Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 9, 2021

The most famous shortage, of course, was the toilet paper shortage, which was really more about a shift in usage and panic buying than production. And just last year, it was reportedly in talks with Simon Property Group to convert bankrupt JCPenney and Sears department stores into fulfillment centers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 14, 2022

And we reconnected and bonded over the course of a few weeks. Couriers optimize routes by centralizing their demand and distributed over the course of the day. They were very interested to test out an express delivery option – a three-hour delivery option from their Cape Town warehouse.

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ShipLilly

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Of course, that expectation could only hold if the upward trend in e-Commerce continued. Moreover, the smaller aircraft (that would have been better suited to carrying lower volumes for frequent express deliveries) are being converted to meet a demand that is simply not there. This represents a distortion of the business model.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 3, 2021

Instead of the familiar customer checkouts, dark stores house dispatch zones, where customer orders are assembled and configured for last-mile delivery , often performed by crowdsourcing logistics providers or conventional express-delivery companies. 66% experienced delays in stock deliveries.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 5, 2021

Over the course of the next week, nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer , Alabama are voting on whether they want to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The company has dropped the $35 minimum purchase requirement for the two-hour Express delivery service.

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