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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Our guinea pig Cow died this morning. What do you do with a deceased guinea pig? Manhattan Associates Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Performance. This year, a cascade of online purchases the weekend after Thanksgiving swamped delivery companies,” reported The New York Times in December.

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Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving

Enterra Insights

Europeans confused this bird with the guinea hen (an African fowl) that had been imported via Ottoman Turkey. Their concern is not just the number of turkeys that will be purchased, but the size of turkeys that will be purchased as well. ” Many food retailers are betting consumers will buy smaller birds this year.

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In Chains: How to Approach Human Trafficking in your Supply Chain

Elementum

If larger companies agree to share the cost with their suppliers, then they may find themselves more successful in avoiding forced labor. That transparency could be passed onto consumers, who are increasingly intent on avoiding human rights violations in their purchases.

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

Talking Logistics

Back in December, we welcomed two new members to our family: Milo and Otis, guinea pig brothers we adopted. Our first guinea pig, Bubbles, had passed away a few weeks earlier (after bringing us much joy and laughs for over four years), so we were very excited to bring Milo and Otis home and begin a new chapter of memories.