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The Impact of Fast Fashion Giants On Air Cargo

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Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. rates soared to about $13/kg due to pandemic-driven demand and reduced capacity. The first is that the loss-leading strategy dramatically impacts U.S. These rates dipped to around $3.50/kg

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Navigating Uncharted Waters: SMB Importers, 2024 and Red Sea Crisis Lessons

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Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. A coalition of nations, including the US and UK, demanding the cessation of Houthi attacks in the region in order to keep traffic through the Suez Canal, a key global artery, flowing. The latest?

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The impact of regional instabilities on the Global Supply Chain and how ERP can help

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Even before the pandemic, global supply chain were fragile thanks to factors such as the US-China trade war, less efficient shipping routes and a huge drive to cut costs by consolidating loads. Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer and the second-largest foreign oil supplier to the US.

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What the Coronavirus Pandemic Means for Global Supply Chains

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It all began in late December 2019 when the World Health Organization was informed of several cases of severe pneumonia in Wuhan, China. The strain was subsequently named Coronavirus (COVID-19), and since then, it has spread like wildfire across the world. This leads to shortages which further fuels global panic. .

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Lessons Learned from Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Ship Monk

Because the Covid pandemic caused such a huge ripple in the economy, questions remain about the future of brick-and-mortar retail vs. online shopping. Will the huge growth in ecommerce sales continue, or will the numbers fall back to “normal” pre-pandemic levels? That said, here’s what the BFCM weekend taught us.

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COVID-19: The Path To The Next Great Supply Chain Evolution

Forto

The world as we know it is forever changed. We are rapidly approaching 500,000 dead globally and, according to a new forecast from McKinsey , are facing a global deficit of $30 trillion by 2023. But, something else has emerged: optimism regarding new innovations and the opportunity to use the innovations to invent new processes.

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How O2O Is Shaping the Future of eCommerce

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The new acronym on the block? Sit back, grab a snack, and join us as we take a look at how brick-and-mortar is becoming click-and-mortar. Sit back, grab a snack, and join us as we take a look at how brick-and-mortar is becoming click-and-mortar. Bad news first: Yes, the retail apocalypse is real. In-Store Pickups.