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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The figure includes Panasonic’s purchase of the remaining 80 percent of shares in Blue Yonder for $5.6 Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle.

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

you look at the data even more closely, you can see pretty big spikes in September 2012 and September 2014 – Those were the months of the IMTS show in Chicago. Obviously, a lot of manufacturing equipment buyers wait for the show before committing to purchase and of course a lot of orders are set up to be taken at the show as well!

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

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Members can enjoy this benefit year-round by scanning their Amazon app at the register or purchasing with a credit card that’s registered to their Prime account. FedEx and Chicago-based supply chain visibility provider FourKites have partnered to build a global supply chain intelligence platform, the companies announced Tuesday.