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This Week in Logistics News (May 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is paying participating small businesses a per-package fee to deliver Amazon orders within a 10-mile radius to their neighbors’ homes in states like Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alabama. The company secured fast maritime shipments as well as “airlift capacity to protect our suppliers.”

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This Week in Logistics News (August 27 – September 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I wrote that Hershey would fall short of meeting demand for the Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons this year, blaming a scarcity of raw ingredients and difficulties in securing suppliers. The surcharge is applied on a weekly basis to all packages over 105 percent of the baseline volume for each service.

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Trump's Tariffs Anger US Manufacturers, Business Groups

Material Handling & Logistics

We thank the president for his actions to ensure a strong American steel sector that is fundamental to our national and economic security,” Thomas J. The administration’s use of a “national security” rationale encourages other nations to do the same to keep U.S. Gibson, the group’s president and chief executive, said in a statement.