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This Week in Logistics News (June 1-5, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Here are some interesting findings: 40% of consumers have purchased from retailers based outside the U.S., with nearly half (49%) reporting they did so to find better prices, and 35% said they wanted items that couldn’t be found in U.S. Finally, UPS and comScore, Inc. released the fourth UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper™ U.S.

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Cross-Border E-Commerce: Growing Fast, But Still a Messy Reality

Talking Logistics

“More than a quarter of all revenue for sellers on Amazon globally was from cross-border transactions in 2017, up more than 50 percent from the year prior, Amazon Vice President Eric Broussard said in an interview,” as reported by Jeffrey Dastin in a recent article in Reuters. Cross-Border E-Commerce is Anything But Simple.

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What Today's Market Tumble Means for Your Supply Chain

Elementum

Both China and the United States, as of Monday, lost their 2015 growth. Copper, generally considered a good metric for the health of the global economy, is doing poorly. The Wall Street Journal reported that exports and imports from China were down 8.3 Currency devaluation allows manufacturers to tap into deeper markets.

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Supply Chain Movement 19 – Software & Leaders

Supply Chain Movement

Contents Supply Chain Movement 19 – 2015 Q4. Publishing date: 27 November 2015. To arrive at optimal European supply chains it is crucial to consider shifts in economic growth, currency fluctuations and tax reductions in addition to production and distribution costs. 6 | News & Background. Winner of last quarter.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

A strong dollar means other nations won’t have as much buying power when they purchase U.S. dollars, become even more expensive for economies with weakening currencies. They did it by cutting costs. dollars with the intention of trading with the U.S. And buying hard assets, or foreign goods that are priced in U.S.

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Revenues Sagging? Here's How to Thrive in 2016

Demand Solutions

A strong dollar means other nations won’t have as much buying power when they purchase U.S. dollars, become even more expensive for economies with weakening currencies. They did it by cutting costs. dollars with the intention of trading with the U.S. And buying hard assets, or foreign goods that are priced in U.S.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. And business relationships did not become more Vested this year — if anything, they reverted back to being “win-lose” arrangements (see Walmart’s Message to Suppliers: Talk to the Hand and The High Cost of Poor Supplier Relationships ). and L Brands Inc.’s