Short answer: for a Spanish fashion brand, the best 3PL is the one that never gets the size or colour wrong at peak time, gets garments back into stock within a few days and can serve the webshop, marketplaces and physical or multi-brand stores at the same time. The providers most often compared in Spain are Bolian, Logisfashion, Amphora Logistics, Bigblue, ShipBob, byrd and Celeritas.
If you are a Spanish digital brand selling mainly in Spain and Europe, with frequent returns and some sales to stores, Bolian is a particularly good fit. If you are a large brand with a store network and need a lot of services on garments, Logisfashion is the sector benchmark. If you want stock in several European countries, Bigblue or byrd.
Disclosure: this article is published by Bolian. All third-party information comes from each company’s official website and is linked under “Sources”.
What makes fashion logistics different?
- Many variants per product. A shirt in five sizes and four colours is twenty SKUs. Picking must validate every variant to avoid the sector’s most expensive mistake: shipping the wrong size.
- High return rates. In online fashion, returns are part of the business model. What matters is how long it takes for a returned garment to be available for sale again.
- Very sharp peaks. Sales, Black Friday, launches and collaborations pack into days what other sectors spread over months.
- Constantly changing collections. New-season arrivals, outlet clearances and constant replenishment.
- Several channels. Webshop, marketplaces such as Zalando or Amazon, own stores and multi-brand stores, each with its own way of preparing orders.
- Brand experience. Packaging, cards and unboxing are part of the product.
Which questions decide the shortlist?
- How does it validate size and colour during picking? Scanning every unit, on-screen guidance, double checks.
- How long does a return take to get back into stock? And which criteria it applies (tags, odour, stains, packaging).
- How does it prepare for peaks? Ask for data from the last Black Friday or the January sales.
- Does it prepare orders for stores? Cartons per store, labelling and retail paperwork.
- Where is the warehouse? Close to most of your customers and your returns.
- What services does it carry out on garments? Relabelling, ironing, hanging, kits or personalisation.
Which 3PLs are compared for fashion in Spain?
1. Bolian Logistics
Bolian, part of Grupo Akoma (Barcelona), has a fulfillment for fashion and textile brands service focused on three problems: size and colour errors (guided picking flow), reliable stock during campaigns, and returns built into the operation, which are processed, checked and put back into inventory. From the same warehouse it prepares online orders and carton or pallet orders for stores and distributors, with 24-48 hour delivery on the Spanish mainland and shipping to the EU and the UK. It integrates with Shopify, WooCommerce, PrestaShop, Magento, Amazon and Miravia.
Best fit if… you are a Spanish digital brand shipping from around 500 orders a month, selling mainly in Spain and Europe and combining your webshop with marketplaces or stores.
2. Logisfashion
Logisfashion was founded in 1996 for the Spanish textile and fashion sector. According to its website, it offers storage with containers for folded and hanging garments, its Logiscore WMS, preparation for collections, replenishment and returns, and a wide range of value-added services: relabelling, ironing and hanging, security tagging, and personalisation through printing, engraving or embroidery. It has sites in Spain (Guadalajara, Toledo, Barcelona and Girona), Latin America and China, with customs warehouses.
Best fit if… you are a mid-sized or large fashion brand with a store network, you need a lot of services on garments or you sell in Latin America.
3. Amphora Logistics
Barcelona-based Amphora has a fashion logistics page. It describes picking with automation and AI that batches orders, double checks, RFID stock counts and a B2B team that scans every item. It publishes case studies from fashion and accessories brands such as Ölend, FIVEFOURFIVE, Team Heretics, TuMerchan, MindTravelerBcn and Fake Gods.
Best fit if… you are a digitally native fashion brand that values software and want a provider with many case studies in your segment, or with hubs in Italy and the United States.
4. Bigblue
Bigblue works with fashion and accessories brands from nine centres in France, the UK, Spain and Germany. It highlights returns with exchanges, store credit or refunds, delivery dates on product pages and B2B order management for retailers and wholesalers. It names Scuffers among its clients.
Best fit if… your brand sells a lot in France or in several European countries and you want built-in returns and customer-experience tools.
5. ShipBob
ShipBob has an apparel and accessories page covering returns management (restock, dispose or quarantine), integrations with Loop and AfterShip, branded packaging and batch picking for identical orders. It names brands such as 100 Thieves, Pit Viper and IZIMINI. It has more than 50 centres, including one in Madrid.
Best fit if… you sell in the United States or outside Europe as well as in Spain.
6. byrd
byrd has a page for jewellery, accessories and watches and a network of more than 12 centres in Germany, Austria, France, the UK and Poland, with its own returns portal.
Best fit if… you are an accessories brand with strong sales in Germany or central Europe.
7. Celeritas
Celeritas presents itself as a returns specialist, with almost 9,000 pickup points in Spain and Portugal and two ISO 9001 logistics centres offering B2C and B2B service.
Best fit if… your priority is offering returns via pickup points in Spain and Portugal.
