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ACWI Advance - February 15, 2022

Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: 3PL warehouses are positioned to help customers grappling with service and cost issues. More than $761 billion in retail merchandise sold last year…

Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter

Download a copy of ACWI Advance here:

In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories:

  • 3PL warehouses are positioned to help customers grappling with service and cost issues.
  • More than $761 billion in retail merchandise sold last year was returned by customers.
  • 2021 online grocery sales hit $98 billion as deliveries exceeded pickups for the first time.
  • 3PL warehouse operators are adopting driverless lift trucks on a worldwide scale.
  • A study shows cannabis-using drivers have trouble figuring how impaired they are.
  • OSHA pursues a formal rulemaking.to impose a Covid vax mandate on employers.

Send your company news to Editor David Sparkman at dspark@comcast.net, and please understand that there is no cost to you when we use your news in this newsletter.

Originally published February 15, 2022 · updated March 24, 2023.

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