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Express Deliveries “Rise Almost 7000% at Christmas” Claims Research

Logistics Business Magazine

The number of requests by customers for express delivery from retailers increases by 6,981% just before Christmas compared with the average for the rest of the year, according to a recently released survey by post-purchase communication specialists parcelLab.

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DHL launches Global Trade Barometer

Logistics Management

Global express delivery and logistics service provider DHL rolled out the inaugural edition of its Global Trade Barometer, which it said is an early indicator for the current state and future development of global trade.

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DHL’s Global Trade Barometer shows gains

Logistics Management

Global express delivery and logistics services provider DHL said this week that the most recent edition of its quarterly Global Trade Barometer continues to trend in the right direction, with various indicators pointing to a strong global trade outlook.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Alphabet’s Wing tests drone deliveries from shopping center rooftops. Stop & Shop kicks off Express delivery. The companies noted that Express Delivery is aimed at supplementing customers’ weekly grocery shop by offering as fast as 30-minute turnaround when they just need a few items quickly.

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Milestone for Autonomous Heavy-Duty Truck Commercialization

Logistics Business Magazine

This achievement underscores how L3 and L2+ autonomous heavy-duty trucks have been successfully deployed across the line-haul logistics sector, including express delivery, less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation, as well as contract logistics. This also reflects the significant value that autonomous trucks offer logistics operators.

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If the complicated logistics process is simplified

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

From a data perspective, the blockchain is a distributed database that is almost impossible to change. The “distributed” here is not only reflected in the distributed storage of data, but also in the distributed records of data (that is, jointly maintained by system participants ). Features of the blockchain.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS agreed to acquire Mexican express delivery company Estafeta , in a deal aimed at expanding the U.S.-based Data from Motive, which tracks trucking visits to North American distribution facilities for the top five retailers, shows volume up 30% year-over-year in June.