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Amazon and Google Forcing Retailers to Adapt or Perish

Supply Chain Collaborator

Here’s some reporting on two recent articles about the major plays being made by titans Amazon and Google and some analysis on what these seismic events portend for the traditional retailer. The fleet of planes based in Ohio gives the company more control of the last mile, and lower costs through practices like cross-docking.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

At the beginning of this week, I took a “boy’s trip” with my son and my dad to Ohio to check out the Football Hall of Fame and the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. trade deficit narrowed sharply in June as businesses cut back on purchases of foreign-made capital goods, resulting in imports falling to the lowest level in more than 1-1/2 years.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Intel is investing over $20 billion to build two new chip factories in Ohio. Prior to Covid-19, 45% of consumers never considered the supply chain when making purchases.