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Lights out: China’s energy woes hamper supply chains

Resilinc

Reuters reported that several suppliers to Tesla and Apple suspended production for four to six days because of the crisis. The world’s largest exporter since 2009, Chinese producers shipped $2.5 To meet the surging demand, including early holiday purchases, China’s exports to the U.S. year-on-year in August.

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Whole Foods is Cutting Prices — And it’s Hitting Trader Joe’s Hard

BlueYonder

billion acquisition of Whole Foods formally went through in August, the changes began, from cutting costs to internal restructuring. According to a report by alternative data intelligence firm Thasos Group, which analyzed mobile phone location data, Whole Foods’ foot traffic climbed 17 percent year-over-year the week of price cuts.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. households each year, a new report has found. according to the report, which was released Thursday by the Environment California Research & Policy Center and the Frontier Group. million U.S.

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Whole Foods is Cutting Prices — And it’s Hitting Trader Joe’s Hard

BlueYonder

billion acquisition of Whole Foods formally went through in August, the changes began, from cutting costs to internal restructuring. According to a report by alternative data intelligence firm Thasos Group, which analyzed mobile phone location data, Whole Foods’ foot traffic climbed 17 percent year-over-year the week of price cuts.

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Carter’s: A Story of Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Shaman

Over the period of 2009-2015, only 88% of companies made improvement on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. (As As a group, these metrics have the highest correlation to market capitalization. As a group, public companies want to make progress to both drive and sustain metrics performance, but they cannot.

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Selling on Walmart Marketplace: Benefits + Best Practices for Walmart Sellers

ShipBob

Walmart, historically known for their brick-and-mortar stores, launched Walmart Marketplace in 2009. Reporting and analytics tools. WFS fees are based on a fixed monthly storage fee and a fulfillment fee based on the weight of the package alone (exceptions to this are for apparel and HAZMAT items). Inventory forecasting.

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Is Cyber Monday Still a Thing?

Enterra Insights

The digital path to purchase was still just a lightly trodden path for most consumers; however, things have changed. In 2009, although sales continued to increase, the jump was not as large — 5% to $887 million. 3] McGrath reports sales in 2018 surpassed the $6 billion mark and 2019 pressed the $8 billion mark ($7.8 Footnotes.