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Online Retailers Ready to Tap Rising Demand for Booze Delivery

The opportunity is clear: The volume of liquor sold online in the U.S. should more than quadruple by 2024, reaching an estimated value of $13.4 billion.

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Watch: What Do Intermodal Shippers Want Today?

Intermodal service has come a long way over the decade, but what are shippers demanding from it now?

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Trade War Turns Seasons Upside Down for Truckers at L.A. Port

The U.S.-China pact has taken tensions in the 20-month trade conflict down a notch, but its effects are still rippling through the economies of the main protagonists.

Source: Bloomberg

Amazon Is Its Own Biggest Mailman, Shipping 3.5 Billion Parcels

As Amazon.com works to speed orders to customer doorsteps before Christmas, the e-commerce giant is touting an accomplishment that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago: Amazon is now its own biggest carrier.

Source: Bloomberg

Watch: Enabling the 'Shipper-Shipper-Carrier' Relationship

Shippers can save money and optimize transportation by collaborating with one another to share truck space. Robert Garner, vice president of supply chain with Republic Plastics, explains how it works.

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Slow Corn Harvest Scrambles Trade Routes, Pricing Across U.S.

The most-delayed U.S. corn harvest on record has divided the Midwest market, jumbling trade routes for the grain that usually flows south.

Source: Bloomberg

CN Rail Strike Squeezes Transport of Canadian Oil, Grain Cargo

Conductors and yard operators at Canada’s largest railway walked off the job after failing to reach an agreement with the company over issues including working conditions and drug benefits.

Photo: Shutterstock

Secret Ships Are Exporting Millions of Barrels of Venezuelan Oil

The practice of oil tankers turning off their location signals has increased in the past month, according to shipping data.

Source: Bloomberg

A New App Lets Carriers Secure Drivers Directly and On Demand

As demand for consumer goods grows, especially in the burgeoning e-commerce sector, a key element of getting product to market continues to bedevil merchandisers: the truck driver.

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Checklist: Choose the Right TMS for Parcel Shipping

Your parcel shipping operations are unique, and so too are the transportation management systems for parcel shipping in the market — each with enough features and functionality to confuse even the most seasoned industry expert looking to implement a new solution.

Checklist: Choose the Right TMS for Parcel Shipping

How a Maker of Agricultural Equipment Transformed Its Inbound Supply Chain

AGCO’s goal was nothing less than radical integration of its inbound supply chain, supplier relations and factory flows. A collaboration with 4flow helped to launch the “Smart Logistics” initiative.

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Watch: How to Manage Metrics and KPIs in Distribution

How do companies make sense of all the data that's available to them today? And how does that translate into appropriate metrics and key performance indicators in distribution? Tim Judge, president and CEO of Agilitics, offers some guidance.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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