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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers know firsthand how quickly the market can change. Continuing Disruptions in Transportation and Sourcing Materials After the pandemic, retailers are faced with new challenges and disruptions due to global conflicts, trade restrictions, and now recessions. The retailers feel the impacts of the recession fast and deeply.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

If a bill introduced by San Francisco-based state Senator Scott Wiener becomes law, California could become the first state to require certain new cars to be equipped with a device capable of limiting speed. The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended the installation of such technologies in all new passenger vehicles.

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Visibility 2.0: Accelerating the Customer Experience with Ron Richardson

The Logistics of Logistics

Turvo enables users to see everything, from every system, person and organization they do business with in one place.Ron Richardson is a technology pioneer and industry leader in logistics and transportation. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India.

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Shopify and Amazon Collaboration- New Dimensions of Competitiveness

Supply Chain Matters

Now that online retail shopping volumes have stabilized to a relatively new level of 15 percent of total retail sales, online merchants and platform providers are deploying new means for capturing added efficiencies or enhanced benefits for online merchants and respective consumers.

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The Backorder, March 27 2024

Unleashed

In this issue: The latest in global supply chain news Insights from an ecommerce niche-market pioneer Tips for reducing transportation costs Job opportunities from Sony, Patagonia, and more In supply chain headlines Food & Beverage sector sees continued growth and innovation. Experts discuss secrets to omnichannel retailing.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle. As e-commerce continues to grow, more and more retailers are trying to find ways to compete with Amazon.

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Flexport Acquires Convoy’s Core Technology

Supply Chain Matters

San Francisco based Flexport has had its own inherent set of business challenges including the forced and sudden resignation of former Amazon senior retail and operations executive Dave Clark from the company’s CEO role, followed by the forced resignation of the company’s CFO and human resources executive.