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One Small Step for a Shipper Toward Embracing Electric Trucks
Packaging product distributor Veritiv partners with Penske Truck Leasing to pioneer the use of an electrically powered big rig in Southern California.
Workwear Specialist Invests in a Highly Automated Omnichannel DC
Workwear manufacturer Engelberg Strauss seeks to create a distribution center that can serve all channels from a single location.
Seven Common Shipping Blunders, and How to Avoid Them
Navigating the world of shipping and delivery can be hugely complex.
Freight trucks idle at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.
How Retailers Are Bettering the Online Returns Experience
With reverse logistics costs amounting to nearly 60% of the original sales price, retailers face significant losses unless they can reduce costs and recover profits from those items.
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From Dog Food to Kayaks: Retailer Tractor Supply Co. Embraces Same-Day Delivery
The pandemic accelerated a program by Tractor Supply Co. to jump into home delivery with a fleet of crowdsourced drivers.
Photo: Bloomberg
DHL to Add Electric Planes to Fleet in Pursuit of Zero Emissions
The race toward zero-emission logistics chains is expanding from the road to the skies.
A box travels along a conveyor at a DHL Worldwide Express facility in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Bloomberg.
A Fulfillment Startup Embraces WMS in the Cloud — Just in Time for COVID-19
Resurge, a new provider of warehousing and order-fulfillment services, needed a WMS that would allow it to grow quickly — but it couldn’t have anticipated how fast growth would come with the arrival of the pandemic.
A warehouse employee loads packages into a shipping container. Photo: Bloomberg.
The Winners and Losers in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
A Senate plan to spend $550 billion on U.S. infrastructure stands to benefit industries heavily dependent on transportation, with companies including Amazon.com Inc., FedEx Corp. and Comcast Corp. among the biggest winners.
A truck drives through an Amazon delivery station in Kearny, New Jersey. Photo: Bloomberg.
Trucking Crisis Has the U.S. Looking for More Drivers Abroad
A shortage of truckers across the U.S. has become so severe that companies are trying to bring in drivers from abroad like seemingly never before.
Photo: Bloomberg
Brazil’s Water Crisis Adds to World’s Supply Chain Misery
Drought is making one of Brazil’s most important river systems unnavigable, making it more challenging and costly for the commodities powerhouse to get grains and iron ore out to global markets.
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Watch: How Will We Pay for the Biden Infrastructure Plan?
Michael Bloomquist, legislative and government affairs partner with the law firm of Venable LLP, discusses the politics of, and prospects for, passage of the $1 trillion-plus infrastructure proposal put forth by the Biden Administration.
How Will We Pay for the Biden Infrastructure Plan?
What We've Learned From Retailers Adopting Micro-Fulfillment Centers
Today’s micro-fulfillment centers are taking multiple forms — including in-store, hub-and-spoke and dark store — and each comes with unique advantages and challenges.
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