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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers face a scarcity of final-stage warehouses near major cities; and as more companies promise same-day or even two-hour arrivals, such space is rising in demand and value. Black Friday is in the books, and unsurprisingly, it was a big one. This exceeded initial estimates by more than 21 million shoppers. million in 2020.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

But the company is not happy with just owning logistics; it continues to expand its Prime benefits. More old-time studios have become less willing to license content to streaming services, so by acquiring MGM, it can fold everything into its Prime Video library. Gorillas plans to make its US grocery delivery debut in New York City.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

On the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, where the remains of a 200-year-old canal built to connect Cleveland with Cincinnati snake around new warehouse parks, a modern tributary of the global economy widens a little more with each planeload of goods that roars down its runways. population, so the slogan goes. And 25 miles north, Intel Corp.

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