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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Applications are due by July 2021, with the program looking to reduce deforestation between 2022 and 2026. Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle.

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Running Seamless 3PL Operations in the Midst of Supply Chain Chaos

Turvo

trillion by 2026 due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. The global demand for 3PL (third-party logistics) services is increasing due to the rapid rise of e-commerce. E-commerce sales increased as a result of the epidemic post-2020.

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Breaking Tech News- Flexport to Acquire Shopify’s Logistics Fulfillment Operations

Supply Chain Matters

In a communication published to Flexport employees today , CEO Dave Clark indicated that the San Francisco based global transportation and logistics Cloud platform provider will be acquiring the logistics operations assets of online retail platform provider Shopify. In the U.S.,

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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing automation in the workplace. The ATA estimates the shortage could reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and could even grow to 176,000 by 2026. And the silver lining?

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FreightWaves 3PL Summit 2022 – A Turvo Partnership

Turvo

trillion by 2026. . Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. Due to the rapid growth of e-commerce, the global demand for 3PL (third-party logistics) services is expanding. The global 3PL sector, valued at over $1 trillion in 2020, is expected to grow to $1.75

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This Week in Logistics News (March 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In collaboration with San Francisco-based Unspun, a technology fashion company, Walmart is deploying a goal of 500 machines across the United States and aims to produce upwards of 10 million Walmart fashion garments entirely with Unspun’s proprietary 3-D sewing machine, Vega.