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Kappahl Selects ToolsGroup to Support Its Thriving and Growing Fashion Brand

ToolsGroup

With approximately 340 brick-and-mortar stores and a bustling ecommerce site, the retailer offers responsibly-produced, everyday fashion to customers in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, and the UK. Kappahl is a leading retail chain across Northern Europe.

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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

BBC reported recently on how this was being applied in Finland for storing wind and solar power in a community using 100 tons of low-grade sand and a giant, silo looking storage building. Another nice thing is that they perform better at high temperatures (nice for Southeast Asia). We are seeing the results slowly but surely.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

It turns out that these bugs were recently, and accidentally, introduced to the US from east Asia. The Hummingbird has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia and Finland. He went on to inform me about stink bugs and how they smell terrible when smushed.

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Russia’s Arctic Expansion: The Future of Global Shipping

SCMDOJO

The country has a fleet of nuclear icebreakers, which can help open up and control Arctic trade routes, making trade between Asia and the West faster and cheaper. Russia’s strategic location between Europe and Asia places it in a vital position for trade.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. Amazon has announced that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland. Venues outside the greater Tokyo metropolitan area would allow small numbers of spectators, and the policy for the Paralympics will be decided next month.

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Ukraine and the Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The real objective is the Finlandization of Georgia. … The Finlandization of Georgia would give Russia control of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which is the only significant westbound route for Caspian Sea oil and gas that does not go through Russia. ”[13] That’s a steep price to pay for one man’s ego.

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Final GAP Presentations Fill Strategic Needs - UCLA Anderson.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In total, 110 executives from Finland, Italy, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Estonia and the United States watched GAP teams present their findings before a panel of three expert judges. Global MBA for Asia Pacific. Ginger on Angélica Gutiérrez (Ph.D. 12) Named "Next Generation Latina" by Latina Magazine. UCLA Anderson Programs.