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The Logistics Matters podcast: Bryan Palma on what retailers can expect this peak season | Season 2 Episode 41

Retailers are in for an uncertain holiday season as inventories are out of whack and demand is difficult to satisfy. What should retailers and consumers expect from this year's peak season? Plus: The unicorns of supply chain; news from America's ports.

DC Velocity Staff
By DC Velocity StaffOct 22, 2021
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About this week's guest
Brian Palma

Bryan Palma is senior product marketing manager at Kinaxis. He has over a decade of experience across retail and the consumer packaged goods and consumer electronics industries. He is passionate about communicating the value of new technologies to enterprises looking to be market leaders in their industry. As senior manager of industry and solutions marketing at Kinaxis, Palma leads marketing efforts focused on retail and CPG for Kinaxis' demand planning and artificial intelligence/machine learning products.


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