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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

The Retail Trends Shaping How We Shop in 2022. Data source: eMarketer. As cited in Placer Lab’s Report on the Top 10 Retail Brands to Watch in 2022 , these smaller stores (down to 32,000 sq. Image source: Bring Me the News. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories. Trust Google to have the answer.

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Circular Economy and Information Sharing – The Role of Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Circular Economy distinguishes between the biological and the technical cycle: the biological cycle focuses on returning biodegradable materials to nature, e.g., through composting, and the technical cycle addresses reuse, repair, remanufacture and recycling of non-biodegradable materials (Ellen MacArthur Foundation 2015).

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. The company, in a look toward the 2022 holiday season, said it is advancing deliveries of key items to ensure that they are available.

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Reports That Convoy Exploring Strategic Options

Supply Chain Matters

A report initially published by The Information ( Paid subscription ) and subsequently industry publication Freightways , cited sources indicating that the Seattle based company, that counted Jeff Bezos , Bill Gates and Marc Benioff as investors, with Fidelity and T Rowe Price as later stage backers has taken this action.

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Realities Impact the Global Ocean Container Industry

Supply Chain Matters

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. The net result was that global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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Championing Supply Chain Digitalization

Enterra Insights

We live in a digital age in which, according to Yossi Sheffi ( @YossiSheffi ), Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, big data is an organization’s most valuable asset. 4] Craig Moss, “ The Digital Supply Chain Runs on Data ,” Supply Chain Management Review, 4 January 2022. [5] ”[3].

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How Do Mergers and Acquisitions Impact Supply Chains?

Resilinc

In 2022, M&As were the second most reported disruption tracked by EventWatch AI (following factory fires, which consistently rank #1 ). Thanks to this wake-up call, many companies turned to Mergers & Acquisitions to accelerate change and secure better transportation, logistics, technology, and warehouse space.