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Optimizing eCommerce Shipping Costs to Minimize Cart Abandonment

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

In online retail, it’s common knowledge that high eCommerce shipping costs or long delivery times cause most online shoppers to abandon their digital shopping carts and seek better deals elsewhere. Most online buyers expect delivery within two days, and they expect that service to be free. While eCommerce sellers bake those “free” shipping costs into the prices of the products, that strategy won’t work if shipping costs negatively impact the seller’s overall cost-competitiveness.

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Different and Better with Nick Dangles

The Logistics of Logistics

Different and Better with Nick Dangles. Nick Dangles and Joe Lynch discuss different and better. Nick is the Co-founder of Kinetic , a company that helps freight tech companies increase sales, generate more effective marketing and drive long-term adoption of their product. About Nick Dangles. Nick Dangles is the Co-founder of Kinetic , a company that helps freight tech companies get their products to market faster and with better adoption.

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How Drop-and-Hook Freight Helps Haul Temperature-Sensitive Food

Food Logistics

When choices for drivers are plentiful, put your freight’s best foot forward. Drop-and-hook freight not only facilitates quicker delivery, but it also makes freight more attractive.

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Trucking key issues in 2021

Supply Chain and Logistics

One of my favorite sources for information about trucking and truck drivers is ATRI, the American Transportation Research Institute. It’s a nonprofit with board members from every aspect of the trucking industry.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Parcel shipping companies prepare rate hikes for peak season and beyond

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

eCommerce sales grew by an astounding 44% in 2020 and have remained strong throughout 2021. This sustained volume surge has challenged nearly every part of the supply chain to keep up with the demand. This includes parcel shipping companies. And, as all shippers know by now, one of the ways that parcel carriers keep up with demand is to raise parcel rates.

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Are truckers protected from retaliation for refusing to drive in bad weather?

Overdrive Online

From a safety perspective, refusing to drive in dangerous conditions is a no-brainer, yet for employee drivers facing retaliation from their company, protections under the law are only as good as a hauler's documentation of the case.

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The Evolution of AI in Business: How Far We’ve Come

Supply Chain Brain

Today’s AI systems are fundamentally different from early expert systems and traditional business solutions in three ways.

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California Transit Authority Orders Battery-electric Transit Buses

NGT News

San Mateo County Transit (SamTrans) has awarded NFI Group Inc.’s New Flyer of America Inc. subsidiary a contract for seven next-generation battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG 40-foot heavy-duty transit buses. SamTrans provides transportation services throughout San Mateo County and into parts of San Francisco and Palo Alto, delivering over 8.5 million bus rides annually on 70 […].

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The Great Logistics Industry Consolidation with Chris Wofford

The Logistics of Logistics

The Great Logistics Industry Consolidation with Chris Wofford. Chris Wofford and Joe Lynch discuss the great logistics industry consolidation. Chris is the Founder and Managing Partner of Wofford Advisors LLC , a strategic advisory boutique that provides best-in-class strategic advice to clients competing in the global supply chain, which includes all forms of transport, logistics, B2B and B2C movements of goods — and increasingly tech-enabled consumer and industrial services.

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Staying Ahead of UFLPA Enforcement: Best Practices for Retail Supply Chains

Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon

This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia

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Trucking industry needs to attract 1 million new drivers by 2030, ATA chief economist says

Logistics Management

The decades-old truck driver shortage, now estimated at 80,000, is bad and getting worse because of the nationwide service worker shortage, early retirements, the global pandemic and other acute economic factors. That is up from 61,000 just three years ago, in 2018.

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These Three Actions Are Critical to Future Supply Chains, Gartner Says

Supply Chain Brain

The research company identified three main actions that supply chain leaders can take to improve today’s most pressing issues: disruption, climate change and employee fatigue.

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Real cause of UK driver shortage is an obscure UK tax law

Supply Chain and Logistics

The author of this piece contends that a UK tax law called IR35 is responsible for at least part of the driver shortage. In the past, UK drivers were allowed to choose whether to be classified as contractors or employees.

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5 Lessons from the Desert for the Future of Supply Chain Resiliency

Logistics Viewpoints

The Sonoran Desert where I live may seem like a hostile environment, with as little as 3-15 inches (7-38 cm) of annual rain and scorching sun that can reach 118 F (47 C). Yet plants, animals, and Native peoples thrive in this environment with resourcefulness and adaptability. The future of supply chain I foresee brings new risks and challenges, along with recognition that doing things the same way will no longer lead to the same success.

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The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report

Procurement leaders are at a pivotal moment. With CPOs playing an increasingly strategic role, it’s time to leverage innovation and technology to drive resilience and efficiency. Download The 2025 Annual ProcureCon CPO Report to uncover key insights to thrive in a dynamic procurement landscape. What’s Inside: How CPOs are driving strategic decision-making and technology adoption The top priorities and challenges for procurement in 2025 Why AI, sustainability, and data analytics are essential for

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Trinity Logistics Recognized as a Top Workplace for Women

Trinity Logistics

Trinity Logistics is proud to announce its earned recognition as a Top Workplace for Women by Women In Trucking (WIT) for a third year. Every year, the Women In Trucking association looks for companies with a culture that supports gender diversity, flexibility in hours, competitive compensation, quality benefits, training, and continued education opportunities, career advancement, and other factors.

