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Different Delivery Requirements Across Age Groups

Logistics Business Magazine

For example, how might preferences relating to the convenience, cost and speed of delivery affect different consumers? A 2023 study of over 8,000 consumers across 10 geographies, including the UK, central Europe and North America reviewed the state of ecommerce and home delivery performance. What about Millennials and Boomers?

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Walmart Bests Whole Foods in Study of Food Supply's Human Toll

Material Handling and Logistics

Jumbo Group Ltd. Tesco Plc ranked the highest in the first-ever study of supply-chain policies from humanitarian group Oxfam America released on June 20, leading in transparency and worker-treatment metrics. based human-rights advocacy group. Marilee McInnis, a Walmart spokeswoman, said the company welcomes the study.

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Trade Groups Come Together Over Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

John Beckett, Chair of ICHCA, commented: “This unique grouping of industry leaders has the potential to coordinate data, research and best practices across the broad spectrum of the international movement of cargo.

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Understanding the Profitability of Omnichannel Retail is a Problem

Logistics Viewpoints

But one thing you notice as you go to omnichannel software vendor’s web sites and examine customer case studies, the case studies may talk about retailers growing their revenues by 100% or more, but none talk about how much profitability grew. These new order fulfillment paths allowed retailers to rapidly grow sales.

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Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Market Growth Remains Strong, Exceeds Expectations

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group just published an update to its annual warehouse management systems (WMS) market study. For example, pressures from expedited delivery and the subtle shift in demand from soft goods to hard line items, such as grocery, and particularly prominent.

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CTU Code Boosts Supply Chain Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

The seven industry bodies dedicated to container safety, collaborating as the Cargo Integrity Group, highlight an independent study carried out by researchers at Italian University Politecnico di Torino into shipper and forwarder application of the CTU Code.

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Transporeon Group Honored with SDCE Green Supply Chain Award 2018

Transporeon

Entries provide examples of innovative approaches and impressive metrics of sustainability programs. Yuva, editor for Supply & Demand Chain Executive. We congratulate this year’s honorees for their commitment to sustainability and recognize their tremendous achievements. Visit us on the web at www.SDCExec.com.