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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to find new life as e-commerce fulfillment center (Chicago Tribune). Nikola Raises $100 Million in August. Get in Line: Backlog for Big Rigs Stretches to 2019 (WSJ – sub. Customer Experience is Driving Supply Chain Innovation, Says Report from BluJay Solutions and Adelante SCM.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

A lot of this effort comes down to more sustainable sourcing, which tends to make environmental-conscious consumers happy. Starbucks to improve sustainable coffee sourcing. The merger would also enable north-south customers to avoid congestion-prone Chicago via CP’s network in Iowa.