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Customer-Obsessed Businesses are Upping Their Last-Mile Game

Logistics Viewpoints

Data from the U.S. Last year, Raley’s converted its closed store in Sacramento, California to a dark store — an e-commerce fulfillment center to meet the spiraling pick and on-demand deliveries. A report published by IBM states that the pandemic has powered the shift away from stores to online shopping by close to five years.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

FedEx Introduces Enhancements to Deep Frozen Shipping. According to the press release, Supply Chain Sherpa enables users to: Rapidly modify a pre-loaded supply chain design or quickly prototype a new design using built-in reference data. Descartes Extends Cloud-Based Air Messaging Services for Forwarders & Brokers.