How do they compare at a glance?
| Provider | Fashion focus (per its website) | Returns | Stores / B2B | Best fit if… |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolian | Guided picking by size and colour; peaks | Inspection and restocking | Yes, same warehouse | Spanish digital brand, Spain + Europe |
| Logisfashion | Specialist since 1996; services on garments | Inspection, sorting and reconditioning | Yes, store order preparation | Large brand with stores or Latin America |
| Amphora Logistics | AI-assisted picking, RFID, fashion case studies | Yes | Yes, B2B team | Digitally native brand focused on software |
| Bigblue | Fashion and accessories; multi-country network | Exchange, credit or refund | Yes | Strong sales in France or several countries |
| ShipBob | Apparel and accessories; global network | Integration with Loop and AfterShip | Yes | Sales outside Europe |
| byrd | Jewellery, accessories and watches | Returns portal | Multichannel online | Accessories in central Europe |
| Celeritas | Returns and pickup points | Core specialty | Yes | Returns in Spain and Portugal |
How do returns affect the choice of 3PL?
In fashion, the real cost of a return is not just the shipping back: it is the time the garment is unavailable for sale. A return that takes two weeks to get back into stock in the middle of the season is a lost sale. Ask the provider for the average time from the parcel arriving to the garment being on sale again, its inspection criteria and what evidence it sends you.
Where the warehouse is also matters. If most of your customers are in Spain, a return travelling back to a warehouse in central Europe takes longer and costs more than one going back to a warehouse on the Spanish mainland. For brands selling in several countries, some providers offer to collect returns in each country and consolidate them; ask how each one does it and how long it takes for the garment to be available again.
Bolian describes its process on its reverse logistics and returns page, and we go into more detail in how to manage returns without losing margin.
What should you ask before signing with a fashion 3PL?
- Measured picking error rate and how size and colour are validated.
- Time for returns to get back into stock, and inspection criteria in writing.
- Data from the last peak (Black Friday or sales): orders per day and dispatch times.
- How it prepares orders for stores and fashion marketplaces.
- Services on garments that it carries out in its own warehouse.
- Branded packaging and cards: who stores them and how they are replenished.
- Delivery times by zone, including the islands and Europe.
- A visit to the warehouse and exit terms.
To see how we would handle your collection, book a demo with the Bolian team. You can also read our published case studies.
Frequently asked questions
What is a fashion 3PL?
It is a logistics provider that stores and ships the orders of a clothing or accessories brand, with processes adapted to sizes and colours, frequent returns and seasonal peaks.
Which is the best 3PL for a Spanish fashion brand?
It depends on size and channels. For a digital brand selling mainly in Spain and Europe, Bolian is a particularly good fit. For a large brand with stores and services on garments, Logisfashion. For several European warehouses, Bigblue or byrd.
How long should a return take to get back into stock?
The sensible approach is to ask for a specific time in writing and measure it. In season, every day a garment is out of stock can be a lost sale.
Can the same 3PL serve the webshop and the stores?
Yes, if it runs B2C and B2B from the same inventory. Ask for an example of how it prepares cartons per store and what paperwork it generates.
Do I need a warehouse in every European country?
Not at first. From Spain you can reach France and Portugal in 24-48 hours and Italy and Germany in 48-72 hours, according to the lead times Bolian publishes. A second warehouse pays off when one country weighs heavily in your sales.
How do I prepare my brand for Black Friday with a 3PL?
Share your forecast early, bring forward stock receipt, finalise your promotions catalogue and agree the cut-off time and dispatch times during the peak.
Keep reading
- Best fulfillment companies in Spain (2026)
- Fashion and textile fulfillment: what your logistics provider must be able to do
- Fashion ecommerce fulfillment: keys to scaling in Europe
- 3PL fulfillment in Europe from Spain
Sources
- Bolian Logistics · fashion and textile fulfillment (bolianlogistics.com)
- Bolian Logistics · 3PL fulfillment in Spain (24-48 h, integrations, islands) (bolianlogistics.com)
- Bolian Logistics · 3PL fulfillment in Europe (countries and delivery times) (bolianlogistics.com)
- Bolian Logistics · reverse logistics (bolianlogistics.com)
- Logisfashion · fashion and lifestyle logistics (since 1996, Logiscore, value-added services) (www.logisfashion.com)
- Logisfashion · home page (countries, Spanish sites, sectors) (www.logisfashion.com)
- Amphora Logistics · fashion logistics (RFID, case studies) (amphoralogistics.com)
- Amphora Logistics · home page (500+ brands, 100,000+ m² in Spain, Italy, Poland and the US) (amphoralogistics.com)
- Bigblue · home page and FAQ (9 centres, 600+ brands, 500-150,000 orders/month) (www.bigblue.co)
- ShipBob · apparel and accessories fulfillment (www.shipbob.com)
- ShipBob · fulfilment centre locations (UK, Netherlands, Madrid) (www.shipbob.com)
- byrd · home page (integrations, sectors) (www.getbyrd.com)
- byrd · European fulfillment network (12+ centres, 20+ carriers, countries) (www.getbyrd.com)
- Celeritas · home page (Spain and Portugal, pickup points) (celeritastransporte.com)
- Celeritas · warehouse solutions (2 ISO 9001 sites, B2C and B2B) (celeritastransporte.com)
Information taken from each company’s public website as of October 2026. Providers’ terms can change: always confirm them directly before deciding.