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What Is COP26? A Guide to Glasgow Climate Talks 2021

Supply Chain Brain

The aim of COP — the acronym for the conference of parties that’s now in its 26th round — is to curb emissions, keep the goal of 1.5 degrees of global warming within reach, reduce coal use, sort out rules for a global carbon market and raise billions in climate finance.

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Shippers Find New Supply-Chain Hurdles at Alternate Ports

Supply Chain and Logistics

This article shows that it isn’t so easy to divert containers from LA/LongBeach to other ports. The smaller ports don’t have the infrastructure to handle the added containers efficiently.

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How to Become a Preferred Shipper

Blue Grace Logistics

To be a preferred shipper, shippers will have to ensure the shipment and shipper characteristics are aligned to a driver’s interests, while hoping the shipment receiver also maintains the status quo. What’s in this article: How to become a shipper of choice. Ideal shipment characteristics. The importance of staying on schedule. Pandemic-driven increase in demand has pushed supply chains in to overdrive.

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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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UPS and Prologis executive leaders highlight logistics challenges amid the pandemic

Logistics Management

A keynote session at the “Groundbreakers 2021: Breaking New Ground” conference hosted by San Francisco-based real estate investment trust company Prologis this week touched upon both the pain points and the opportunities that the Covid-19 pandemic has created for the supply chain. The session featured Prologis CEO Hamid Moghadam and Carol Tomé, CEO of Atlanta-based global transportation and logistics bellwether UPS, two leading industry executives.

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Three Ways to Holiday Prep in the Face of Supply Chain Woes

Supply Chain Brain

With shipping logjams slated to continue throughout the next six months, some are predicting what’s being called “a never-ending peak season” for all of 2022, in which there’s less supply than demand.

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Building on a long trucking legacy: Professional Transportation Services, Inc.'s solid foundation

Overdrive Online

Nick Hewitt's mastery of the trucking business is as complete as it can be, with four decades as a driver, then owner-op, dispatcher, commissioned agent and now small fleet owner behind him. PTSI is among 10 Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists.

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Long Beach in tie-up with inland port and rail operator to move boxes faster

Supply Chain and Logistics

The Port of Long Beach has made a deal with a Utah site to transfer containers there, to relieve the congestion at the Long Beach terminal yards.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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How can we overcome the current supply chain disruptions?

West Coast and California Logistics

As we approach the holiday season, the supply chain disruptions that have plagued most of the world for the better part of two years have gone from industry news to front-page news. And everybody has the same question: how are we going to get the supply chain back on track? From what we know and see as a third-party logistics provider, the solutions won’t happen overnight, but they may be far-reaching enough to prevent a crisis like this from happening again in the future.

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Morse Code and 'Double Extortion': The State of Malware Today

Supply Chain Brain

Ransomware is no stranger to corporate networks, as it poses huge risks and even larger recovery efforts that are quite costly.

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NRF is calling for a record holiday retail sales season

Logistics Management

NRF stated that a record year could be on tap for 2021 holiday retail sales (NRF defines holiday sales as sales from November 1-December 31, excluding automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants), projecting an increase between 8.5%-to-10.5%, coming in between $843.4 billion and $859 billion. Should this estimate come to fruition, it would top the previous record of $777.3 billion in 2020, which marked an 8.2% annual gain, as well as nearly doubling an average increase of 4.4% over th

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New fees for lingering containers at LA/Long Beach Ports

Supply Chain and Logistics

To get the attention of shippers and carriers, the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles have instituted escalating fees for containers that are not picked up at the port.

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

Speaker: Becky Parisotto and John Vurdelja

Fulfillment is no longer just about getting products from point A to point B – it's about crafting seamless, scalable, customer first experiences. Flexible fulfillment strategies are more important than ever for those aiming to stay ahead and build resilience as retail enters a new era in 2025. Learn how to optimize fulfillment processes, tackle complex, multi-vendor orders, and create seamless customer experiences – from white-glove delivery for high-value items to quick-ship solutions for ever

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What manufacturers need to know about IIoT

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

In 2018 a Forbes magazine published an article entitled “Every company is a data company” in which the authors urged all companies to use data as a core asset. That is now becoming a reality as businesses come to realize that data is the most significant asset they possess. Using data has the potential to open up new business models, technologies, and an ecosystem where anything-as-a-service is possible.

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Amazon Says Labor, Fulfillment Costs May Wipe Out Holiday Profit

Supply Chain Brain

Amazon warned Wall Street that it will have to spend billions of dollars hiring workers, paying them more and even speeding partly empty trucks to their destinations to ensure that supply chain snarls don’t derail the holiday shopping season.

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UPS turns in strong third quarter earnings results

Logistics Management

Quarterly revenue—at $23.2 billion—saw a 9.2% annual increase, and adjusted earnings per share—at $2.65—was up 9.2%, for the same period. And operating profit—at $3.0 billion—was up 23.4%.