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Red Stag Fulfillment, a leading third-party logistics firm, has facilities in Knoxville, TN and Salt Lake City, reaching the continental U.S. in three days or less via standard ground shipping. Click here for their profile as part of MCM's 2023 Top 3PL directory.
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| UPS: Most of Volume Decline Unrelated to Negotiations |
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| UPS continues to see volume declines impacting results, as it steps up automation and finds other ways to drive greater efficiency in order to offset the decline, which helped boost revenue per piece in the first quarter even with the volume falloff. The company also remains confident of a Teamsters settlement, while working overtime to retain business and keeping a contingency plan at hand. |
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| Sustainable Packaging Q&A: A Retailer's Quest for a New Solution |
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| Omoda, a Dutch-based retailer of premium shoes, wanted to reduce its CO2 footprint and demonstrate a commitment to the environment. Its preexisting process often resulted shipping up to 50% air, which caused a substantial impact on both sustainability and shipping costs. In this Q&A case study, Omoda talks about how Ranpak's solution helped the retailer achieve its goals. |
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| Amazon Drivers Join Teamsters in California |
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| A small group of drivers for an Amazon delivery contractor in California has joined the Teamsters union, the first fruits of a concerted effort by the country’s most powerful union to organize workers at the massive ecommerce company both inside and outside its warehouses. Amazon said the DSP employing them had been terminated some time before the Teamsters announcement for performance reasons. |
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| PRC Orders Review of USPS Overhaul Plan |
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| The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has ordered a public review of various aspects of the U.S. Postal Service’s ten-year overhaul plan, including consolidating sort and delivery operations into regional centers, opening up public input on the impact of the changes. The PRC will issue information requests to the USPS about proposed network changes as part of the Delivering for America plan. |
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| Inventory Management Complexities Are Here to Stay |
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Check out Multichannel Merchant’s latest special report, Inventory Management Gets Trickier As Forces Collide, to stay ahead of inventory management challenges. Read now to hear what analysts are observing and what companies like Burton and Firstleaf are doing to help mitigate inventory management struggles.
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