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How Retailers in the US Can Step Up Their Delivery Game

Locus

This number is said to increase to almost 285 million in 2025. Not only this, 62% of online shoppers in the US say delivery speed is what makes for a good purchase experience. Warehouse operations such as manual sorting of packages can be extremely strenuous and lead to delayed deliveries. Download the Casestudy.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. New aircraft purchases are focused around twinjets such as the Boeing 767 and 777. As early as 2025, at least 50 percent of new Porsches sold will include an electric drive.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

Logistics providers are driving the shared economy within the supply chain, offering shared services to customers such as higher filling rates of transport vehicles, better utilisation of warehousing space, reduced logistics costs, and/or a lower carbon footprint. 5) Freightos, Shipa Freight, Convoy. Car sharing. Music and video streaming.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

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US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. The portion of the index tracking ground parcel rates per package in Q1 was 29.5

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The Top 6 Supply Chain Holiday Season Trends in 2021

Locus

For the CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) industry, Direct-to-Consumer is a relatively new business model. The 2021 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report has provided a reality check for the global population and businesses. of global chain retail will be online, up from 30% in 2021, rising to nearly 40% by 2025.

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Tentative Deal Reached in UPS Labor Contract

Supply Chain Matters

would be reclassified immediately to Regular Package Car Drivers and placed into seniority, ending an existing two-tier wage system. would be reclassified immediately to Regular Package Car Drivers and placed into seniority, ending an existing two-tier wage system. That compares to a reported starting rate of $15.50

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

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According to the annual consumer survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, approximately 76 percent of US adults are expected to celebrate Father’s Day. And to celebrate, they will spend. Amazon started contacting customers in Lockeford this week to ask them to opt in to drone delivery.