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Top Ecommerce Trends for 2024

Ship Monk

We can’t predict when joggers will go out of style (never, we hope) but we are pretty good at predicting ecommerce trends. After all, we work with entrepreneurs, ecommerce retailers and resellers to pick, pack and ship their merchandise directly to consumers (DTC) and to other businesses (B2B), such as marketplaces or retailers.

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Top 9 Technology Trends for Your Warehouse in 2024

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Image source: Wikimedia | Top 9 Technology Trends for Your Warehouse in 2024 Distribution warehouses bear a great deal of responsibility these days because of the direct impact their operations have on the customer experience. Where this info is going is still a mystery. This makes warehouse operations safer and less error-prone.

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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics strategy as an enabler of new business models. They promoted logistics to the level of core process and enabler of new business models and now view a thought-through logistics strategy as an opportunity to stand out by offering a better service level to their customers, such as same-day delivery. Automation as key for growth.

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Locus picks 230m units during holiday peak

Logistics Business Magazine

Despite early predictions of lowered volumes, Locus customers once again picked a record number of items using LocusBots during this critical holiday shopping period,” said Rick Faulk, CEO of Locus Robotics. million units picked per day, representing a 2x increase over 2021. During this same period, LocusBots averaged 3.3

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Supply Chain Strategies for 2022

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Now, even as disruptions persist, supply chains the world around have begun picking up the pieces and charting new territory to recover. Here are some strategies a qualified 3PL can help you deploy to manage what may be ahead.

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8 Trends in Refrigerated Food Storage for 2024

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8 Trends in Refrigerated Food Storage for 2024 | Image source: Flickr 2024 is anticipated to be a pivotal year for the American refrigerated food storage sector. Current conditions are being shaped by multiple trends, ranging from the pursuit of stock normalization to the increasing need for sustainable and integrated solutions.

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Covid Forces Retailers to Rethink Order Picking Methods

Logistics Business Magazine

When Covid triggered the e-commerce frenzy, many grocery retail logistics operations had little choice but to rethink their order picking methodologies and, as a result there is a trend away from traditional zone picking towards wave picking B to C strategies, says John Maguire, managing director of Narrow Aisle Ltd.

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