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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

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The increasing need for constantly analyzing these trade-offs across the supply chain networks has highlighted the need for digital twins and what-if capabilities in network design solutions. This means they are more likely to focus on value and affordability and change their priorities and brand preferences when making purchases.

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As Inventories and Capacity Expansion Grew Too Quickly in 2022, Customers are Forcing Suppliers to Bear the Brunt of Optimistic Forecasts

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In today’s Wall Street Journal , I was interviewed regarding a case that was just filed against Amazon by a large robotics , claiming that the e-commerce giant backed away from promises made early in the Covid-19 pandemic to support the supplier with millions of dollars in new purchases.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Technology – Shopify and Panasonic

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Online commerce platform provider Shopify , often compared to Amazon in the ability to support small and mid-sized businesses create and maintain an online shipping presence, announced thi9s week its intent to acquire end-to-end online logistics San Francisco based fulfillment provider Deliverr for a reported $2.1 billion.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

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. “Around 0600 Pacific Time Tuesday morning, multiple Waymo vehicles in San Francisco encountered very dense fog and determined they should pull over temporarily,” a company spokesperson said. We have software updates planned to improve our fog and parking performance to address such situations in the future.”

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Supply Chain Matters Last Week in Supply Chain Tech March 27 2023

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The bank will reportedly purchase $119 billion in deposits and upwards of $72 billion in existing SVB loans. Last week, troubled San Francisco headquartered lender First Republic Bank which also caters to the Silicon Valley community indicated that the bank has hired advisors to consider strategic options.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

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Fast forward to 2022, and Amazon increased its production by nearly 4-times that amount in clean energy. Earlier this week, the company announced that it grew its renewable energy capacity in 2022 by 8.3 Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. Maritime containership giant A.P.

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ToolsGroup Acquires Onera to Extend Retail Platform from Planning to Execution

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Solutions enable real-time inventory availability and fulfillment optimization for retailers. BOSTON—June 7, 2022 — ToolsGroup , a global leader in supply chain planning and optimization software, today announced its acquisition of Onera, a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions to retailers.