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Freight rates have favored shippers for over a year. That’s about to change. Data analytics point to a market inversion: Rising spot rates are about to exceed contract rates for the first time since early 2022. The history of such inversions tells us that contract rates will follow the upward path of spot rates after […]

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Yes, it’s still at the top of supply chain managers’ Top 10 ‘must-have’ lists. It doesn’t seem likely to go away anytime soon, either. Better visibility. The reasons are simple and well-known enough: Supply chains have become steadily more complex — and risky — in recent years, from omnichannel D2C retail, COVID-19, geopolitical and trade […]

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Discover the Power of a Modular, Microservices-based WMS Now is the time to consider a technology-enabled ecosystem and implement a strategy to automate, integrate and transform your business. A cloud-ready warehouse management system (WMS) with a modular approach to warehouse automation allows you to optimize your fulfillment operations today, with a path to complete automation […]

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The 2023 holiday season is set to be a shining star for e-commerce and omnichannel retailers, according to our Pre-holiday Shopper Survey. Our survey of 1,000 shoppers reveals that digital shopping will continue to gain momentum this holiday season. A significant number of respondents (210) plan to do all of their holiday shopping online. Convenience, […]

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E-commerce has been a wild card for the last few years — to say the least. But the challenges that cropped up from shifting buyer behaviors have a potential bright side. They could be presenting online merchants with new, exciting growth opportunities. Recognizing (and addressing) how online shoppers’ needs have changed will go a long […]

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