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Retailers and brands get on the resale wagon

Cathy Roberson

market, we're taking the next big step in that direction," Abigail Kammerzell, Head of Sustainability, H&M North America, said in a statement. 😉 **So, after I wrote this, a good article from Bloomberg was published on venture firms investing in reverse logistics start-ups. I wear a number of hats these days.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

To help shippers save on costs in an increasingly expensive reverse logistics marketplace, FedEx has announced plans to launch a consolidated returns service. These changes, accompanied by rate changes affecting FedEx Freight, fuel surcharges, and FedEx OneRate, come amid increased competition in the parcel logistics sector. “

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Meet Ecommerce Demand with Best Practices in Less than Truckload Shipping

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Wicked winter storms and a major pileup of cargo ships in the Suez Canal have since created other supply chain disruptions. Robinson, we can make bigger commitments because we have a bigger network—the largest LTL network in North America. If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that your transportation strategy can break at any time.

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Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Service coverage encompasses North America, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. FedEx Supply Chain (formerly GENCO) is a non-asset-based 3PL that was among the first to develop a centralized returns process and proprietary reverse logistics technology. 2016 revenues: $2.91

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The trend is borne out in the 2021 State of North America Manufacturing Report produced annually by research and publishing firm Thomasnet.com. The ­report found that 83% of manufacturers are “likely” or “extremely likely” to reshore by adding North American suppliers, up from 54 percent in March 2020.