Gründl is a supplier of hand-knitted yarns and haberdashery headquartered in Ingolstadt. Since its founding in the 1920s, the medium-sized company has evolved into a specialist in wool and haberdashery. For its recently launched D2C sales channel, Gründl was looking for a partner to handle order picking for direct-to-consumer business. The company found this partner in the Munich-based startup Everstox.
About the network of Everstox Retailers can build a scalable logistics and distribution network across Europe and bring their products to market across multiple markets and channels. The platform solution can be connected to shop, ERP, and marketplace systems. By optimizing and automating warehouse, inventory, and delivery processes, significant cost and time savings in day-to-day business are expected. Delivery times are also expected to be shortened.
E-commerce fulfillment a real challenge
"Our in-house team has very good, established logistics processes for the B2B sector. However, the challenges of e-commerce fulfillment, which is new to us, are fundamentally different – and quickly push us to our limits,"
thinks Sebastian Müller, Marketing and Sales Manager at Gründl. The end-customer business is characterized by individual parcel shipping with many individual details that are crucial for a successful unpacking experience for the end customer.
Transparent solution
"Everstox was able to overcome these challenges seamlessly and enabled us to perfectly set up the distribution logistics for our D2C division within two weeks. We were immediately convinced because, unlike many other providers we know from previous projects, Everstox's solution is completely transparent. And the operational implementation also worked smoothly from the start."
Müller continues.
Everstox has not only convinced new customers but also investors of its solution. Just last October, the Munich-based startup raised three million euros in growth financing Capnamic Ventures and Global Founders Capital joined as new investors, while Flash Ventures remained as an existing investor.
