Hour Loop Partners with Return Helper to Tackle the Challenges of a High-Tariff Era
Hour Loop (NASDAQ: HOUR), a leading online retailer, has announced a strategic partnership with Return Helper to enhance its cross-border e-commerce supply chain operations between Taiwan and the U.S. This partnership comes as a response to increased U.S. tariffs on Taiwanese imports and the cancellation of de minimis tax exemptions in 2025.
Hour Loop, which manages over 100,000 products and works with 700+ suppliers, will leverage Return Helper's end-to-end solution including parcel receiving, compliance inspection, repackaging, and FBA fulfillment. The collaboration aims to mitigate inventory pressure from tariff adjustments, reduce time-to-market, and improve supply chain visibility. Return Helper operates across the U.S., Europe, and 15 Asian countries, with integration into major platforms like Amazon and Shopify.
Hour Loop (NASDAQ: HOUR), un importante rivenditore online, ha annunciato una partnership strategica con Return Helper per migliorare le operazioni della sua catena di approvvigionamento e-commerce transfrontaliera tra Taiwan e gli Stati Uniti. Questa collaborazione nasce in risposta all'aumento dei dazi statunitensi sulle importazioni taiwanesi e alla cancellazione delle esenzioni fiscali de minimis nel 2025.
Hour Loop, che gestisce oltre 100.000 prodotti e collabora con più di 700 fornitori, sfrutterà la soluzione completa di Return Helper, che include ricezione pacchi, ispezione di conformità, riconfezionamento e fulfillment FBA. L’obiettivo della collaborazione è ridurre la pressione sull’inventario dovuta agli adeguamenti tariffari, abbreviare i tempi di commercializzazione e migliorare la visibilità della catena di approvvigionamento. Return Helper opera negli Stati Uniti, in Europa e in 15 paesi asiatici, integrandosi con piattaforme principali come Amazon e Shopify.
Hour Loop (NASDAQ: HOUR), un destacado minorista en línea, ha anunciado una alianza estratégica con Return Helper para optimizar sus operaciones de cadena de suministro de comercio electrónico transfronterizo entre Taiwán y EE. UU. Esta colaboración surge como respuesta al aumento de los aranceles estadounidenses sobre las importaciones taiwanesas y la eliminación de las exenciones fiscales de minimis en 2025.
Hour Loop, que gestiona más de 100,000 productos y trabaja con más de 700 proveedores, aprovechará la solución integral de Return Helper, que incluye recepción de paquetes, inspección de cumplimiento, reempaque y cumplimiento FBA. La colaboración busca mitigar la presión sobre el inventario causada por los ajustes arancelarios, reducir el tiempo de comercialización y mejorar la visibilidad de la cadena de suministro. Return Helper opera en EE. UU., Europa y 15 países asiáticos, integrándose con plataformas principales como Amazon y Shopify.
Hour Loop (NASDAQ: HOUR)는 선도적인 온라인 소매업체로서 Return Helper와 전략적 파트너십을 체결하여 대만과 미국 간의 국경 간 전자상거래 공급망 운영을 강화한다고 발표했습니다. 이번 파트너십은 미국의 대만 수입품에 대한 관세 인상과 2025년부터 de minimis 세금 면제 취소에 대응하기 위한 조치입니다.
100,000개 이상의 제품을 관리하고 700개 이상의 공급업체와 협력하는 Hour Loop는 소포 수령, 규정 준수 검사, 재포장, FBA 이행을 포함한 Return Helper의 종합 솔루션을 활용할 예정입니다. 이번 협력은 관세 조정으로 인한 재고 압박을 완화하고, 시장 출시 시간을 단축하며, 공급망 가시성을 향상시키는 것을 목표로 합니다. Return Helper는 미국, 유럽, 15개 아시아 국가에서 운영되며 Amazon과 Shopify 같은 주요 플랫폼과 통합되어 있습니다.
Hour Loop (NASDAQ: HOUR), un détaillant en ligne majeur, a annoncé un partenariat stratégique avec Return Helper pour optimiser ses opérations de chaîne d'approvisionnement e-commerce transfrontalière entre Taïwan et les États-Unis. Ce partenariat intervient en réponse à l'augmentation des tarifs américains sur les importations taïwanaises et à la suppression des exonérations fiscales de minimis en 2025.
Hour Loop, qui gère plus de 100 000 produits et collabore avec plus de 700 fournisseurs, s'appuiera sur la solution complète de Return Helper incluant la réception des colis, l'inspection de conformité, le reconditionnement et le fulfillment FBA. Cette collaboration vise à atténuer la pression sur les stocks liée aux ajustements tarifaires, réduire le time-to-market et améliorer la visibilité de la chaîne d'approvisionnement. Return Helper opère aux États-Unis, en Europe et dans 15 pays asiatiques, avec une intégration aux principales plateformes telles qu'Amazon et Shopify.
Hour Loop (NASDAQ: HOUR), ein führender Online-Händler, hat eine strategische Partnerschaft mit Return Helper angekündigt, um seine grenzüberschreitenden E-Commerce-Lieferketten zwischen Taiwan und den USA zu verbessern. Diese Partnerschaft reagiert auf die erhöhten US-Zölle auf taiwanesische Importe und die Abschaffung der de-minimis-Steuerbefreiungen im Jahr 2025.
Hour Loop, das über 100.000 Produkte verwaltet und mit mehr als 700 Lieferanten zusammenarbeitet, wird die End-to-End-Lösung von Return Helper nutzen, die Paketannahme, Compliance-Inspektion, Umverpackung und FBA-Fulfillment umfasst. Die Zusammenarbeit zielt darauf ab, den Lagerdruck durch Zollanpassungen zu verringern, die Markteinführungszeit zu reduzieren und die Transparenz der Lieferkette zu verbessern. Return Helper ist in den USA, Europa und 15 asiatischen Ländern tätig und integriert sich in große Plattformen wie Amazon und Shopify.
