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Amazon and Google Forcing Retailers to Adapt or Perish

Supply Chain Collaborator

It’s not news that the traditional retail industry is in the throes of existential change as they seek to adapt to the rise of online commerce and the omni-channel strategies they’re employing in attempts to retain market share. More than 120 warehouses worldwide will allow Amazon to leverage volume to reduce costs.”.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

At the beginning of this week, I took a “boy’s trip” with my son and my dad to Ohio to check out the Football Hall of Fame and the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame. trade deficit narrowed sharply in June as businesses cut back on purchases of foreign-made capital goods, resulting in imports falling to the lowest level in more than 1-1/2 years.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

While the industry continues to be rocked by world events, uncertainty has become the new normal. But, before we dig into the data – let’s start on a positive note: Supply Chain Statistics Show Challenges, but the Industry Remains Resilient. Global semiconductor industry sales reached a total of $555.9 Chain Store Age ).