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The Quietly Growing Conundrum of Online Returns

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As online shopping continues to grow – retail e-commerce sales are expected to make up nearly a quarter of total retail sales worldwide by 2026 – returns will become more prevalent. 21% of online orders were returned in 2021, up from 9% in 2019. In the U.S, Compare this to the 9% returns rate of purchases made in-store.

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The 2022 Chlorine Shortage: Another Year of Poolmageddon

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In fact, pool construction jumped by approximately 20% from 2019 to 2020 – resulting in the need for a whole lot of chlorine tablets. between 2021 and 2026.The As of April 2021, chlorine prices were up a whopping 72% compared to January 2019. Image source: Cape Analytics. The result? Demand for chlorine skyrocketed.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

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This acquisition builds on the Panasonic/Blue Yonder strategic relationship, established in January 2019 with a partnership, followed by the creation of a joint venture company in Japan in November 2019. Applications are due by July 2021, with the program looking to reduce deforestation between 2022 and 2026.

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Retail Apocalypse Predicted to Continue

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Howland reports, “[UBS] analysts’ best case estimate is for 75,000 stores to collectively shutter by 2026, if e-commerce penetration rises from today’s 16% to 25%.” In fact, Coresight predicts that in 2019, ‘Artificial intelligence will become retailers’ go-to technology.'”[8] Footnotes. [1]

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

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billion in 2019. Fast forward 5 years, and ARC’s 2019 base-year study estimated the market at $11.9 I will soon be publishing the 2021 base-year study with a five-year forecast through 2026. Looking back, I estimated the market in 2013 at $6.4 billion globally, and I forecast it to grow to $9.9 Well, I am saying it.

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How CPG Brands Can Beat Disruption with Digital Manufacturing

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Mass retailers, meanwhile, saw a 93% jump in online sales from 2019 to 2020. Consumers are Thinking Differently and Shopping Smarter E-commerce sales accounted for an estimated 20% of all retail sales worldwide in 2022 and that figure will likely climb to nearly 25% by 2026.

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Circularity and the future of the digital product passport

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In 2019, the European Commission presented the Green Deal as a plan to help the European economy transform linear supply chains into more circular models. The proposal suggests three ‘delegated acts’ (agreements about what data to include for each product group) will be created per year over ten years ( European Commission, 2019 ).