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How Retailers Can Mitigate the Impact of New Shipping Surcharges

Because e-commerce sales show no signs of slowing down, retailers must find a better way to balance shipping surcharges and overage costs.

FedEx Corp. couriers unload packages from a delivery truck. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Creating the Sustainable Last Mile

Andre Pharand, global management consulting lead for postal and parcel industry with Accenture, reveals the findings of the firm’s new study on creating the sustainable last mile for e-commerce deliveries.

Creating the Sustainable Last Mile

Warehouses Are Using Location Technology to Meet Surging E-Commerce Demand

COVID-19 has changed consumer shopping habits forever. What does this mean for warehouse operators?

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Walmart Expands Delivery to Your Fridge

Grocers gained millions of online customers last year, and now the challenge is keeping them.

Food items in a refrigerator. Photo: Pexels.

Digital Supply Chain Management: What's the Cost of Doing Nothing? Learn Why a Digital Supply Chain is Critical for Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution Businesses.

Why it's more important than ever for manufacturers and distributors to automate their supply chains, or pay the high costs associated with not going digital.

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Podcast | Four Mistakes That Companies Are Making in Their Parcel-Shipping Strategies

Thanks to the pandemic and heavy customer demand, parcel shipping is currently mired in “chaos.”

A United Parcel Service Inc. worker delivers packages. Photo: Bloomberg.

How Customers Are Influencing the Future of Planning

The pressure to develop a customer-centric supply chain has been growing for years, a timeline that was drastically accelerated by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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Watch: The Pandemic’s Impact on Logistics Real Estate

Melinda McLaughlin, head of global research with Prologis, shares the firm’s research into trends in the creation of order-fulfillment centers in urban locations, in response to the stellar growth of e-commerce.

The Pandemic’s Impact on Logistics Real Estate

The Gig Economy Is Booming, Despite Debates Over Workers’ Rights

The debate over what constitutes a “gig worker” rages on, but that hasn’t stopped the gig economy from exploding.

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Kroger Is Amassing a Robot Army to Battle Amazon, Walmart

Depending on whom you ask, Kroger is either making a gigantic mistake or solidifying its online future.

A delivery truck operated by Ocado Group Plc. Photo: Bloomberg.

Four Types of Cyberattacks, and How to Prevent Them

With more people buying goods online, cyber hackers are taking advantage of the sea of personal information shared in e-commerce transactions.

Computer code and text displayed on computer screens. Photo: Bloomberg.

Higher Shipping Costs Are Here to Stay, Sparking Price Increases

Stubbornly high shipping expenses for businesses are getting sealed into contracts for the next 12 months, forcing companies to pass the extra costs on to consumers.

Vessels loaded with shipping containers are docked at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China. Photo: Bloomberg.

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