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The Changing Landscape of Direct-to-Consumer Sales

Enterra Insights

Jordan DiPietro ( @jdipietro7 ) reports, “There has been a dramatic sea change in how some brands are reaching their customers. The resulting shift in power has been devastating for traditional retailers, and yet simultaneously, some of the most innovative and successful companies of the last decade have been born from this movement.”[2]

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This Week in Logistics News (November 30 – December 4, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Oz’s solutions address a number of pain points for e-commerce shippers by automating logistics and supply chain processes, including order fulfilment, inventory management/scanning, and shipping. Will this end in a breakthrough innovation or a supernova bust? Will it happen in 2016? Stay tuned, the fun is just beginning.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] 6 Logistics Industry Trends Set to Transform 2016 & Beyond

GlobalTranz

We have discussed how manufacturers are changing the landscape through surprising, innovative trends. Although logistics providers have been gradually switching towards sustainable efforts, such as the use of natural gas-powered vehicles, the push for sustainability in 2016 will exceed that of previous years, explains Jordan England-Nelson.

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COVID-19 accelerates four trends and changes within global supply chains

Proxima

As the pandemic began, companies and suppliers were forced to change their playbooks and rely on new methods of innovation, high road networking and asset stabilization to keep their logistics moving forward. Sales and revenues are great, but there needs to be real confidence that you’ll get 20-30% returns,” Jordan continued.

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

Similarly, shoe retailer DSW started shipping orders out of its closed shoe stores. “We We essentially turned them into mini-warehouses to fulfill our increased digital demand,” said Bill Jordan, chief growth officer for the chain’s parent company, Designer Brands, in an interview for the book.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Spire provides real-time information and analytics based on global maritime automatic identification system (AIS) technology—Spire’s constellation of small satellites captures the courses and current status of container ships across the globe. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86

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Supply Chain Management:Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

« Oil operators and Oil services firms - time to dissolve internal walls | Main | Enabling individual item picking in tomorrows warehouses » Rapid Innovation will Differentiate the Future of Retail Industry. Online providers are disrupting the retail industry because of innovation, in the true spirit of the Clayton M.