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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers in the U.S. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The US, Norway, and Britain joined forces with companies including Amazon and Nestle to launch a project aimed at protecting the world’s tropical forests. As e-commerce continues to grow, more and more retailers are trying to find ways to compete with Amazon. And these retailers could certainly use some help.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Cass Freight Index Report – April 2013. Retailers Seek Plan to Prevent Disasters ( Wall Street Journal ). Descartes opened up its wallet and made another acquisition, this time KSD Software Norway AS , a Scandinavia-based provider of electronic customs filing solutions for the European Union. Trucks transported 59% of U.S.-NAFTA

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This Week in Logistics News (July 24-28, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Freight-Booking Startup Convoy Raises $62 Million (WSJ – sub. Norway Takes Lead in Race to Build Autonomous Cargo Ships (WSJ – sub. A crippling, long-term cyberattack. A massive asteroid hitting the Earth. View Results. Total Answers 11.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. Content Summary: Uber Freight Aims to Level the Playing Field for Truck Drivers. Available initially in 37 U.S. Media Image.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

As a disclaimer, WebCargo , a Freightos Group company, does offers digital services to global forwarders and carriers, including online sales portals, digital eBooking, multimodal rate management and the Freightos.com freight marketplace. . The Freight Game of Thrones. The Maersk Shift: Where it started.

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Case Musti Group: Thriving in a Complex, Multinational, Supply Chain Environment

RELEX Solutions

Musti Group Nordic is the leading pet supplies and accessories retailer in the Nordics, with 121 Musti & Mirri stores in Finland, 127 Arken Zoo and Djurmagazinet pet stores in Sweden, and also 18 Musti stores in Norway. The leading pet supplies and accessories retailer in the Nordics. How can RELEX help your retail business?

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