ZONE 7 · 5-DAY GROUND · THE RESEARCH TRIANGLE

Three cities. One clean lane.

The Triangle is the smartest metro in the South — and it checks the math. From Paramount, California we reach Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill in 5 ground days at Zone 7 rates, a full zone cheaper than DC, Boston, or New York. One flat quote, no hidden variables, results that replicate on every order.

THE TRIANGLE, SOLVED

A

DURHAM · DUKE

American Tobacco District renters, a world-class medical campus, and Durham's startup scene — dense, young, and ordering constantly.

B

CHAPEL HILL · UNC

A college town in full — student apparel, dorm-life SKUs, and Franklin Street retail restocks every semester.

C

RALEIGH · NC STATE

The state capital plus the Triangle's biggest city — government offices, tech employers, and North Hills shoppers.

YOUR INVENTORY REACH

One 5-day Zone 7 lane from California covers all three vertices — no split stock, no East Coast warehouse markup.

Zone 7

cheaper than the Zone 8 Northeast

5 days

ground transit

2M+

Triangle residents

THE LAB BENCH

Built for a metro that runs experiments

Research Triangle Park is the largest research park in the country. The work coming out of it — biotech, pharma, enterprise tech — demands fulfillment with documentation, lot control, and zero improvisation.

BIOTECH KITTING

RTP hosts IBM, Cisco, GSK, and hundreds of biotech employers. We run kitting and assembly programs for brands serving those campuses — custom assembly, lot tracking, and routing-guide compliant B2B delivery.

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS

Licensed apparel, spirit goods, and orientation kits for the Triangle's three flagship schools — bookstore B2B plus direct-to-student D2C during enrollment season.

FBA ROUTING

SPN-certified prep routed to the FCs serving Triangle inventory — FNSKU-labeled, polybagged, and split-shipment compliant before the truck leaves California.

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SEMESTER SURGE

Three campuses put the Triangle on an academic clock. We staff for every cycle — move-in crates to championship merch — without peak surcharges.

MOVE-IN · AUGMARCH MADNESS · MARGRADUATION · MAYQ4 PEAK · NOV-DEC

PEER REVIEWED

Three buyer segments, replicated results

RTP PROFESSIONALS

The PhD-dense ZIP codes

One of the most educated metros in America, with income to match. Supplements, tech accessories, and premium D2C move fast with buyers who read the label — and the reviews.

SUBURBAN FAMILIES

Cary, Apex, Wake Forest

Some of the fastest-growing, most affluent suburbs in the Southeast. Baby products, home goods, and subscription boxes land on Zone 7 rates the Northeast can't match.

STUDENT MARKET

100,000+ students, three campuses

NC State, Duke, and UNC stack a six-figure student population inside one metro. Apparel, dorm gear, and lifestyle brands get semester-cycle demand you can plan around.

2M+

Triangle residents

Zone 7

one zone cheaper than DC/NYC

5 days

ground transit

$0

hidden fees, ever

Every corner of the Triangle, one schedule

5-day Zone 7 ground covers all three cities and the suburbs between them — downtown condos, campus dorms, and Cary cul-de-sacs track exactly the same.

Downtown RaleighNorth HillsNC State / Hillsborough St.CaryApexDurhamChapel HillWake Forest

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