DAT Solutions
JUNE 6, 2017
Higher prices out of Memphis and Columbus tell us that retail traffic is moving, and higher rates out of Dallas and Seattle show us that the improvement is far-reaching. The lane from Sacramento to Denver paid 24¢ better on average, at $2.63/mile. Volumes were strong after Memorial Day, particularly in Atlanta and Los Angeles.
Talking Logistics
JANUARY 28, 2016
Home delivery is a hot segment of omni-channel retailing and one of the best customer presentations at last year’s Descartes Evolution 2015 conference was from Sears. Every day our last orders came in at 3:30 pm and the team had to quickly develop the routing solution by 6:00 pm. It was a one-time shot of getting the routes right.”
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Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 15, 2017
Supervalu expands Instacart program to all of its retail stores (StarTribune). Online Shopping: Disrupting Retail, and Drivers’ Lives (New York Times). California looks at dumping gas tax for per-mile fee as cars use less fuel (Sacramento Bee). FedEx, UPS Want to Steer Santa’s Packages to the Local Drugstore (Bloomberg).
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Commerce Department shows that online retail sales jumped 32.4% With more and more people shopping online retailers are upping their last-mile game to deliver delightful consumer experiences. Big and small retail outlets prioritize last-mile delivery. The eighth-largest retailer in the U.S. Data from the U.S.
BlueYonder
AUGUST 4, 2017
Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. This year alone, Amazon announced new fulfillment centers in Eastvale, Redlands, Fresno and most recently Sacramento, where the Seattle company said it would hire 1,500 workers. Staples, Inc.
BlueYonder
AUGUST 4, 2017
Warehouses have hired tens of thousands of California workers over the last five years to help fuel the fast-rising industry of online retail. This year alone, Amazon announced new fulfillment centers in Eastvale, Redlands, Fresno and most recently Sacramento, where the Seattle company said it would hire 1,500 workers. Staples, Inc.
Multichannel Merchant
JANUARY 3, 2023
The company launched Amazon Air in 2016, prompting rampant speculation it was chasing much-larger UPS and FedEx fleets for dominance in retail/ecommerce air freight services. Amazon has reportedly hired executives with experience marketing air cargo assets, sources told Bloomberg, to sell capacity on deadhead return flights, for example.
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