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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

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Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. And now to this week’s logistics news…. Philly Cheesesteak Delivered by Drone?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

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Merchants can use the service, called Multi-Channel Distribution, to send inventory to warehouses run by other logistics providers, other online marketplaces and even to physical stores to be put on shelves. mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

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Though a 2020 survey found that customers are most likely to return to a brand for the product’s quality, sustainable business practices came in at second. . Blue Lagoon utilizes the healing effects of the famous Blue Lagoon in Iceland to create powerful skincare products. Michael Klein, Co-Founder at Herbaly.