Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 8, 2022

There was a super interesting announcement from retailer Walmart last week regarding an additional investment in what is described as next generation online customer fulfillment centers. Beyond the retailer’s existing 31 dedicated E-commerce fulfillment centers, 4,700 retail stores located across the U.S.

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Supply Chains Rock

JUNE 3, 2009

One company I am glad to not see in the list this year is Zara, the Spanish clothing retailer. I still have bitter memories of all the T-Mobile shops in Austria running out of iPhones on the launch day. Apple continues to hold the #1 spot.

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Unleashed

JULY 7, 2021

This means they are backed up by a authoritative certification, such as: The European OK Compost Home standard (from TÜV Austria). Many brands offer discounts for any customers that can return their reusable packaging (again, more common at the retail end), but if customers can’t be bothered doing this, the effect is entirely lost.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. While not outrightly linked to this release, Maersk, now a shipping line and forwarder, terminated its key account status.

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FLEXE

JULY 19, 2017

Happy Belly bottled water (Japan), and Soda Stream (Germany and Austria). households (85 million) having a Prime subscription, Amazon is perpetually incentivizing customers to buy through them to get free, two-day shipping. It isn’t completely hurting other retailers, either… In fact, it could be helping them?

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FLEXE

JULY 17, 2017

Happy Belly bottled water (Japan), and Soda Stream (Germany and Austria)</li></ul><h2>So what does this mean for Amazon?</h2> households (85 million) having a Prime subscription, Amazon is perpetually incentivizing customers to buy through them to get free, two-day shipping.

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