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The Big Miss: The Critical Success Element Most Retailers and Industry Analysts Are Overlooking When Talking about Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Retail Disruption

BlueYonder

The term Retail Apocalypse has become so popular that it now has its own Wikipedia page. News websites such as The Atlantic, Retail Dive and Business Insider are sharing statistics and analysis around the demise of brick-and-mortar retail, along with analysis of what the future might hold.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 29 – August 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Of the 176 local unions with UPS members, 14 affiliates did not show up to a meeting in Washington DC to review the agreement. For Walmart , the retail giant was looking at ways to recruit new drivers to keep the goods flowing across the country. O’Brien. million employees might want to learn how to drive a big rig for Walmart.

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The Changing Grocery Landscape

Enterra Insights

Washington Analysis, a research firm in Washington, D.C., McKinsey & Company analysts, Bill Aull , Dymfke Kuijpers , and Daniel Läubli , note, “Changes to the global grocery retail market are happening fast. Transportation companies will also have to raise service levels in support of grocers.”

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. 17 states stand by plan to electrify 30% of trucks and buses by 2030. As same-day delivery becomes more important to consumers, retailers are looking at innovative ways to deliver on this expectation.

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The Big Miss: The Critical Success Element Most Retailers and Industry Analysts Are Overlooking When Talking about Surviving and Thriving in the Age of Retail Disruption

BlueYonder

The term Retail Apocalypse has become so popular that it now has its own Wikipedia page. News websites such as The Atlantic, Retail Dive and Business Insider are sharing statistics and analysis around the demise of brick-and-mortar retail, along with analysis of what the future might hold.

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This Week n Logistics News (February 24 – March 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

Under pressure to reduce injuries and deaths from crashes involving heavy trucks, FMCSA in August 2023 notified the trucking industry that it would entertain requests to waive agency decisions made in 2018 and 2020 that ruled federal hours-of-service rules (HOS) preempt MRB laws in California and Washington, respectively, for interstate trucking.

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Adapting in the Face of Change

Supply Chain Shaman

Looming transportation shortages in the United States with the adoption of AB5 and the redefinition of the owner-operator are risks. Imagine the downturn in growth in broad line retail and the pressure on margins. Broadline Retail Changes Over the Decade. Company Performance in Broadline Retail. Green stagnation?