Riley Life and Kinder Soles featured today in Raleigh News & Observer
See the article in full here. Here is a preview: A little more than a year ago, local boy Mark Saad launched Kinder Soles, a socially conscious footwear company specializing in flip-flops made of recycled materials. Now he’s teamed with Chris Bingham of Riley Life Logistics, a Durham shipping company, to create the SoleMates Foundation. [...]
Riley Life and Kinder Soles Create SoleMates Foundation
Mark Saad, the co-founder and Chief Kinder Sole of Kinder Soles, a socially responsible flip flop company offering footwear made from recycled materials, and Chris Bingham, President and Chief Passion Officer of Riley Life Logistics, a certified B Corporation, today announce the launch of a new non-profit organization, the SoleMates Foundation. Aimed to increase awareness [...]
The SAS of Logistics
Reprinted from the personal blog of CEO – Chris Bingham. Talk to anyone in the Raleigh area and you’ll hear that the place to work is SAS. Well, word got out a few years back and in 2010 & 2011 SAS was named FORTUNE Magazine’s Best Place to Work – in the entire United States. [...]
Why I started a logistics company – by CEO Chris Bingham
Reposted from Chris’ personal blog at www.chrisbingham.org Some of my friends have started tech companies. I will admit, those guys have started far more sexy businesses than mine. My feeling is that success is sexy. Most of you who know me, know that I don’t define success as making money but rather as making impact. [...]
Who is Riley Life Logistics?
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That Beautiful Box You Opened
We could name countless ways in which people are working to “be green” – consuming fewer natural resources. Unfortunately, shipping and logistics is an industry that requires vast resource consumption with use of about 10% of overall fuel consumed in the US each year. Additionally, packaging materials are vast in their consumption, especially boxes. For [...]
How Can I Improve My Company’s Reverse Logistics?
As a continuation of our last article, here are some simple suggestions for improving your company’s reverse logistics: Keep a Smile on the Customer’s Face! When a customer decides to return a product, there’s a possibility that they’re unsatisfied with it. Alleviate some of their negative feelings by making the return simple. Include a return [...]
What is Reverse Logistics?
An Explanation and Inspiration for Your Company Reverse logistics can be hard to understand. Think about the flow of the supply chain – from raw material, to the manufacturer, to the distributor, and finally to the customer. Now, think of that in the opposite order. That’s reverse logistics in a nutshell. According to the Bridgefield [...]
Face of Inspiration – Tony Hsieh
We figured since he was essentially an honorary member anyway (see Missions vs. Profits) that we would go ahead and make Tony official. Background: Tony Hsieh is best known as founder and CEO of Zappos.com – the online shoe and clothing shop known mainly for better-than-awesome customer service. Prior, he founded and sold LinkExchange to [...]
Missions vs Profits
“Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions,” Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos Bettering the world is about effectuating positive change in your sphere of influence, no matter how large or small that sphere may be. Inherent to their nature, businesses have larger spheres than individuals. I don’t [...]
