logistics

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet requirements of customers or corporations.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Target To Use Internal Delivery Teams For Faster Shipping
Target To Use Internal Delivery Teams For Faster Shipping
April 15, 2021  |  Delivery

Target, looking to speed up its deliveries, will now enlist a team of delivery people rather than just shipping packages through carriers, CNBC reported. The...

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Kroger Opens First Ocado-Powered Fulfillment Center
Kroger Opens First Ocado-Powered Fulfillment Center
April 14, 2021  |  Retail

Kroger is debuting a customer fulfillment center (CFC), which will combine “vertical integration, machine learning and robotics with affordable, friendly and fast delivery service for...

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Innovative Approaches To Retail Stores, Logistics And Commerce 
Innovative Approaches To Retail Stores, Logistics And Commerce 
April 12, 2021  |  Today In Data

Levi Strauss intends to open new stores to take advantage of a “commercial real estate tsunami” that has brought about record-high mall vacancy rates. In logistics, a new order partnership...

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Today In Retail: PriceSmart’s Revenues Increase 3.4 Pct; Handy Collaborates With Gotham Properties
Today In Retail: PriceSmart’s Revenues Increase 3.4 Pct; Handy Collaborates With Gotham Properties
April 09, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, PriceSmart reported a 3.4 percent rise in total revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2021, while Handy is partnering...

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Supply Chain Stockouts May Leave Consumers Feeling Pinched
Supply Chain Stockouts May Leave Consumers Feeling Pinched
April 09, 2021  |  Retail

Some of the most basic tenets of economic theory rest on the foundation of supply and demand. Simply put, when demand ramps up for goods...

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UPS Expands Green Delivery With Purchase Of Electric Aircraft Fleet
UPS Expands Green Delivery With Purchase Of Electric Aircraft Fleet
April 07, 2021  |  News

UPS has ordered electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Beta Technologies, with the option of purchasing 150 additional plans for its UPS Flight...

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Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple Files To Go Public
Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple Files To Go Public
April 07, 2021  |  IPO

Autonomous truck company TuSimple filed on Wednesday (April 7) to go public, estimating a share price that would value the company at nearly $8 billion....

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Embedded Insurance Helps Merchants Avoid The ‘Protection Gap’
Embedded Insurance Helps Merchants Avoid The ‘Protection Gap’
April 07, 2021  |  Insurance

Whether they know it or not, consumers have been the beneficiaries of embedded insurance, a trend that’s moving beyond simple eCommerce payments and has recently...

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Electronics reCommerce Platform Backflip Officially Rolls Out
Electronics reCommerce Platform Backflip Officially Rolls Out
April 01, 2021  |  Retail

Backflip has come out of stealth mode and officially rolled out. The rollout comes after a beta phase in which the company, which lets consumers...

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