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Amazon Takes Flight in India with Debut of Dedicated Air Cargo Network

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and Europe. We’re thrilled to launch Amazon Air in India to ensure we can provide our growing customer base with great selection, low prices and faster deliveries,” said Sarah Rhoads, VP of Amazon Global Air in a statement. Amazon India currently has fulfilment centers across 15 states and sortation centers in 19 states.

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Reports: Rapid Delivery Provider JOKR Pulls Out of U.S. But Still Plans Latin America Expansion

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The company will end operations in New York City and Boston after June 19, 2022 and lay off approximately 50 of its 950 global office staff members. fulfillment centers. The company has approximately nine fulfillment centers servicing its two U.S. markets and about 200 worldwide.

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Amazon’s ‘Regionalization’ of its U.S. Logistics Network Leads to Reduced Costs, Faster Delivery

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Today, 76% of the products customers order are fulfilled from facilities within their region, Amazon said, and as a result the company said it expects 2023 will be the fastest year yet for customers in terms of delivery speed. Amazon has been overhauling its logistics network to “regionalize” where inventory is located across the U.S.

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Lululemon Deploys RFID Solution Chainwide to Unlock Real-Time Inventory Data

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Lululemon is in the process of rolling out a cloud-based RFID inventory management solution to its 600+ stores globally that will help the retailer optimize its in-store product assortments. Having a fully mobile cloud solution in our stores greatly contributes to this experience.

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Circle K Owner Launches Summer Hiring Spree to find 25,000 New Workers

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Convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has announced that is hiring for more than 25,000 positions at its more than 14,100 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores and support centers across North America, Europe and Asia. Canada and Europe over the next three years.

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Scotch & Soda Taps RFID to Manage In-Store Inventory and Streamline Delivery

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Dutch fashion brand Scotch & Soda has selected Nedap Retail as a strategic RFID partner for Europe and North America. Global lockdowns made it important for Scotch & Soda to optimize its view of stock levels within the supply chain, in order to balance in-store and distribution center stock based on the local situation.

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Amazon’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Tops 20 Gigawatts; More Investments Coming

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The energy is used across operations including AWS data centers, Amazon fulfillment centers and physical stores around the world. Once operational, Amazon’s global renewable energy projects are expected to generate 56,881 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean energy each year.