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Holiday retail in 2025 didn’t just deliver—it exploded. The five-day shopping binge from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday redefined “peak season,” creating an order surge few fulfillment centers were truly prepared for. For companies operating distribution centers, warehouses, or e-commerce fulfillment, the result was a stress test. For those thinking ahead: a wake-up call.<...


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If you walked into a major retail distribution center in October 2025, you might have noticed something unsettling: The yard was orderly.

For years, the fourth quarter has been synonymous with friction. As volume surges, facility capacity tightens, lines at the gate lengthen, and detention fees pile up. Yet, as we close the books on 2025, the defining characteristic of ...


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When companies talk about innovation, they tend to focus inward: new product teams, R&D budgets, design labs. But our research finds that a powerful and often overlooked driver of innovation lies far beyond a company’s walls and even beyond its first-tier suppliers.

The real innovation engine may be hidden two or three tiers deep in your supply chain, among the supp...


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When people who don’t work in the logistics industry think of cargo theft, they typically envision incidents where trucks are hijacked or cargo is burglarized from trailers in transit. Those risks are real. This summer, seven men from California were charged with stealing $100...


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Logistics managers know the frustration: Even the most powerful routing tools can fall short when it comes to advanced planning. Many systems struggle to account for future variables like upcoming municipal events, traffic, or changing weather patterns, which can lead to inefficient routes, costly delays, wasted fuel, frustrated drivers, and a poor customer experience.

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