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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

The ad is trying to create a new image for a “ case of the Mondays ” as the retailers is moving Black Friday to Mondays. Small businesses can now rent retail space in Walmart stores across the country. The change continues to be driven by a slowdown in transportation markets and a glut of inventory that is driving up costs.

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Christmas and the Poinsettia Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

According to journalist Zachary Crockett , “It’s one of the most popular plants in the world, with annual sales of ~90m units and a global retail impact of nearly $1B.”[2] Crockett explains, “The plant would only last 2-3 days — and its weak disposition meant that it couldn’t readily be transported en masse.

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Drone Delivery is Here with Tom Walker

The Logistics of Logistics

Tom has also brought a singular purpose to the Unmanned Transportation (UTM) market – to bring the economic benefits of drones that are essential for communities and our competitive standing in the world to market safely. DroneUp provides drone delivery service in 34 locations across six states for the #1 retailer in the world, Walmart.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 21-25, 2015)

Talking Logistics

In Retail, Data Elbows Aside Chief Merchants (WSJ – sub. In transportation news, the American Trucking Associations reported that its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.9% Driving the trend are big-data tools popularized by online retailers that take the guesswork out of picking goods.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.11-2.15

Freight Plus

Heavy retail import volumes have analysts predicting volumes will rise 4.1% With trade talks with China still unresolved, retailers appear to be bringing spring merchandise into the country early in case tariffs go up in March,” said Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply chain and customs policy to Supply Chain Dive. million TEU.

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Questions Companies with U.S.-Mexico Trade Should be Asking

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Kass testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Consumers can now buy directly from overseas retailers and manufacturers, and with the increase in the de minimis value by Congress from $200 to $800, we increasingly see the U.S.

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CSCMP 2011 Recap: The Synergy Supply Chain of the Future

Supply Chain Network

And I’m pleased to report I did come across the retail & consumer products supply chain of the future but NOT at the exhibition (more on this later). Last year in San Diego we held the very first SCN Tweetup at CSCMP to which 3 people came. s but never got off the ground. Jeff Ashcroft.