- Partnership with Return Helper expected to streamline operations and reduce supply chain costs
- Enhanced supply chain visibility and faster time-to-market through end-to-end logistics solution
- Access to Return Helper's global logistics network across U.S., Europe, and 15 Asian countries
- Integration with major e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Shopify
- Increased cost pressures due to higher U.S. tariffs on Taiwanese imports
- Cancellation of de minimis tax exemptions affecting operational costs
- Intensifying competition on platforms like Amazon requiring additional operational adjustments
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Hour Loop's partnership with Return Helper addresses rising tariff pressures and intensifying competition through supply chain optimization.
This strategic partnership between Hour Loop and Return Helper comes at a critical time for cross-border e-commerce operators. The increased U.S. tariffs on Taiwanese imports and the elimination of de minimis tax exemptions create significant cost pressures for Hour Loop's business model. These regulatory changes fundamentally alter the economics of cross-border selling.
What's particularly significant is how this partnership addresses multiple supply chain vulnerabilities simultaneously. Return Helper's end-to-end U.S. market solution provides Hour Loop with localized operations covering parcel receiving, compliance inspection, repackaging, and FBA fulfillment. This localization strategy isn't merely about cost mitigation—it's about competitive positioning on Amazon's platform where fulfillment speed and reliability are increasingly determining factors in marketplace success.
For a company managing over 100,000 products from 700+ suppliers, the logistics complexity cannot be overstated. The partnership should deliver three critical advantages: reduced time-to-market (critical for trend-responsive inventory management), enhanced supply chain visibility (crucial for managing working capital efficiently), and more precise control over sales rhythms on Amazon (essential for algorithm optimization).
The move reflects a sophisticated response to the evolving cross-border e-commerce landscape, where companies must balance regulatory compliance, platform performance metrics, and cost control simultaneously. By leveraging Return Helper's existing integration with Amazon and its global logistics network, Hour Loop is effectively outsourcing supply chain optimization without losing control of its core merchandising strategy.
As U.S. tariffs rise and platform competition intensifies, Hour Loop seeks to upgrade supply chain strategy through partnership with Return Helper
Redmond, WA, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hour Loop, Inc. (“Hour Loop” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HOUR), a leading online retailer, today announced a strategic partnership with Return Helper, aiming to address the challenges of a high-tariff era and enhance the cross-border e-commerce supply chain between Taiwan and the U.S.
In 2025, cross-border sellers are facing unprecedented challenges.
The U.S. has increased tariffs on imports from Taiwan and other regions while canceling de minimis tax exemptions, significantly escalating cost pressures cross-border sellers such as Hour Loop. Meanwhile, competition on platforms like Amazon has reached new heights, driving greater demands for faster logistics and enhanced supply chain transparency.
In this new landscape, the Company believes building localized operations has become a key to sustainable growth.
Recently, Hour Loop partnered with Return Helper, a Hong Kong-based cross-border logistics specialist, to upgrade its U.S. warehousing and supply chain operations, leveraging more efficient and flexible local services to navigate the evolving market dynamics.
Hour Loop has long been a major player in the U.S. e-commerce sector, working with over 700 suppliers and managing a portfolio of more than 100,000 products. After successfully listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market in 2022, Hour Loop continues to scale its business and seeks higher efficiency and tighter cost control across its supply chain.
Through this collaboration, Return Helper will provide Hour Loop with an end-to-end solution in the U.S. market, covering parcel receiving, compliance inspection, repackaging, and rapid FBA fulfillment.
This streamlined operation is expected to not only help mitigate inventory pressure caused by tariff adjustments, but to also significantly shorten time-to-market, enhance supply chain visibility, and enable Hour Loop to better control sales rhythms—ultimately boosting its Amazon platform performance.
Return Helper operates a global logistics network across the U.S., Europe, and 15 countries in Asia, fully integrated with major e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and Shopify. With a focus on supply chain optimization, inventory revalorization (ReCommerce), and smart warehousing solutions, Return Helper helps cross-border brands reduce operational costs, improve inventory turnover, and maximize asset value.
About Hour Loop, Inc.
Hour Loop is an online retailer engaged in e-commerce retailing in the U.S. market. It has operated as a third-party seller on www.amazon.com and has sold merchandise on its website at www.hourloop.com since 2013. Hour Loop further expanded its operations to other marketplaces such as Walmart, eBay, and Etsy. To date, Hour Loop has generated practically all its revenue as a third-party seller on www.amazon.com and only a negligible amount of revenue from its own website and other marketplaces. Hour Loop manages more than 100,000 stock-keeping units (“SKUs”). Product categories include home/garden décor, toys, kitchenware, apparel, and electronics. Hour Loop’s primary strategy is to bring most of its vendors’ product selections to the customers. It has advanced software that assists Hour Loop in identifying product gaps so it can keep such products in stock year-round including the entirety of the last quarter (holiday season) of the calendar year. In upcoming years, Hour Loop plans to expand its business rapidly by increasing the number of business managers, vendors, and SKUs.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements," including with respect to Hour Loop’s business strategy, product development and industry trends. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of Hour Loop. While Hour Loop believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on any such forward-looking statements, which are based on information available to Hour Loop on the date of this release. These forward-looking statements are based upon current estimates and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, those set forth in Hour Loop’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the same may be updated from time to time. Thus, actual results could be materially different. Hour Loop undertakes no obligation to update these statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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