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The $30 Billion Secret: How Amazon’s Logistics Saves You Time & Money

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Services by Amazon Here are some of the key services offered by Amazon: General public: Amazon.com – an e-commerce platform offering a diverse selection of products such as books, electronics, apparel, and groceries. billion (net profit) Profit by Region/Country: North America is a major market, followed by Europe and Asia.

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From Transactional to Transformational: Successfully Adding Managed Transportation Services

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As part of a natural evolution of their existing offerings, many carriers and brokers are looking to managed transportation services (MTS) to provide greater value for their customers and growth for their organization. Shippers buying MTS don’t just buy transportation – they buy simplicity.

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Doing Business in Spain

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Spain manufactures textiles and apparel, footwear, food and beverages, metals, chemicals, automobiles, machine tools, medical equipment, footwear, pharmaceuticals, clay and refractory products. The supply chain infrastructure in Spain is strong due to its robust transportation and communications systems. The capital of Spain is Madrid.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

This dispute has left a damaging effect on our industry—causing extreme delays and millions in lost sales,” the American Apparel & Footwear Association said, as reported in the WSJ. “If In 2013, the average moves per-vessel, per-hour for ports in Asia was about 90, while European ports averaged 67 and ports in the Americas averaged 62.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

JDA is targeting Grocery, Hardline, and Fashion/Apparel retailers with this solution, which will be generally available December 26, 2013. percent from last year, which includes contributions from the company’s acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in October 2012. Robinson reported total net revenues of $463.3

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This Week in Logistics News (August 17-21, 2015)

Talking Logistics

GEODIS acquires OHL (Ozburn-Hessey Logistics) and enhances its Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics offering in the US. Employing over 8,000 transportation and fulfillment professionals, OHL has unparalleled experience in direct-to-consumer fulfillment, serving a wide range of business sectors from specialty retail to manufacturing.

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Coach, Nike & Other Retailers Take Sales Direct to Customers

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In another sign that the so-called “retail apocalypse” is not as bad as feared by some, apparel brand Old Navy will add 60 more stores across North America this year , according to CNBC, pushing its total to more than 1,000 Old Navy locations in the U.S. Old Navy to Open 60 Stores This Year. by summer 2018.