Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 2, 2023

Post-pandemic business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce and the last mile are potential opportunities for retailers. But, retailers are mitigating these costs in several ways, resulting in volume declines for FedEx and UPS. of total retail sales in Q2 2020 but, as a percentage, has slowly fallen each quarter since to 14.8%

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

We have certainly seen more focus on women in supply chain over the last few years, and nearly every conference that I attend has tracks dedicated to women in supply chain. This July, the company is moving forward with a supply chain services platform for retail partners across North America. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Veridian Solutions

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Supply chain conferences are an excellent way to connect with industry professionals, learn about new technologies, and refine your operation through the experience of others. It is up to your organization to decide which conferences to attend and how you will leverage the information presented. Download Whitepaper. ProMat (NO COST).

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. days for general cargo vessels. The three-year contract could expand nationwide. Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

Retail return rates for 2022 appear to be leveling off, according to data from the National Retail Association and research partner, Appriss. billion in retail returns will be made in 2022 - 16.5% of total retail sales, the same rate as in 2021. NRF and Appriss estimate $816.7

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Despite acquiring Roadie in 2021 , UPS’ costs are too high, and they cannot compete profitably with new last-mile entrants, including gig platforms such as DoorDash and Instacart, which have partnered with retailers to provide same-day delivery services. It also can not compete against its largest customer, Amazon.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 24, 2022

Retail e-commerce totaled $507.7 of total retail sales. New to RLA’s annual conference will be a reverse logistics startup competition. The entry fee is 3rd party service provider registration into the conference. billion for the first half of this year, compared to $437.7 billion for the same period in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Retailers in the U.S. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods. 9, according to Xeneta, a Norway-based transportation data firm, reflecting lower freight demand as retailers cut orders and consumer spending continues to decline.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 30, 2021

Stores are now having their day in the spotlight as retailers embrace multichannel services and consumers look for shopping and last-mile delivery options. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated many retailers’ e-commerce strategies as stores battled temporary closures and consumers who were hesitant to shop in person once stores reopened.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I missed sending out a post last week and really am sorry about that but…here’s my excuse…I was at the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA) Leadership Conference last week. In addition, the much-publicized inventory issues that many retailers are dealing with are also resulting in interest in returns management.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 1, 2022

As a result, many retailers are sitting on excess inventory. What holiday demand will look like is in flux, AIT CEO Vaughn Moore told the Financial Times , noting that two of his large retail clients have downgraded their sales forecasts ahead of the peak annual shopping period. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Cathy Roberson

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Last month, Oracle and Uber announced Collect and Receive , which allows retailers to link to Uber Direct, Uber’s white-label delivery solution, via pre-integrated APIs. “Oracle knows retail processes, and Uber knows delivery. This week, Bringg announced the availability of its platform on Google Cloud Marketplace.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 15, 2022

Many retailers are feeling inventory pains despite assuring analysts that they're quite pleased with their inventory levels. Mind you, some retailers may indeed be pleased with their inventory levels, but others may be trying to figure out where to store the excess inventory since so many warehouses are beyond full.

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Cathy Roberson

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Access to bathrooms This has been a problem forever for truck drivers when they are picking up or delivering cargo. Representatives Troy Nehls (R-TX) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) for introducing the Trucker Bathroom Access Act on Dec 15 to ensure that truckers have access to restroom facilities when they are picking up or delivering cargo.

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 14, 2022

It’s been a crazy month plus - new customers, three conferences, and a couple of podcasts and webinars. How much longer US retail sales will remain strong remains to be seen especially as inflation, in terms of CPI, rose to 7.9% an article is well, well overdue…my apologies. for the 12 months ending February.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Are you attending the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Conference later this month (September 25-28 in Orlando, FL)? I hope to see you at the conference! Top e-retailers deliver the goods faster (Internet Retailer). Top e-retailers deliver the goods faster (Internet Retailer).

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 31, 2022

The recent batch of retailers' earnings offers insights into the success that retailers are achieving in connecting the online and physical store, better known as omnichannel which was first coined around 2010.

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BlueYonder

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

This year’s event takes place at the Sofitel London Heathrow Hotel in the United Kingdom and includes a stellar lineup of speakers — renowned experts, practitioners and market leaders — and will showcase leading practices in supply chain, manufacturing, retail, transportation and pricing excellence. More to Come.

