Multichannel Merchant

AUGUST 2, 2022

This is just the latest move in Amazon’s manifest destiny to own every aspect of ecommerce and the customer experience, from the click to the door and back again, as well as things like freight forwarding from Asia and express air with its own terminals and a leased fleet of jets. per delivery if it doesn’t meet the threshold.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 13, 2011

As with every year, there are opportunities to learn new things and meet new people. On the outbound side the system automatically creates fully cubed mixed vendor and retailer owned goods to be shipped direct to store. Here’s a link to my recent tweetstream for shoutouts to some of the great people I met this year! Jeff Ashcroft.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. XPO Logistics plans to split its freight brokerage, European, and intermodal businesses apart from its US trucking operation, which will dismantle the large freight and supply-chain operation it has built over the last decade.

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Supply Chain Network

JULY 23, 2013

are suffering as customers increasingly trade down from expensive priority shipping to slower and less expensive options. The Atlanta company said that second-quarter earnings, excluding special items, would be $1.13 Emerging Trends Freight & Transportation News & Info Retail Retail E-Commerce' United Parcel Service Co.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 16, 2021

As the produce season marches forward, the risk of loss, due to the perishing of goods or simply being unable to guarantee delivery, will continue to drive demand for more strategic shipping services. Lumber is driving increased use of flatbeds to meet the construction boom.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Uber, Aurora to expand self-driving truck ops in Texas to meet holiday rush. drugstores with technology that allows pharmacists to review and enter prescription information remotely while still meeting patient-privacy requirements. Amazon has a new drone for 30-minute urban deliveries. Senate proposes $755 million for truck parking.

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Ware2Go

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Learn how to lower time in transit and offset freight costs with a hub and spoke distribution model designed for businesses of any size or order volume. This way, merchants can negotiate for lower full truckload (FTL) rates when shipping smaller amounts of inventory to fulfillment centers across the country.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 13, 2016

But while we are in the midst of a season notorious for a spike in cargo thefts , there are a few precautions you can take to protect your freight. Remember that freight at rest is freight at risk. The more time freight spends sitting unattended, the likelier the chances are for truckload theft.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Statista found that 73 percent of buyers and users of freight transportation and logistics services say the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on their logistics and supply chain operations. The objective is always to assemble goods to meet the customer’s request and get it to them in the most efficient and safest way possible.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A few weeks ago, I wrote that Hershey would fall short of meeting demand for the Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons this year, blaming a scarcity of raw ingredients and difficulties in securing suppliers. The baseline volume is the customer’s average weekly volume from June 5 through July 2 for the applicable shipping service.

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Stord

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

ATLANTA, November 2, 2023 — Gel Blaster , the market leader in water ball blasters, today announces its partnership with Stord , a leader in high-volume fulfillment services and supply chain technology for omnichannel mid-market and enterprise brands.

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