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NRF: stimulus checks will arrive at “critical time” to boost Q1 retail spending
But overall economic activity won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until late 2021, and unemployment could lag even longer, trade group says.
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Disaster Response
Blizzard threatens northeast states amid vaccine shipments, holiday peak surge
Gusty nor'easter could slow shipments through airports, maritime, highways.
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The DC Velocity Q&A
The New (Ab)Normal
How has the pandemic affected businesses in general and supply chains in particular? Dr. Yossi Sheffi, a professor at MIT, offers some answers in his latest book.
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CMA CGM says pandemic survival lessons are here to stay
Key to surviving 2020 challenges like covid, wildfires, hurricanes, and hackers was deeper communications with staff and clients, firm says.
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BIG PICTURE
Logistics challenges are why we can’t expect a Covid-19 vaccine as soon as we’d like
Most of us will not have access to a vaccine until at least the middle of next year. That’s partly because our current medical supply chains aren’t equipped for a rollout of this scale and complexity.
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Logistics gives back: October 2020
Here's our monthly roundup of some of the charitable works and donations by companies in the material handling and logistics space.
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Railroad joins effort to fight wildfires
UP dispatches "water train" to help battle Western blazes.
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Relief groups focus on Texas and Louisiana in Hurricane Delta’s wake
Storm was latest blow to hard-hit Gulf Coast region in “unprecedented” 2020 season, ALAN says.
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Pandemic could level the playing field between small and large companies, MIT’s Yossi Sheffi says
Technology leaps and nimble computing systems could change supply chains in the long run, professor says in latest book.
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Louisiana braces for third Gulf Coast hurricane in six weeks
Hurricane Delta could close ports, highways, and intermodal hubs throughout the region, Riskpulse warns.
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