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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

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Dick’s Sporting Goods reported its Q1 financials this week, beating expectations but lower its outlook. The more cautious outlook is driven by wage and inflationary pressures, as well as increased freight costs. Diving deeper into the factors behind cost increases, Dick’s management noted the high fuel prices that continue to increase.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

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It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. According to recent reports, Walmart has increased the number of digital orders coming from its stores by 170 percent in the last year. Retailers take measures to contain baby formula shortages.

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Autonomous Truck Trends for 2022 and Beyond: Can Autonomy Safely Address the Driver Shortage?

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The devices are surprisingly inexpensive, costing $350-500 per vehicle per year depending upon the volume of devices purchased. These kinds of solutions have been available for a few years and customers report robust reductions in safety incidents. Finally, there are also cost issues. Bad weather is an edge case.

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The Autonomous Truck Revolution Is Right Around the Corner

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Currently, TuSimple is being tested across Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; all states where snow and heavy fog – difficult edge cases – are less common. A customer would purchase TuSimple’s fully autonomous semi-trucks directly from a semi-truck manufacturer. Bad weather is an edge case.

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ISM Report Says Tariffs Push Manufacturers to Consider Production Outside US

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The group reported that U.S. or make it in Canada or make it in Mexico,” Fiore said. “If When the Tempe, Arizona-based ISM started tracking respondents’ feedback on trade concerns back in March, about 32% of the general comments were related to tariffs, Fiore said. at this point,” he said. “If at this point,” he said.

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2015 Truckload Contract Rates Rise, as Spot Rates Fall

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Analysts predicted that consumers would boost the economy by spending the money they had saved at the pump. Early reports from the National Retail Federation indicate modest year-over-year growth, and the NRF predicts continued improvement in 2016, based on upward trends in new housing starts, auto sales, and employment, as well as retail.