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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

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Jassy wrote: “I’m also optimistic that this shift will provide a boost for the thousands of businesses located around our urban headquarter locations in the Puget Sound, Virginia, Nashville, and the dozens of cities around the world where our employees go to the office.” ” And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 22 – 28)

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The UPS-Teamsters contract is the largest collective-bargaining agreement involving a private employer in North America, and a strike could have harmed the supply chains of many companies. However, e-commerce growth rates are stabilizing and returning to pre-pandemic levels. The agreement still has to be ratified by employees.

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

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One of the most difficult and expensive aspects of the supply chain is last mile and home delivery. Autonomous last mile deliveries are part of the answer to the e-commerce boom that we are experiencing. However, from a customer experience standpoint, it is also the most memorable and possibly important.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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We’ve seen lots of stories over the last few years of retail stores shifting to smaller format stores to focus on e-commerce fulfillment. drugstores with technology that allows pharmacists to review and enter prescription information remotely while still meeting patient-privacy requirements. McDonald’s also jumping on the bandwagon.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

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As drones and other advanced technologies become more commonplace, the question becomes, will we enter the world of the Jetsons? The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7 – 13)

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This week, FedEx announced that it plans to scale back even more on Sunday package deliveries as the courier grapples with faltering e-commerce demand. Walmart, along with its partner DroneUp, now operates drone delivery hubs in seven states, including Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

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The Growth of E-Commerce and What It Means for Retail Jobs

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Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. The outsized effect of e-commerce on retail. According to The New York Times article, How the Growth of E-Commerce is Shifting Retail Jobs , online shopping accounts for only 8.4 percent of all U.S.

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