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This Week in Logistics New (May 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

customers $10 to pick up a purchase rather than have it shipped to a home address, as the e-commerce giant joins other retailers in racing to slash costs for home delivery and returns amid slack consumer demand. In a statement, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters commended Washington Gov. The company is offering U.S.

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Unease Remains in U.S. East and Gulf Coast Labor Talks

Supply Chain Matters

While multi-industry logistics, transportation and customer fulfilment teams might have languished with a sigh of relief, they are likely to be aware that this new contract is not a done deal yet. Some industry reports point out reluctance to route January 2025 import volume via east coast ports because of ongoing uncertainty.

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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. This the result of more purchases completed online following an in-store promotion, but it proves the value of the brick-and-mortar location in pushing e-commerce sales higher.

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Peloton’s Supply Chain Strategy Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

This has been especially the case over the last two plus years with the onset of the global-wide Covid-19 pandemic and with consequent and unprecedented supply and transportation network disruptions. With so many having to work from home during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, consumers upped their purchases of in-home fitness equipment.

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Is The Market Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels?

Intelligent Audit

With retailers bursting at the seams with school supplies, the average consumer has shifted their purchasing habits from pleasure to purpose. For decades, transportation and logistics have been operating off of old technologies until the e-commerce boom and pandemic revealed the need for an industry-wide change. While the U.S.

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How Shippers Use Carbon Emissions Shipment Data to Reduce Total Carbon Footprint

Intelligent Audit

Annually, container ships contribute approximately one billion metric tons of carbon dioxide. Beyond ships, the transportation industry contains many other forms of transportation that contribute to carbon emissions. Broken down, most of the 2020 transportation sector emissions in the U.S. You must report these.

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How Can Paper Producers Rise to the Production Challenge?

USC Consulting Group

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide. ” Out of an abundance of caution. .