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Peak Shipping Season: A Review of Trends from the 2018 Holiday Peak Season

GlobalTranz

According to Steve Banker via Forbes , Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods positioned the company to corner the omnichannel area , and Amazon went a step further. The cardboard boxes packages arrive in serve as a valuable marketing tool. Also, they noted store policies on boxes in some stores.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Trucker protests shut down Port of Oakland terminals. Körber , an international technology group, has signed an agreement to purchase enVista’s platform of Enspire Commerce omnichannel solutions, including its order management system (OMS), and its freight audit and payment (FAP) service. Alphabet Inc.’s