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The Friday Report: June 12th 2020
Get Ready for Higher Postal Rates July 1, 2020 On July 1st, cross-border shipping rates will be increasing for many American shippers. Last September, a deal was reached by the Universal Postal Union enabling countries which import over 75,000 metric tons of parcels...
CPG and Food Businesses Develop an Appetite for D2C Fulfillment
With the recent coronavirus outbreak, much has changed. From social media to journalists talking about supply chain and logistics, both consumers and companies now have a fundamental awareness of how the supply chain works. With the restrictions designed to help...
The Friday Report: May 29th, 2020
Sales of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Soar During COVID-19 Pandemic Although many meatpacking plants are up and running, thousands of workers have tested positive for coronavirus and some have died. Although meatpackers have invested more in worker safety to reduce...
The Friday Report: May 22nd, 2020
Amazon Announces $4 Billion in Spending to Ensure Worker Safety In response to employee complaints and concerns about COVID-19 infecting its workforce, Amazon recently imposed over 150 industry-wide safety protocols and changes to its facilities and warehousess to...
The Impact of COVID-19 on Consumer Behavior, E-Commerce Fulfillment and Cold Storage Warehouses
With the advent of the COVID-19 outbreak, the world has had to re-engineer daily life, developing new processes for meeting everyday needs, working from home environments and outlasting a virus that continues to befuddle researchers, scientists and medical...
The Friday Report: May 15th, 2020
USDA to Launch Farmers to Family Food Box Program to Feed the Hungry Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has initiated a part of the federal response to those suffering from COVID-19 outbreak food challenges. The new $3 billion plan named “Farmers to Family Food Box...
The Friday Report: May 8th, 2020
COVID-19 Meat Processing Woes Lead to Increased Demand for Meatless Meat With the recent COVID-19 outbreak impacting meat processing plants across the nation, American consumers seem to be developing a taste for plant-based food products. Beyond the meat shortages,...
The Friday Report: May 1st, 2020
Macy’s Anticipates Reopening All Its Stores within 6 Weeks Anxious to get back to business, Macy’s announced that it would reopen 58 of its retail stores on Monday, May 4th in states that have eased stay at home restrictions. This includes Georgia and South...
The Friday Report: April 24th, 2020
Leveraging Its Logistics, Amazon Opens PPE Store to Healthcare Workers, First Responders and Governments Without much fanfare, Amazon opened a nonprofit store to provide personal protection equipment and needed medical supplies for the fight against COVID-19. Known...
How Pharma and Life Science Distributors Avoid Supply Chain Disruption During COVID-19 Outbreak
First, consumers and professionals in the pharmaceutical industry feared that the trade wars would cause supply chain disruptions. Now, a more insidious risk has emerged, one more challenging to conquer. In this challenging time of the COVID-19 outbreak, many...