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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

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Wing and Zipline are drone delivery providers and will allow Walmart to cover 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population as stores in 30 towns and municipalities will now offer drone delivery service. Wing already handles drone deliveries at Walmart Supercenters in Frisco, Texas, and the Dallas area.

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Super Coffee Selects Stord for Omnichannel Commerce Software and Fulfillment

Stord

Super Coffee experienced explosive growth, starting from humble beginnings out of the dorm room of a Philadelphia University dormitory in 2015 to over $70 million in sales in 2021. Super Coffee required a truly integrated technical solution to bring needed clarity to its inventory and orders across all its partners.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

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Congress established the program in 2021 through the BIL and dedicated $5 billion to the program over a five-year period. The Dallas Forth Worth-headquartered airline registered a 6.7 Amazon achieved its fastest-ever global shipping times last year but isn’t resting on its laurels. export regulations led to supply chain disruptions.

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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. Another NRF report showed that online sales comprised 23% of all retail sales in 2021. Find out how MFP can help you more accurately forecast purchasing needs, meet financial goals, and drive optimal inventory levels.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

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Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S. Inventories at U.S. Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

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2021 was the trough with in-person events severely limited. in December 2021. In the warehouse context, a digital twin can be created to represent the physical layout, inventory, equipment, and workflows of a warehouse. In January of 2022, Dallas-based o9 Solutions was valued at $2.7 billion after a funding round.

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o9 Solutions Partners with Columbus Consulting International to Help Companies Accelerate Adoption of a Global Unified Commerce Model

o9 Solutions

DALLAS, Jan. Jon Beck, CEO of Columbus Consulting, said: “Omnichannel retail requires inventory management to satisfy consumer demand and to be profitable. Specialties include: unified commerce, planning & merchandising, sourcing & supply chain, inventory management, finance & operations, and data & analytics.