Tue.Jan 28, 2025

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Scaling Your Ecommerce Business in 2025: Strategies for Growth

Ship Monk

As we embark on a new year, many ecommerce businesses are setting ambitious goals for growth. But scaling your operations can be challenging, especially if you’re not equipped with the right strategies and tools. In this blog post, we’ll explore some key strategies for scaling your ecommerce business in 2025. 1. Optimize Your Fulfillment Operations Efficient fulfillment is crucial for scaling your ecommerce business.

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Vendorflow: Better Communications for Trucking Teams with Eric Rodriguez

The Logistics of Logistics

Eric Rodriguez and Joe Lynch discuss Vendorflow: better communications for trucking teams. Eric is the CEO and Co-Founder of Vendorflow, a unified communications solution for trucking fleets and freight brokers. About Eric Rodriguez Eric Rodriguez is the CEO and Co-Founder of Vendorflow and has spent the last twelve years in venture-backed technology startups in product and sales management roles.

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Senate confirms Sean Duffy as DOT Secretary

Overdrive Online

Duffy had bipartisan support among U.S. Senators, who voted 77-22 Tuesday to confirm the former Wisconsin Congressman as the Secretary of Transportation.

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Gartner: Companies Need to Strategize to Respond Effectively to New Tariffs

Supply Chain Brain

Businesses that can reinvent or reinvigorate their operations stand the best chance of driving new competitive advantage from ongoing tariff volatility.

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How to Prepare for Proposed New Tariffs in 2025

The global trade landscape is shifting. If President Trump’s proposed tariffs come into effect, they will impact your logistics in significant ways. Our free guide provides essential insights for consumer brands and manufacturers. It is crucial to understand what these challenges mean for your logistics operations, and more importantly, how to prepare.

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Trucking groups respond to FMCSA's broker transparency proposal

Overdrive Online

Some of trucking's largest trade groups signaled their opposition to FMCSA's broker transparency proposal. Groups representing owner-operators and small fleets, however, mostly support the effort.

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U.S. and U.K. Ships Return to Red Sea After Houthis Vow to Hold Fire

Supply Chain Brain

Six ships linked to the U.S. and U.K. have successfully transited the area without coming under attack since January 19.

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Two straight trucks collide in downtown Palm Beach, Florida. Was this accident preventable?

Commercial Carrier Journal

Trucker John Doe is rammed by another driver attempting a hasty exit from the alleyway.

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Building the Self-Optimizing Warehouse Operation

Supply Chain Brain

Companies need technology that not only improves order fulfillment metrics, but helps retain workers by making it easier to hit productivity targets, and to stay engaged.

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CarriersEdge names Top 20 Best Fleets to Drive For

Commercial Carrier Journal

CarriersEdge has announced its Top 20 Best Fleets to Drive For, along with the fleets qualifying for the Best Fleets Hall of Fame and the Fleets to Watch. The overall winners will be announced in March at the Best Fleets Education & Awards Conference.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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CN Rail Reaches Last-Minute Deal to Avert Strike

Supply Chain Brain

The IBEW which represents 750 signals and communications workers had issued a 72-hour strike notice on January 25.

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Grocery Transport: A Fresh Take on Logistics from Farm to Fork

MercuryGate

Grocery transport stands at a turning point. But heres the good news you dont have to tackle these challenges with outdated tools. A sophisticated transportation management system (TMS) acts as your command center. The post Grocery Transport: A Fresh Take on Logistics from Farm to Fork appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Boeing Reports $11.8B Annual Loss

Supply Chain Brain

CEO Kelly Ortberg, who took over in August, said the company was making progress on restoring stability to its struggling production lines.

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Find a Tanker Washout with Bulk Connection's Tank Wash Finder

Bulk Connection

For carriers and shippers in the bulk freight industry, the logistics of finding reliable tanker washout facilities is a vital part of planning efficient routes. Bulk Connection's tank wash finder tool has been a go-to resource for over five years, providing an essential service while becoming a cornerstone for professionals in the industry.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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How does the Steel Supply Chain work?

Logistics Bureau

The process starts at major steel mills – BlueScope is the biggest manufacturer in the country with over 100 sites , and between them and InfraBuild (formerly Liberty OneSteel), they handle most domestic production. BlueScope’s Port Kembla facility in NSW produces about 3 million tonnes annually, while InfraBuild runs electric arc furnaces in Sydney, Melbourne, and Newcastle.

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Norfolk Southern Agrees to $22M Settlement with East Palestine

Supply Chain Brain

In the months following the 2023 derailment, East Palestine residents reported a range of health problems, including swollen lymph nodes, chest heaviness and a burning sensation in their eyes.

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Role of Route Optimization in Transport Cost Control

3PL Links

Image source: iStocks | Role of Route Optimization in Transport Cost Control Route optimization plays a crucial role in improving the efficiency and safety of transport operations. By harnessing the power of advanced technologies and data-driven insights, it helps businesses cut costs while creating safer working environments for drivers. However, many fleet managers still have questions about how route optimization works and how technology can simplify this process.

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Storefronts at the Heart of the Omnichannel Revolution: Why Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Are Leading the Charge

Locus

Introduction: A Peak into the Connected Retail Future You walk into your neighborhood grocery store on a busy Saturday afternoon. Shoppers zigzag between the produce aisle and the bakery, phones in hand. Some are scanning QR codes on exotic fruits, others are chatting with virtual assistants about dinner recipes. The line between the physical and digital worlds has blurred to the point of being unnoticeable, and thats exactly how modern consumers prefer it.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Trump Fires Head of U.S. Labor Watchdog Agency

Supply Chain Brain

With Wilcox removed from the board, the NLRB now lacks the three-member quorum required to issue decisions.

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What Does DeepSeek Mean for Industrial Enterprises?

Logistics Viewpoints

There has been a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. A Chinese generative AI start-up called DeepSeek created a new AI model called DeepSeek-R1. This model, the company claimed, was built for about one thousandth the cost of the GenAI models built by the US tech giants. And because Western companies are not allowed to send cutting-edge chips and machinery to China, it was built using AI chips whose performance greatly lags the chips used by DeepSeek.

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January 28, 2025 Update

Freightos

Blog More Resources Home January 28, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data and anything else impacting the market. Judah Levine January 28, 2025 Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) fell 7% to $4,938/FEU.

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