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The Future of Retail Supply Chain: What’s in Store?

Logistics Bureau

These agents might triage returned items and buy/sell them, return them to a retailer’s local store or ship them directly back to suppliers, depending on which proves to be the most cost-effective option for the retailer. Except that is, when they are given a choice between free next-day delivery and same-day at a premium.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

But many people are not aware that last-mile deliveries are also handled by thousands of small local and regional package delivery firms. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well. If things don't change, and we continue up this progression, by 2026, we will be at 170,000 drivers short.