Crystal Creek Blog
Stay current with news and insights from Crystal Creek. Covering fulfillment, ecommerce, green fulfillment, shipping, and more!
Reno is Moving Swiftly!
August 30, 2018
Our Newest Facility is Almost Ready! We’re beyond happy with how quickly things are coming together in our Reno facility. Before you know it we’ll be up and ready to begin shipping frozen fulfillment from our newest location!
New UPS Surcharges
August 30, 2018
An Overview of the Three Increases This year UPS implemented 3 increases to surcharges for: oversized pallets (with an additional shipping charge correction audit fee); ground fuel surcharges; and the large package surcharge (with an additional fee for domestic packages exceeding 70 lbs). What do these surcharges mean? Over maximum or oversized pallet charges impact…
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Going Green with Warehousing?
July 31, 2018
Tips for an Eco-friendly Warehouse Telematic services offer proactive monitoring of fuel costs to help companies lower fuel expenses, allowing companies to “eliminate earmarks” and increase their overall profitability. Sustainable lighting allows companies to reduce rates in usage and consumption. Autonomous energy management systems aid in overseeing the consumption of heating, electricity, gas, and water,…
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10 Years & Counting!
May 28, 2018
We’re celebrating our first decade of business! This month marks Crystal Creek’s 10th anniversary of being in business, and we wanted to share with you a just a few accomplishments we’re extraordinarily proud of since we began in 2008. 2008 Crystal Creek Logistics was founded and our very first package was shipped. 2010 We opened…
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The Push to E-Commerce
May 28, 2018
Sales are up and stores are closing. With the recent surge in popularity for online shopping, many stores (referred to as brick and mortar locations) are facing closures. As a result many of these stores are investing in their online sales. According to MossAdams’s Online Retail Market Monitor report – citing the U.S. Dept of…
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Weather and Natural Disaster Policy
February 27, 2018
An Effort to Keep Your Shipments Safe We would like to take the time to reiterate our weather and natural disaster policy. When we are alerted about dangerous weather conditions, decisions about shipping must be made quickly; we’ve developed a plan for this, but we understand that some of our client’s may prefer to retain…
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Welcome to Reno!
January 25, 2018
Our newest location We’re very excited to announce our newest location in Reno, Nevada; where we’re ready to fulfill more of your distribution needs to help your company grow! Crystal Creek Logistics Reno 9250 Red Rock Road – Suite C Reno, NV 89508 For Dock Appointments and Deliveries, please contact us at (360) 778-1543
Crystal Creek Carbon Neutral Shipping
January 25, 2018
Offsetting carbon emissions by planting hundreds of Garry oak trees. Crystal Creek ships thousands of packages each month. Like many of our customers, we are concerned about the impact of our activities on the environment. Our planet is facing an unprecedented environmental crisis, and as a Certified B Corporation Crystal Creek wants to be part…
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Happy Holidays!
December 19, 2017
May your days be filled with peace, hope, and joy this holiday season. As always, thank you for your business, loyalty, and support. Sincerely, All of us at Crystal Creek Logistics! Ferndale, WA Hastings, NE Richmond, VA
Gratitude: Our Way of Doing Business
November 22, 2017
Gratitude can be a way of life by maintaining a positive outlook and celebrating successes big and small (among other things). Crystal Creek’s core values include taking care of oneself, one another and our customers. Doing this with intention in all we do creates a happier and healthier environment plus a whole lot of gratitude.…
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The Future of Freight Transport is Coming Down the Road
November 22, 2017
Zero to 60 mph in 20 seconds – Fully Loaded! The future of electric freight transport has been unveiled by Tesla. With an anticipated operating cost of $1.26 per mile, the electric semi will be 17% more efficient than its diesel counterpart. Additional highlights presented by Elon Musk include a 500 mile range, “thermonuclear explosion-proof…
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Reverse Logistics
August 21, 2017
Maintaining Customer Loyalty Maintaining customer loyalty is important, and one of the best ways to ensure your customers come back, involves targeting the process of returns. Making it easy and painless for customers to return products back to you should be just as important as shipping the product to the customer. UPS’s “The 5 R’s…
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Thinking of Going Global?
August 21, 2017
Tips to Overcome the Hurdle of Global Shipping Making the commitment to international shipping is a big step. From finding the fastest and most efficient shipping options, to securing your intellectual property – a lot goes into succeeding in foreign market. UPS has some great tips and resources to help you make that first step.…
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We’re Expanding!
