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Daily Infographic: Key Comparisons: Amazon vs Walmart
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Lockdown-induced eCommerce shift here to stay for supply chains
More than a third of businesses believe that the move to online shopping seen during the COVID-19 pandemic is now a permanent shift, according to new research from international supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA.
From surveying business leaders across the grocery and homeware industries, 36% of companies believe that eCommerce will now remain at the inflated levels seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, wherein enforced social distancing restrictions prompted a surge in eCommerce activity.
Demand for freighters spurs investment in new airframe conversions
When the pandemic halted most international and domestic air travel, shippers that depended on passenger aircraft to move freight around the world had to quickly come up with alternative strategies. To complicate matters, consumers shifted buying habits from brick-and-mortar stores to e-commerce, putting more pressure on the air cargo segment for its ability to meet the ever-growing consumer expectation of speedy delivery. Without being able to rely on the cargo capacity provided by passenger...
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What Amazon’s 2021 tells us about the state of e-commerce
Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ trip into space, whether you were a fan of it or not, perfectly summed up his ex-company’s year. Buoyed by incredible e-commerce growth, the massive marketplace is strapped to a rocket and headed for the stratosphere, on pace once again to set record revenue figures.
Though that’s nothing new for Amazon, it’s undeniably impressive.
“In 2019, Amazon’s revenue was [almost] $300 billion. And then in 2020, basically, it grew to almost $400 billion,” said Yoni Mazor,...
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Rents on warehouse lease renewals at nosebleed levels, CBRE says
It’s been dubbed “sticker shock” for logistics warehousing lessees, but given the extreme tightness of industrial real estate and the bullish demand trends seen for the rest of the decade, the prospect of soaring renewal rates on multiyear warehouse leases shouldn’t come as a surprise.
That said, the magnitude of the projected increases, at least those published on Monday by CBRE Services (NYSE:CBRE), is eye-popping. For example, the average five-year rent on renewals in the Philadelphia market...
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Daily Infographic: FedEx taps Boeing for 20 more 767 freighters
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Onfleet, Bond combine to offer sellers full suite of e-commerce services
Sellers using third-party e-commerce platforms face logistical issues in moving their goods, but more companies are joining forces to ensure the process of ordering, shipping and returns is as smooth as possible.
The latest is a partnership between on-demand delivery company Onfleet and “post-purchase” provider Bond. The agreement will combine Onfleet’s last-mile delivery management software with Bond’s software, which integrates with most major e-commerce platforms, to offer customers an...
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$1,400 COVID relief checks to trigger surge in e-commerce shipments
Federal stimulus checks of $1,400 could be landing in Americans’ bank accounts by next week. It won’t be long before some of those dollars are recycled into online orders and e-commerce fulfillment companies see a spurt in volume, logistics experts say.
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected Wednesday to pass the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package and President Joe Biden says he will quickly sign it into law.
Individuals earning up to $75,000 and couples earning up to $150,000 are...
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Daily Infographic: E-commerce’s environmentally friendly edge
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