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Automated Material Handling Is Growing 8 Percent Annually

Automated material handling market is growing with a CAGR of around 8 percent - attributed to increasing demand for the automated solution from various applications like manufacturing, automotive and electrical, according to a new report by Occams Business Research & Consulting.

FedEx Freight Urges Trump to Reconsider Trade Agreement Benefits

Michael Ducker, president and CEO of FedEx Freight, has joined a chorus of logistics and transportation interests calling for President-elect Donald Trump to honor America's commitment to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and bolster extant trade ties. "Trade agreements are the solution, not the problem," Ducker told the 2016 JOC Inland Distribution Conference, adding that his company was "100 percent committed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership."

Amazon Is Out to Conquer the Brick-and-Mortar Grocery Business

Now Amazon.com, Inc. wants to be your neighborhood grocer. How's that likely to turn out?

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Construction Boom Could Boost Demand for Met Coal

Businesses that transport their goods via the highways, railways or the airways are likely to see an expansion of the nation's infrastructure. That's good news not just for companies that want to move their products in the most efficient manner possible. It may also be good news for a subset of the coal sector that produces so-called metallurgical coal for steelmaking.

Wal-Mart Tackles Food Safety With Trial of Blockchain

If you shop at Wal-Mart, you might be buying packaged produce unlike any ever sold in a U.S. store. The sliced apples or cut broccoli - the merchant won't say what's involved exactly - are being used to test blockchain, a new database technology. If successful, the trial could change how Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which serves some 260 million customers a week, monitors food and takes action when something goes wrong. That could spur big leaps in food safety, cut costs and save lives.

Software Giant Is Launching 3D Print Manufacturing Labs

SAP says it's establishing a global network of 3D printing co-innovation labs to educate and enable customers, employees and partners on the adoption of additive manufacturing as an integral part of the manufacturing production line.

UPS to Add Four Weekly Flights to San Bernardino During 2016 Peak

UPS said it will add four weekly flights to San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) during its peak-season rush to accommodate a seasonal surge in package shipments, which grows each year as e-commerce changes the logistics side of Christmas shopping. The Atlanta-based integrator will operate 757 freighters from SBD to its Louisville, Kentucky, hub this December.

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Asia-Pacific Leaders Discuss Trump-Free Trade

Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to further open the world's second-largest economy on Saturday, as leaders of Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Peru to find new free-trade options after Donald Trump was elected U.S. president on a protectionist platform.

Apple Wants OLED in iPhones, But Suppliers Say They Aren't Ready Yet

Apple has big plans to outfit its next iPhone with vibrant, energy-sipping organic LED displays, seeking to entice consumers with new technology that's already been embraced by other high-end smartphone makers. The trouble is that the four main suppliers for such components say they won't have enough production capacity to make screens for all new iPhones next year, with constraints continuing into 2018, presenting a potential challenge for the Cupertino, Calif.-based company.

Supply Chain Visibility Company MacroPoint Announces $44M Investment

MacroPoint, creator of a multimodal freight tracking network that provides shippers, logistics service providers and carriers real-time visibility into load status, has received a $44m investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC (SGE). The company says it plans to accelerate investment in product and network expansion, both in the U.S. and internationally.

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Thanksgiving Day Shopping Is Here to Stay, But With Tweaks

Thanksgiving Day shopping - a delight to some, an anathema to others - isn't going away, but some stores are rethinking their strategies on whether it makes sense to be open on the holiday itself. Many of the nation's major mall operators and the big retailers that anchor them, such as Toys R Us, J.C. Penney and Macy's, are sticking with what they want to be a new tradition, kicking off the holiday shopping season on Thanksgiving Day.

Channel Tunnel Fundamentally Changed UK Logistics, Report Says

More than a quarter of all goods traded between the UK and Europe, worth around £91.4bn ($113.82bn) a year, come through the Channel Tunnel, a report has found. In its report, "Economic Footprint of the Channel Tunnel Fixed Link," Ernst & Young found that 30 percent of UK exports, worth £43.6bn ($54.3bn), and 22 percent of imports, worth £47.8bn ($59.53bn), to and from the EU depend on the tunnel.

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