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146 days until Christmas - Are you ready?

Cathy Roberson

Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! This collaboration helps carriers plan capacity needs, temporary seasonal labor requirements, third-party transportation purchases, and more down to the zip code level. New startups and technology solutions have emerged for retailers and other shippers to diversify further.

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Organized Retail Crime is Growing, Losses up 7% from Last Year

Material Handling & Logistics

A National Retail Federation report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of organized retail crime in the past year. These criminals find new ways to expand their networks and manipulate the retail supply chain every day. The number was down from 40% last year and 44% the year before.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

This week, Panera Bread announced that it would pilot Miso Robotics’ new automated coffee brewing system. It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. Walmart in the news: Walmart steps up automated store distribution.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95 It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. The rings are “one of the first pieces of wearable technology to be deployed by Walmart Canada,” the company said.

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Logistics in the City

Enterra Insights

Studies have shown that ridesharing services add to traffic congestion in cities and, increasingly, thanks to consumers using the digital path to purchase, delivery vehicles are creating all sorts of problems. .” Of course, commuter traffic isn’t the only source of urban traffic congestion. The challenge of urban logistics.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric.

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No ‘Apocalypse’ Here: These Retailers are Thriving in a Fast-Changing Marketplace

BlueYonder

Friday in 5: News from around the supply chain landscape, gathered in one place to keep you up-to-date. The Wall Street Journal reports that economic activity expanded at a moderate pace across most of the U.S. According to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday, most U.S. billion investment in delivery firm ZTO.

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