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This Week in Logistics News (December 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

If that trend continues as forecast, it would follow months of tight capacity and high rates in many transportation modes. Those three forecasts match an industry-wide report released on Tuesday that found a “severe rate of contraction” in transportation prices measured in November, according to the Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI).

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Small is the new big: Millennials & the future of retail

DELMIA Quintiq

Another common trend is limited-time promotions sent via push notifications to customers’ mobiles when they arrive within your store’s vicinity. Puravida allows young fashionable people to support multiple causes by purchasing unique handmade bracelets, while promising to provide full-time jobs for local artisans in Costa Rica.

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Why Counterfeiting Is So Dangerous

Shipchain

Recently, 19 American tourists visiting Costa Rica passed away while visiting the area. The alcohol in Costa Rica was laced with methanol, a chemical also found in anti-freeze and windshield wiper fluid. The more you know about current trends and what’s going on, the safer you can be. . Educate yourself.

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Coming of Age: The Digital Consumer Chain

Supply Chain Insights

One of my tenants for good parenting is to understand that your child is likely moving at a much faster pace of emotion and intelligence than you did; and the continual challenge is to be out front of the issues and trends at least enough to be prepared to guide, counsel and nurture them as they move through each stage of life.

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Supply Chain Alone Can’t Solve Sustainability But it Has a Part to Play!

Supply Chain Game Changer

It saw leaders from around the world pledging new initiatives to address the ongoing climate crisis, including a $60 Billion renewable energy commitment from Germany, and 15 countries including Britain, Norway and Costa Rica pledging to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

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Can the Latin America and Caribbean Region Use Nearshoring to Become a Supply Chain Hub?

MIT Supply Chain

The region could capitalize on the nearshoring trend given its nearness to US markets. Using its business environment rankings to evaluate the potential of countries in the region, the EIU singled out Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, and Colombia as well positioned to compete with Asia in supply chains.

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

Talking Logistics

My family and I spent more than a week in Costa Rica, where everyone greets you with “Pura Vida,” which means “Pure Life” in Spanish. I’m back from vacation. Well, back physically. Getting back mentally has been a very slow process. I took the saying seriously, leaving my laptop at home and completely unplugging from email and work.