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This Week in Logistics News (October 16-20, 2017)

Talking Logistics

My trip to Chile this week in numbers: 34: the number of hours to travel there and back. 36: the number of hours I spent on the ground in Chile. 2: the number of chocolate ice cream cones I ate while in Chile. 4: the total number of hours I spoke (in Spanish!) during my three presentations.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

Below is a short list of the supply chain and logistics conferences scheduled for 2017. Happy learning and networking in 2017! Descartes Systems Group : Evolution 2017 , March 28-30, West Palm Beach, FL. GT Nexus : Bridges 2017 , July 10-12, New York, New York. HighJump Software: Elevate 2017 , March 12-15, Orlando, FL.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

Here are some posts I wrote this year sharing my takeaways from various conferences: Elevating the Heavy Building Materials Supply Chain (Takeaways from Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 Conference). More on The Future of Delivery (Takeaways from MercuryGate Velocity 2017 User Conference). Vendor Conferences (alphabetical order).

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Doing Business in Brazil

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percent in 2017. Compared to other countries in South America, Brazil has a high ratio of immigrants, primarily from Argentina, Chile and the Andean countries. Brazil is the eighth largest economy in the world, with a GDP approaching $2.055 trillion in 2017. In 2017, Brazil exported about $217.2 billion worth of goods.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

Emerging markets enjoyed favorable market conditions in 2017 with trade growth the healthiest in years,” said John Manners-Bell, Chief Executive of Ti, which compiled the index. Chile (12); Colombia (26); Argentina (28); Ecuador (34); Bolivia (37); Paraguay (40) were little changed. It leaps past Chile to rank as the No.

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Friday in 5: Whole Foods Introduces Buy-Online, Pick-Up In-Store Option

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Intel Sold $1 Billion of AI Chips in 2017. Intel Corp announced Wednesday that it had sold $1 billion of artificial intelligence processor chips in 2017, the first time the world’s second-largest chipmaker disclosed revenue from the fast-growing computing segment. the largest U.S. Rite Aid, Albertsons Call Off Merger.

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Embracing the South American Ecommerce Marketplace

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The United States-Chile trade agreement allows all U.S. exports of consumer and industrial products to enter Chile duty free. million TEUs in 2017. They’ll know the customs standards and understand the paperwork necessary to ensure products are approved for import. Free trade agreements. million TEUs, compared with 3.85