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What’s the Future of Retail? Future Stores Seattle 2023 Illuminates the Path

BlueYonder

Branding, technology advancements that deliver efficient operations, delighting the customer, and investing in the employees were the key themes as some of the largest retailers and those up-and-comers met in Seattle for three days to collaborate and learn from each other. Blue Yonder “powers” retailers to grow and evolve.

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4 Food and Beverage Manufacturing Trends on Tap for 2020

USC Consulting Group

What are the major food and beverage manufacturing trends on tap for 2020? One thing the food and beverage industry is fairly certain about is 2020 ending in the black, with earnings expected to top 2019. The post 4 Food and Beverage Manufacturing Trends on Tap for 2020 appeared first on USC Consulting Group. Back to top ?.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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The Tremor Across China’s Online Retail Landscape

Supply Chain Matters

One of its most valuable platforms, electronics payment provider Ant Group , had its planned IPO halted in 2020 because of government restrictions. At the time of the announcement in April of this year, Alibaba had reportedly wiped out $600 billion of its former $800 billion valuation since October 2020.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. The company participated in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) UAS Integration Pilot Program (IPP), which concluded in October 2020, as well as the FAA’s subsequent initiative, BEYOND.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The kick-off to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan is just two weeks away, after being postponed last summer due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge.

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Consumers Demand Supply Chain Accountability Down to the Last Straw

Material Handling & Logistics

And in July 2018, Seattle imposed the first U.S. Seattle-based Starbucks, recognizing the mood of its customers, announced (shortly before the Seattle ban became public) that they will eliminate all plastic straws by 2020. ban on straws, following the lead of Vancouver a few months earlier. Portland, Ore.,