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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Wing and Zipline are drone delivery providers and will allow Walmart to cover 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population as stores in 30 towns and municipalities will now offer drone delivery service. The other significant trend this year has been the continued loss of jobs in the warehouse sector.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Warehouse vacancy rates sink to 27-year low. In early April, employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island made history by becoming the first Amazon warehouse to vote to join a union (JFK8 fulfillment center). Do other warehouses follow suit and join a union?’ Demand for piece-picking robots gains steam.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

although some are in Europe, South America, and Asia. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , April 30 – May 3, Fort Worth, TX. Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year.