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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period. The largest U.S.

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Doing Business in the United States

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The last two states added were Alaska and Hawaii in 1959. For comparison, this makes the country about half the size of Russia or South America, and more than twice the size of the European Union. The climate is mostly temperate, but Alaska is arctic, Florida and Hawaii are tropical, and the Great Plains are mostly arid or semi-arid.