July 17, 2017
New Production Facility in Virginia We’re finally doing it! In Virginia we’ve got a new and larger production facility in the works, which means more space! Better for business all around! We’re nearly complete and we fully intend to move over to our new facility this week! We’re excited for this expansion and we hope…
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The Unboxing Experience
July 17, 2017
Consider Your Packaging Many companies go out of their way to create a great customer shopping experience, but some companies go beyond that and consider how the customer interacts with the products they order. This is generally referred to as the unboxing experience. Considering your packaging is a great way to make an impression on…
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Mission Accomplished!
April 17, 2017
Go Crystal Creek! Crystal Creek donated 7,400 trees to Whatcom County here in the beautiful state of Washington. With the help of the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association (NSEA), we spent our St. Patrick’s Day last month planting 200 of those trees!
Our Partnership with 3Degrees
April 17, 2017
Offsetting Scope 2 Emissions We’ve taken another step in offsetting our emissions by partnering with 3Degrees for their Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) program. With that we’re able to purchase wind energy to offset our Scope 2 emissions for the next 3 years! A partnership with 3Degrees is a great way to explore your corporation’s environmental…
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Join Crystal Creek in Restoring Streamside Salmon Habitat
March 2, 2017
Crystal Creek, in partnership with the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, will be planting native shrubs and trees to restore priority salmon habitat along Whiskey Creek in Ferndale. The public is welcome, and encouraged, to join us for this fun planting event. Friday, March 17, 2017 1:00 – 3:00 PM 6104 Portal Way Ferndale, WA Bring sturdy…
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Carbon Offsets
January 23, 2017
For Scope 1 Carbon Emissions! It’s no small effort that goes into offsetting our carbon emissions. From installing solar panels on our roof, to powering our building with 100% clean wind energy, we strive to do more to decrease our carbon footprint! It’s part of what being a B-Corp company is all about! Last year…
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Ready for 2017?
January 23, 2017
The New Year has officially arrived! Looking for a few ideas to help you better prepare for the year? Forbes published a great article to help remind businesses what they can do to best prepare for what 2017 holds! Check it out!
Develop a Social Strategy!
January 23, 2017
How you present yourself matters. Its no surprise that the more available technology becomes, the more we engage in social media to connect with the advancing world around us. Have you developed a social strategy to help increase your sales? Dotcom Distribution created a blog with some great pointers to help get your business some…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 24, 2016
From all of us here at Crystal Creek, a sincere Thank You! We are so grateful to be surrounded by wonderful family and friends like you, and we wish you the Happiest of Holidays this winter season. (Go Hawks!) Not Pictured: The Richmond Team
The Holiday Season is Approaching
November 22, 2016
And we want to start it this year by Giving Thanks. Our incredible partnerships have paved the way to so many successes this year, benefiting not only the companies that support us, but also the sustainability and green initiatives we work toward – and continue to happily march on in our efforts to help improve…
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Happy “B” Day!
October 22, 2016
B-Corp for a Year! Here at Crystal Creek, we’re celebrating our first year as a B-Corp certified company! It’s been a wonderful experience so far and we’re looking forward to the years to come!
Peak Season is Approaching
October 22, 2016
Winter is coming! With the holiday season fast approaching, many companies are preparing for the rush, and so are we. We prepared a holiday letter for our clients to help them and us better prepare for success this holiday season. Some key points we touched on are: FedEx and UPS Ground service money-back guarantee suspention…
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WWU Alliance
October 22, 2016
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management Program We have been huge advocates of the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management (MSCM) program at Western Washington University. Through our involvement with the program, Crystal Creek has become fairly close with MSCM program Professors Peter Haug and Denny Organ. They often send us students whom they believe would be…
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Best for the World 2016 Conference
September 21, 2016
Every year B Lab holds a Best for the World conference, wherein companies that go above and beyond the pursuit of having a positive impact on the world are recognized for their efforts. We participated in the conference and while the main event itself has already passed, the list and stories of the honorees are…
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Powered by the Sun
August 20, 2016
Renewable Energy Milestone Last year a 9.9 kW photovoltaic system was installed on our south-facing roof by Western Solar. Since they were installed, our Solar Panels have produced over 7,000 KWH offsetting over 4 Metric Tons of CO2 emissions. That’s enough energy to charge nearly 1.3 million phones! Check it out for yourself!
Meet our Little River
August 20, 2016
Crystal Creek welcomes a new family member! Account Manager Dana recently returned to work after bringing this lovely wiggler into the world… and no one can seem to get enough of her! River occasionally joins us in the Ferndale home office where her bright smiles keep the mood light. Here she is taking a well-deserved…
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Recycling your foam.
July 17, 2016
We encourage it! One of the biggest worries we have being a fulfillment company that handles a whole lot of frozen shipments, is what happens with the EPS foam and styrofoam coolers we use. Turns out a lot of people don’t know that EPS foam is recyclable, typically because their local recycling collectors don’t accept…
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