational performance and our team's robust strategic execution through the first half of 2023 |
| Our strong fulfillment activity among current clients and the demand we have continued to address in our sales pipeline reflect the resiliency of the premier and luxury brands we serve across our core verticals and our strong reputation as a service provider to these verticals, which drives a high level of references from current and former clients and supports our strong sales pipeline |
| With our current visibility, we believe our pipeline remains strong as we enter the second half of the year |
| Overall, our pipeline opportunities and sales efforts continue to be focused on fulfillment and transportation services, reflecting the strong demand and growth prospects for our B2B and direct-to-consumer multi-node fulfillment services |
| We also launched a jewelry brand from our existing Dallas area facility and an apparel brand from one of our Memphis facilities, indicating strong ramp patterns for clients' regional fulfillment operations in the Western and Southwestern United States |
| Our growth was aided by our sustained progress with driving operational and cost efficiencies |
| Our swift and comprehensive ramp for this first client launch is a testament to the success of our multi-node expansion strategy and the strength of our playbook for brands in our core verticals |
| We continue to view the program as an extension of our confidence in our long-term growth trajectory |
| The work we have done to streamline and strengthen our foundation as a standalone order fulfillment provider reflects our confidence in the long-term trajectory for our business and our accompanying commitment to optimizing the value we create for our shareholders |
| Our newest fulfillment center openings have maintained our historical cadence of launching on average, two new facilities per year, further solidifying our proven expansion strategy |
| With our increased service fee revenue growth outlook and sustained profitability expectations for the full year, we are entering the second half of the year on confident footing |
| During the second quarter, we continued to drive growth in our fulfillment platform and execute on our strong sales pipeline |
| And frankly, with our ability to quickly launch a business, it's certainly well within the framework to see an opportunity in Q3, close and launch it before peak season |
| That's why we speak with confidence that we're projecting a pretty strong bookings season for the whole year |
| We feel really confident in the business that's out there |
| Our year-over-year and sequential improvements in this metric continued to reflect the benefits of increased productivity and the implementation of several pricing modifications last year, which began taking effect late in the year ago quarter and the latter half of 2022 |
| Our overall sales pipeline remains robust as Mike mentioned, we are currently tracking towards another strong Q3 as we work to close and launch several new deals ahead of peak season |
| I am extremely proud of our team's tireless efforts and commitment to delivering further strategic progress |
| These advantages present an opportunity to provide valuable solutions to our clients and increase the stickiness of our engagements through our transportation management service |
| The improvement reflects our ongoing client growth, sustained gross margin improvements and the benefits of our cost optimization initiatives |
| And we believe that, whether it's through the public market or with alternatives, we have an amazing opportunity right now with an asset that is very differentiated in the market, as you pointed out, Adam, compared to many of our competitors who are not enjoying the same success as we are |
| We delivered a 7% year-over-year increase in our service fee revenue, and our service fee gross margin continued to improve both sequentially and year-over-year |
| Another driver of our record bookings performance in the second quarter was our emerging transportation management services, which were coupled with our new order fulfillment contracts |
| Our performance has benefited from the robust custom consumer and service demand in our core verticals and platform offerings, respectively, as well as from the streamlined operational efficiencies we've driven as a result of our steady optimization initiatives |
| Our platform continued to perform strongly for existing clients as we addressed ongoing ramping demand in our sales pipeline |
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| What we saw really 2020 forward is a lot of disruption in the carrier space insomuch that some of the carriers actually restricted capacity for a number of clients that own their own carrier contracts |
| So we saw increasing costs and declining service on a macro level and as such, you saw disruptions start to occur where new entrants came into the market, specifically regional carriers, et cetera, and you start to see more of a fragmentation of what the carrier network could be |
| I apologize |
| And we also saw significant rising costs by way of surcharges from various carrier relationships |
| I was on mute |
| So to achieve this higher service fee revenue guidance, we will need to achieve over 10% service fee revenue growth in the second half of the year as we offset the incremental client onboarding and operating costs related to our new facilities prior to them becoming fully utilized |
| The growth during Q2 of this year was partially offset by reduced higher-margin non-fulfillment-related service fee revenue such as technology-related services and project activity |
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