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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

Logistics Viewpoints

However, consumers picking this winter / holiday merchandise at a deep discount will dampen the demand for the upcoming winter and holiday season, at least in the categories strongly influenced by this seasonality. These delayed shipments have benefited off-price retailers where branded merchandise gets sold at deep discounts.

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Loading bay safety without high maintenance costs

Logistics Business Magazine

Loading bay safety systems typically fall into the categories below and can vary in maintenance costs: Automatic Wheel Restraints : Automatic wheel restraints such as powered chocks perform in a similar way to mechanical chocks; however, they are automatic and thus require no personnel in the yard to fit it.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart said it will host its Walmart Deals – Holiday Kickoff savings event, featuring deals on thousands of holiday gift items across categories such as electronics, home, fashion, and toys, from Monday, October 9 through Thursday, October 12. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Big Data And Your Carrier Profile

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The critical components of this science are the accuracy of the initial data input and the accurate category of data. Do you want to understand how winter weather affected your holiday shipping last year? Garbage in will give you garbage out and unnecessary data will compromise the utility of your output.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a Taco Bell franchisee that is building a new restaurant that the chain said will be the fastest way to get its food: a two-story, technology-heavy unit with four drive-thru lanes dubbed Taco Bell Defy. Of the four drive-thru lanes, three will be devoted to advanced orders.

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Trends in the Food and Beverage Industry

Trinity Logistics

All this is anticipated to drive the market’s growth. It also hit in time for the winter holidays, which see two of the biggest days of the year for alcohol sales: Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The glass shortage has occurred because the demand for alcohol spiked during the pandemic.

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7 Keys to Choosing Your Fulfillment Center Locations

Ship Monk

Overall, ShipMonk’s ecommerce brands leverage our fully-integrated international facilities to stay competitive by expanding their market, improving margins, and driving down operational costs all while meeting customer demand quickly. Elevating Your Shipping Options Today we tend to live in a gotta-have-it-now environment.