Keeping online buyers happy is easy. All you have to do is flood the channel with so much inventory that you're never out of stock. And probably go out of business in the process.

360pi, a provider of price and product intelligence, has joined with brand-protection expert MarkMonitor to aid brands in identifying and addressing online threats to revenues and reputations.

The supply chain is core to how your business is run and its costs, profit and growth. With the increasing globalization of business, variable taxes and duties across trading borders have a huge impact on overall cost, supplier sourcing, manufacturing strategies and distribution network structure.