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The Top 15 Retail Trends for 2022

ToolsGroup

Love it or hate it, daily necessities need to be purchased. Whichever reasons fuel the motivations of your target market, here are the top trends shaping how they’ll buy – and how you can stay front of mind and ahead of the competition. I live in Chicago. eCommerce Purchases and “The New Normal” Retail Categories.

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Top 3 Recent Automotive Logistics Trends, Part 2

BlueYonder

For example, if there is a port congestion or weather event affecting a truck on the road or a ship in the ocean, or a delay in the customs clearance or a COVID-19 shutdown in Shanghai, China, then supply chain operations can look at alternative, proactive risk mitigation strategies.

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Top 12 New Logistics Startup Companies Making Noise

ShipBob

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. expecting same day delivery, two-day shipping, etc.) To help support new customer trends (e.g. Series B Funding: $48.5M

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door. Large and mid-size shippers typically have procurement personnel but may lack coordination across shipping locations. Keep in touch with market realities. It is still a people business. He currently serves as Sr.

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Throwing Down the Gauntlet

Supply Chain Shaman

Tonight, I am stranded in a hotel in Chicago. The Chicago airport is closed for the night. Our current processes and dependencies on Excel spreadsheets cannot get us to our goal. E2open last week announced the purchase of Serus. It is 3:00 AM. It is quiet and a good time to think. 3) Risky Business?

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus is on the role of supply chain finance in driving supply chain excellence. The design of the conference includes tours of several modern warehouses and centers of excellence. A simplistic view is that supply chain excellence is the trade-off of cost, inventory and customer service. The River of Demand. #3

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Ecommerce Logistics: From Your Site to Their Doorstep

ShipBob

Now more than ever — at a time when people are choosing online over in-store to adhere to social distancing practices — the communicated speed at which consumers will receive their orders can play a deciding role in whether they choose to buy from your online store or a competitor’s. What is ecommerce logistics? Warehousing and storage.