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The News, Commentary & Events that Shaped Commerce This Week
week of 1/24/2020 |
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| Shippers Feeling Pain from Expansion of Carriers’ Additional Handling Charge |
| Consumers have gotten more comfortable ordering bigger, bulkier items online and having them shipped to their homes, covering categories like furniture, home improvement products and housewares. This is now coming at a cost for shippers, especially as the rule has changed for additional handling charges from FedEx and UPS.…» |
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| GlobalTranz Acquires Cerasis, 11th Acquisition in Three Years |
| 3PL GlobalTranz Enterprises has acquired Cerasis, a provider of managed transportation and third-party multimodal logistics services, marking its 11th acquisition since January 2017. Cerasis has a managed transportation client base that uses its 3PL/4PL service offerings and technology solutions, including TMS.…» |
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| Amazon Pursuing Pay-With-Your-Hand Biometric Checkout Technology |
| Amazon's latest expansion into the consumer biosphere will enable brick-and-mortar shoppers to pay for purchases with a mere wave – or scan – of their hand. The Wall Street Journal said Amazon is creating a system of hand-scanning terminals for retailers, with a focus on venues like coffee shops with lots of return customers.…» |
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| Children’s Clothing Retailer Hanna Andersson Victim of Dark Web Hack |
| Hanna Andersson, the Portland, OR-based children’s clothing brand with Swedish roots, was hacked in a magecart attack last fall that exposed customers’ credit card information, including CVV codes, but is just now coming to light. The hack revealed credit card information from transactions between Sept. 16 and Nov. 11, 2019.…» |
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| Grocery Sector Outpaces Ecommerce in Major Warehouse Lease Deals |
| Fueled by continued growth in e-grocery and the sector overall, food and beverage saw more growth in terms of major warehouse leases in 2019 than did ecommerce, which slipped a bit, according to a report from CBRE on the 100 largest deals. The number of 3PL deals stayed the same, while the square footage dropped from 2018.…» |
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