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Fuel-Price Hikes Hit Shippers, Truckers Across U.S. Economy

Soaring U.S. energy prices are hitting all modes of transport, squeezing smaller shipping lines amid already-volatile ocean rates, as well as truckers who have to contend with delays in clawing back higher costs.

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Can a Label Shortage Bring Global Supply Chains to a Halt?

If retailers, manufacturers and transportation providers can’t get paper labels, the entire supply chain could quickly reach a crisis, and even grind to a halt.

An online shopper retrieves their package from the doorstep. Photo: Getty Images.

E-Commerce Return Fraud: Four Types, and How Merchants Can Fight Back

More than 10% of e-commerce returns from the 2021 holiday season have been deemed as fraudulent. What can retailers do about it?

The Complex Future of Brick-and-Mortar Retail

It’s a given that the COVID-19 pandemic boosted e-commerce, but some of the numbers coming in now are verging on the exceptional.

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Consumers Prefer Delivery Reliability Over Speed, Retail Report Finds

Major grocery retailers serving dense urban areas such as New York, London and Paris are under increasing pressure to get product to consumers in the shortest possible time, as little as 15 minutes, and often for free. But there are downsides to the trend.

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Watch: Is the Supply Chain About to Fail Again?

Ben Ruddell, director and professor in the School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University, offers a perspective on whether we can expect another wave of shortages of essential products on store shelves this year.

Is the Supply Chain About to Fail Again?

How to Vet Suppliers for Your E-Commerce Business in Nine Steps

Dependable suppliers have a significant impact on profit. It’s not difficult to find them, but you have to know where to look. Here’s a breakdown of various types of suppliers, their pros and cons, and how to choose the right ones for your business.

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Watch: Why Supply Chains Are Weighed Down by Heavy Inventory

As e-commerce and direct-to-consumer deliveries have skyrocketed during the pandemic, so have orders for large and bulky items, says Brenda Stoner, founder of Pickup. And so have the accompanying supply chain challenges.

Why Supply Chains Are Weighed Down by Heavy Inventory

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How Amazon Returns Impact Sellers

Retail returns are unavoidable, and companies know they should anticipate a certain percentage each year. For e-tailers — many of which are facing soaring shipping costs and chronic freight bottlenecks — there’s an additional layer of complexity to reverse logistics.

Narrow Window to Clear Clogged U.S. Port Hinges on Demand Waning

The bottlenecked ports in Los Angeles face a narrow window between now and midyear to clear container backlogs before another import surge and union-contract talks threaten to stall progress moving record volumes of cargo through the busiest U.S. gateway for trade.

Shipping containers in the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Greener Reverse Logistics Has a Missing Piece: Human Talent

With the rise in e-commerce, it has become no longer possible to park concerns about reverse logistics.

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