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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 The survey indicates that 81 percent of Americans will celebrate the holiday and spend an average of $192.01, the highest figure on record.

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A Year In Events: Looking Back At 2016 (US Edition)

EcoVadis

As Larry Kivett of Deloitte so eloquently phrased it , “due diligence is not a snapshot – suppliers checking boxes on surveys doesn’t help truly mitigate risk.”. GEMI Meeting – Supply Chain Sustainability (Louisville, KY). The conversation then turned to what is not insurable in the supply chain (e.g.