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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

Customer expectations for shipping are higher than ever. Why Shipping Costs Matter. In today’s anything, anytime connected world, shipping costs and delivery speed have become make-or-break factors for small-and-medium sized businesses (SMBs) across the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) spectrum.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Apple establishing $100M distribution center in Hendricks County. 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. FedEx, Adobe agree to integrate e-commerce sales, service platforms.

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TikTok Creating Fulfillment Network in U.S., Globally

Multichannel Merchant

from Seattle to Austin to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Mountain View, CA and Washington, D.C. Based on the listing titles, Seattle, Los Angeles and Mountain View seem to be where facilities will be located here initially, as well as in London, Bangkok, Madrid and São Paulo. .

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Container shipping prices skyrocket. Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. Porsche calls on its suppliers to use 100% renewable energy. Descartes acquires GreenMile. The measure has surged 53.5

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Spot Market Van Rates Soared in September

DAT Solutions

Columbus is a key distribution point for the Midwest and the Northeast, and it shipped more to the Southeast after the storms. One exception was out West: Rates on the lane from Seattle to Salt Lake City gained 36¢ at $2.25/mile. One lane that still doesn’t pay well, though, is the one from Seattle to Stockton, CA.

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Flexible Warehousing with Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to co-founding Flexe, Karl was CEO of AdReady, a Seattle-based advertising technology company. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Flexe brings deep logistics expertise and enterprise-grade technology to deliver innovative eCommerce fulfillment, retail distribution and network capacity programs to the Fortune 500.

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California Freight Heats Up, Spurred By Hanjin Collapse

DAT Solutions

Hanjin Shipping recently filed for bankruptcy , and a number of its ships pulled into port last week, after a lot of delays and uncertainty. Hanjin is the world’s seventh-largest commercial shipping company, and it’s struggling to find the money to unload its ships. area, especially on eastbound lanes.