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14 Sep
Are you ready for this peak season’s last-mile operations?
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Holidays, sale days, and online shopping fests could be worrisome for retailers and e-commerce sellers.
11 Sep
Transpacific rates more than double, capacity constraints create ‘nightmare’ for shippers
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
“The supply chain is just jammed,” said one shipping association executive, adding that the current environment has made procuring freight the hardest its been in hi...
11 Sep
Peloton doubled production capacity, but supply won’t catch up until next year
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Executives anticipate Peloton will be in capacity-building mode for the foreseeable future and dismissed any notion that it’s overbuilding capacity.
10 Sep
American Eagle stages materials with suppliers to keep inventory lean
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For the fall and holiday seasons, the apparel retailer is bringing in a smaller assortment, created based on which suppliers require smaller upfront buys to maximize flexibility.
10 Sep
Walmart pilots drone delivery for groceries with Flytrex
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The test program will deliver grocery and household items from Walmart stores to homes in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
09 Sep
Pandemic complicates supplier audits, increases modern slavery risk in Asian manufacturing hubs
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Verisk Maplecroft’s Modern Slavery Index reveals extreme or high risk in manufacturing centers such as Bangladesh, China, Myanmar and India.
09 Sep
Intermodal leads rail volume recovery as retailers restock
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Despite what may turn our to be a dramatic recovery for certain segments of the railroads’ business, pricing is unlikely to shift until 2021, one CSX executive said.
08 Sep
5 charts show CPG inventory challenges
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Stockouts plagued retailers and manufacturers in the early days of the pandemic. Recovery has not been the same across product categories.
08 Sep
3 ways to fight stockouts in the pandemic
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Historical data isn’t worthless, but it won’t work alone in times of unpredictable demand. 
08 Sep
Uber Freight enters enterprise software game, extending visibility to loads off the platform
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Uber Freight has spent much of the last year partnering with TMS providers, but its Link product may put the company in competition with those players.