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Case study · Cross-docking

Thousands of SKU,
live across multiple sales channels

Shop & Trade has imported and distributed apparel, footwear and lifestyle brands since 1994, from a 20,000 square metre campus in Athens. We put its catalogue in front of the world, and it ships from its own stock.

Official site · shopandtrade.gr

  • SHOP AND TRADE S.A. - GREECE
  • Cross-docking
  • 35+ international brands
  • Licensed in 9 countries
1994distributing since
35international brands
9licence territories
The partner

Their showroom. Their brands.

18 seconds from Shop & Trade’s own home page. We run the channels; the building, the stock and the brands are theirs.

Shop & Trade’s own film, silentshopandtrade.gr →

The portfolio

One relationship, thirty-five brands.

Premium fashion

Guess, Liu Jo, Trussardi

With Antony Morato, Pepe Jeans, Tom Tailor, Hackett London and Desigual alongside.

Sport and outdoor

Diadora, Brooks, Hoka

Plus Ellesse, Odlo, North Sails and Chiemsee.

Footwear

Birkenstock, Lumberjack

The footwear side of the portfolio, licensed for the same territories.

Action sports

Billabong, Quiksilver, Roxy

With Burton, Volcom, Element and Nordica in the same family.

The operation

The broadest channel set we run for anyone.

Nearly every marketplace we operate touches this catalogue at some point. We are also an official Skroutz reseller for the portfolio.

Where it sells

Amazon Seller Central and FBA, and eBay.

Skroutz, eMAG and BestPrice.

Google Merchant and Google Ads, and Microsoft Ads.

Meta and Pinterest, with a live product catalogue.

Case studies

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The comparison

Same questions. Straight answers.

Shop & Trade runs on cross-docking. Here is that column beside the other four: same questions, straight answers, one sheet.

Specification D2C The Golden Ticket B2B2C Distributor Cross-docking Flow-through OaaS Operations as a Service AI transformation The stack, applied
Who holds the stock TPLWe buy everything, outright. TPLWe buy inventory per PO. YouWe order only what is sold. YouInventory never moves. YouNothing changes hands.
Whose accounts sell TPL'sWe are the merchant. TPL'sOur channel network. TPL'sOur listings, your stock. YoursYou keep the keys. YoursWe multiply, you run.
TPL Capital Investment High Medium Low Low Zero
Marketing spend TPL High Medium Low Zero Zero
Marketing spend Product Supplier Medium Zero Zero High High
Amazon FBA (Prime) Yes No No Yes Yes
USA Shipping Yes No No No No
Scale High Medium Low High High
Best when You make a strong product and want everything else off your desk. You supply volume and want proven channels without building D2C. Deep catalog or made-to-order: committing stock upfront makes no sense. You keep ownership and accounts; operations are what's eating you. The operation is the bottleneck: you want it multiplied, not outsourced.
The trade-off We take it on selectively: your brand must earn repeat purchases across borders. Less brand-building than D2C. We sell where demand already exists. Slower delivery promise than stocked models; margins are tighter for both of us. Your working capital stays tied up in inventory because you keep the inventory. Your people keep the work. They don't keep their habits.
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Which one fits? Pick the column that sounds like you, or just tell us what you make, and we’ll tell you the model that fits.

How cross-docking works →

Start

One email starts it. Your catalogue could be the next study here.

You have just read how we sell a seasonal fashion catalogue without either side warehousing it. Tell us what you carry, and we’ll tell you straight whether cross-docking fits, or which of the other 4 models does.

  1. 01

    You send one email. Catalogue size, categories, where your stock sits.

  2. 02

    We read it. No forms. No gatekeeping.

  3. 03

    We do the market research. A straight yes, no, or a different model.

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