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Three Metrics to Guide Last-Mile Labor Performance

Last-mile delivery has become the core of a successful holiday retail season — but only if processes run smoothly.

Source: Bloomberg

Vector Announces Contactless Pickup and Delivery Supply Chain Solution

Vector, a mobile-first workflow automation platform for enterprise shippers, 3PLs, carriers and retailers, recently announced enhancements to its catalog of contactless solutions, including document digitization, mobile workflow automation and contactless electronic bill of lading.

Can Smaller Grocers Survive the E-Commerce Game?

Attempts in the early dotcom era to sell food and other grocery items over the internet sputtered. But with the coming of COVID-19, everything has changed.

A worker places groceries from an online order into a Peapod delivery bin at a Stop & Shop supermarket. Photo: Bloomberg.

Seven Shifts in Retail Logistics to Expect This Year

It’s time for retailers emerging from a shaky peak season to reflect and plan for what’s ahead.

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Watch: How Will Retailers Manage the New COVID Consumer?

Jeff Orschell, Americas retail leader with EY, discusses the results of the consultancy’s ongoing series of surveys of retail consumer behavior during the coronavirus pandemic.

How Will Retailers Manage the New COVID Consumer?

Amware Fulfillment Acquires Moulton Logistics

Third party fulfillment company, Amware Fulfillment, has acquired Moulton Logistics, a Los Angeles-based company specializing in fulfillment for eCommerce and direct response companies.

Watch: Maintaining the Cold Chain for Vaccine Distribution

Jason Burns, director of corporate development with Dropoff and first vice president of the Customized Logistics & Delivery Association, outlines the challenges that pharmaceutical manufacturers face in maintaining strict temperature controls for delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Maintaining the Cold Chain for Vaccine Distribution

Podcast | What It Takes to Make Direct-to-Consumer Fulfillment Work

Retailers selling over the internet can’t hope to compete without a reliable and effective direct-to-consumer (DTC) model for fulfillment. But setting one up is anything but easy.

Source: Bloomberg

How Digital Twins Can Help Boost Logistics Performance

A powerful new streaming data software technique can provide the insights needed to answer critical questions for logistics providers.

Source: Bloomberg

Can a Dual-Use Strategy Save the Struggling Shopping Mall?

Lou Conforti sees no reason why a shopping mall can’t contain both traditional brick-and-mortar stores and last-mile fulfillment operations for online purchases.

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Technology's Role in Delivering a Vaccine Across the Globe

Supply-chain technologies — including artificial intelligence — can help distribute a COVID-19 vaccine more quickly, and to more people.

A healthcare worker prepares a syringe at a drive-thru vaccination site. Photo: Bloomberg.

UPS Restricts Some Packages Amid Online Rush

United Parcel Service is temporarily restricting some packages it takes from big retailers such as Nike, Gap and L.L. Bean as online orders spur record deliveries ahead of the holidays.

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