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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Liquidity Services operates eight regional warehouse-size facilities in North America.

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Retailers and brands get on the resale wagon

Cathy Roberson

market, we're taking the next big step in that direction," Abigail Kammerzell, Head of Sustainability, H&M North America, said in a statement. 😉 **So, after I wrote this, a good article from Bloomberg was published on venture firms investing in reverse logistics start-ups.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

To help shippers save on costs in an increasingly expensive reverse logistics marketplace, FedEx has announced plans to launch a consolidated returns service. These changes, accompanied by rate changes affecting FedEx Freight, fuel surcharges, and FedEx OneRate, come amid increased competition in the parcel logistics sector. “

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Find out the most important logistics trends that could impact supply chains in 2022. The last mile delivery market size in North America is expected to grow by USD 59.81 Technavio, Last Mile Delivery Market in North America by Service and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025, Jan 2021.

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Meet Ecommerce Demand with Best Practices in Less than Truckload Shipping

CH Robinson Transportfolio

These ecommerce trends aren’t going away, and shippers will continue to face the challenge of moving smaller quantities of freight at a higher frequency while navigating capacity issues. Robinson alleviated the supply chain stress was helping companies move their freight to places where regional LTL carriers could pick it up.

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Top 15 Biggest 3PLs in the US - 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

CEVA Logistics provides both freight management and contract logistics services for a range of customers across all sectors. The company provides comprehensive freight forwarding services across all modes, domestic and international, including customs house brokerage and door-to-door ground services. CEVA in the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The trend is borne out in the 2021 State of North America Manufacturing Report produced annually by research and publishing firm Thomasnet.com. The ­report found that 83% of manufacturers are “likely” or “extremely likely” to reshore by adding North American suppliers, up from 54 percent in March 2020. trade with Asia.