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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. The largest U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. Marten Transport Ltd. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).

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Warehouses are the next HOT investment triggered by the digital transformation of the supply chain

NC State SCRC

Bloomberg, an investment manager is paying for 179 million square feet of urban logistics properties — the warehouses used by Amazon.com Inc. logistics real estate, will almost double Blackstone’s U.S. and other retailers to fulfill orders from online shoppers.