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Elementum

MAY 13, 2015

Over the last several months, Walmart— the world's largest retailer— has slowly been increasing the share of products it imports through Mexico, a move that many other retailers have been reluctant to make for decades. Before the mega-retailer started shipping goods through Lazaro Cardenas, the KCS had fallen on hard times.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

For example, Maersk ordered eight 16,000 TEU vessels to be operated on carbon-neutral methanol fuel, while DHL has purchased large amounts of sustainable aviation fuel and ordered 12 all-electric cargo planes. Sustainable Transformation is Data Driven – Driving Profitable Supply Chains from Resources to Retailing. Load More.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

“P&G has consolidated hundreds of offices and warehouses across North America and set up six so-called mixing centers, where computer algorithms work with robots and humans to load trucks with the optimal mix of products to ship to retailers. Once complete, P&G said its new supply chain will enable 80% of U.S.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Robinson Strengthens Anti-Cargo Theft Strategy. Retail stores become shipping hubs to battle Amazon ( USA Today ). Meanwhile, USA Today published an article highlighting how Walmart, Best Buy, and other “brick-and-mortar” retailers are moving quickly to enable ship-from-store capabilities.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 26, 2022

This initiative will enable individual restaurants and grocers to have that much more viability in their own Scope 3 emissions and thus further prioritize sustainable food retail. Inflated trucking costs have impacted the global supply chain on top of air and ocean cargo. of its own emissions by 2032,” according to Supply Chain Dive.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 8, 2016

That was the main question I addressed during my keynote presentation at the SMC3 Connections Conference last month, one of the leading events for transportation and logistics professionals. Amazon Partners with Atlas Air Worldwide for Cargo Services (WSJ – May 2016).

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Despite falling short of last year’s holiday shipping traffic expectations, CEO Carol Tomé predicts a strong peak season in 2023, saying in a late July Earnings Conference Call , “ Inventory levels are good. Retailers are brought in to sell. Air Cargo Volumes Normalizing YoY, but Concerns Remain.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The rapid growth of e-commerce has led major online retailers to re-design their supply chain models, according to Mark Montague, DAT senior pricing analyst. At the second annual DAT User Conference, Montague presented a summary of his research on "Retail and E-tail, and You" to more than 165 of the company’s customers.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 28, 2021

The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2021 total retail sales forecast. The latest forecast projects that retail sales will grow between 10.5% In February, NRF projected that retail sales would grow 6.5%. Delays Delays throughout the supply chain continue to be an issue for shoe retailers.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 15, 2018

beefs up security of air cargo imports (American Shipper). At the Descartes Evolution 2018 conference in March, Mark Holifield, Home Depot’s Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Product Development, discussed how the retailer is investing $1.2 Capstone Logistics acquires LoadDelivered, Logistical Labs (CCJ).

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2016

Wal-Mart in talks to buy online retailer Jet.com (Reuters). As reported by The Seattle Times , “Amazon will fly its latest Boeing 767 widebody jet freighter, publicly revealing the new ‘Prime Air’ branded livery of its fast-growing fleet of used cargo planes” at today’s Seafair aerial display over Lake Washington near Seattle.

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Cathy Roberson

APRIL 19, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in dramatic shifts in volume characteristics for many transportation providers - first in supplying retailers in inventory restocking and direct to consumer and then, along with retail restocking and direct to consumer, supporting manufacturers as facilities reopened during the second half of the year.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. JDA is targeting Grocery, Hardline, and Fashion/Apparel retailers with this solution, which will be generally available December 26, 2013. Forget WMS and TMS.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, October’s total cargo volume broke the all-time record for the month. About 50 individual customers placed orders with Swiss online shopping platform Siroop, choosing “airmail deals” from selected items from retailer Black & Blaze Coffee Roasting Co. for same-day delivery.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Air Cargo World. This American based niche news site specialises in air cargo. Cargo Business News.com. based niche site, covering air, sea, rail and road cargo news. But within that, it has a very broad scope covering, not just air cargo, but all aviation, aerospace and space news. ACWmagazine. CargoBusiness.

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Global Trade Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility. That was the message of a panel of experts on perishables shipping Wednesday at the AirCargo Americas Conference in Miami.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Cargo Owners Complain of ‘Total Mess’ Shipping Goods to Asia (WSJ – sub. Automated Truck Firm Raises $60 Million (WSJ – sub. Turnpike travelers will see semi-autonomous trucks on the road this year (Cleveland.com). These Giant Drones Could Seriously Disrupt the Shipping Industry (NBC News).

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Talking Logistics

MAY 1, 2015

Ports See Costly Delays as Cargo Ships, Volumes Grow (WSJ – sub. Norbert Dentressangle serves customers in retail, food and beverage, manufacturing, chemicals, agriculture, e-commerce and high tech. Earlier this week, I attended the JDA FOCUS 2015 conference, where I moderated a panel discussion with 3PL executives.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Last year, Uber’s CEO Travis Kalanick said at a conference , “Look, [driverless cars] is the way the world is going. Finally, there are more than 20 cargo ships anchored at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach waiting to be unloaded. If Uber doesn’t go there, it’s not going to exist either way.”

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