America's Test Market · Zone 7 · 4–5 Day
Retail America tests everything in Columbus because the city mirrors the country. Run the fulfillment experiment too: 4–5 day ground from our Paramount, CA warehouse at Zone 7 rates, with pick fees that beat Midwest warehouse math for all but the biggest shippers.
Experiment CBUS-01
CONCLUDEDOwn Ohio warehouse
California 3PL
SIGNIFICANCE: 100% OF HIDDEN FEES ELIMINATED
The Arch City
Fastest-growing major Midwest metro
910K residents
Ohio State enrollment — 3rd largest in the U.S.
60,000 students
Intel megafab investment in New Albany
$20B
JPMorgan's largest workforce outside New York
HQ density
60K
students
AUG
the spike
Back-to-school is a logistics event at Ohio State. We hold surge inventory through summer, format dorm addresses correctly the first time, and scale pick labor for August and September — so student-targeted brands convert the spike instead of refunding it.
Three cohorts
Corporate gifting, employee swag, and onboarding kits for Nationwide, JPMorgan Chase, and the L Brands campuses — kitted, personalized, and drop-shipped to single docks or distributed lists.
Industrial and supplier shipments into New Albany and Licking County daily — PO routing, packing slips, and contractor-address deliveries across the construction zone.
Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works built national beauty retail from Columbus. We fulfill for the DTC brands feeding the same shopper base.
Coverage
Every Franklin County ZIP — plus Dublin, Westerville, Powell, and the Licking County growth corridor — on 4–5 day ground at Zone 7 rates.
Amazon FBA · CMH network
SPN-certified prep routed into the Etna, Obetz, and Groveport corridors — polybagging, FNSKU labeling, and compliance handled before your inventory leaves California.
Zone 7 transit, OSU surge handling, and central Ohio B2B from California.
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