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This Week in Logistics News (December 11-15, 2017)

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Christmas Becomes Inventory War Game for US Fashion Brands (Business of Fashion). California looks at dumping gas tax for per-mile fee as cars use less fuel (Sacramento Bee). Supervalu expands Instacart program to all of its retail stores (StarTribune). Online Shopping: Disrupting Retail, and Drivers’ Lives (New York Times).

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

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Marten Transport Ltd. Shippers are under enormous pressure to cut transportation costs and seem not to be satisfied with the massive fuel surcharge reductions racked up over the past year and a half.”. WTO: Trade growth to remain subdued in 2016 as uncertainties weigh on global demand. Analysts at Stifel Inc. Hub Group Inc.,