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This Week in Logistics News (September 11 – 17)

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The chain is testing the program across 17 locations in Tucson, Arizona from September 9 until November 24. As the rush to get packages shipped across the country continues, Amazon plans to open 100 more facilities across the country in September, adding to the 250 facilities it has already opened this year. Talk about a cool concept.

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Five Tips on Sourcing Products From China

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This underscores the importance of China being the world’s manufacturing hub in the past decade, and most likely for the next few decades. And it’s not just an immense and low-cost labour force that has given Chinese manufacturers a competitive advantage. China still has an advantage that few countries will ever match.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 1 – 7)

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US steel industry groups such as the Steel Manufacturers Association and American Iron and Steel Institute have welcomed the deal, although they share concerns about some details and implementation. Some pockets of shipping are also sounding the warning bell about future hiring prospects.

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Hurricane Irma's Chemical Fallout Could Be Worse than Harvey's

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But an analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, showed that the Houston area’s hundreds of refineries and petrochemical operations released almost 1 million pounds of air pollutants in Harvey-related spills and flares, including benzene, sulfur dioxide, toluene, and xylene. The big problem was 19.5