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Total returns accounted for more than $761 billion in merchandise for US retailers in 2021—nearly 20% of which occurred after the holiday shopping season, per NRF.

Retailers grapple with the financial impact of the returns process 

Maeve Allsup

Long Beach and Newark aren’t likely to relinquish their status as warehouse royalty, but companies are being forced to expand their footprint further inland.

Here’s where experts say the next warehouse hotspots will be

Despite improving technology, investments, and consumer pressure, farm level visibility is rare.

Forget last-mile, it’s supply chains’ first mile that poses the biggest challenge for companies

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Jeena Sharma

With a partnership with the world’s largest viscose filament producer and investment from Patagonia, recycling startup Circ is trying to bring recycled textiles to scale.

How one recycler is trying to remake the viscose supply chain

Erin Cabrey

He’s Director of Business Growth at Via Trading. 

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High gas prices drove up the 0.9% jump for the Consumer Price Index in March, with core CPI rising 0.2% YoY. 

Consumer sentiment plunges as prices spike

Andrew Adam Newman

A farmers’ coalition claims the list “villainizes” safe and healthy produce.

Spinach tops EWG’s Dirty Dozen list of pesticide-laden produce

Vidhi Choudhary

Amazon will slash around 20% of deliveries by USPS instead of the two-thirds it threatened to cut last month.

Amazon and USPS agree to new terms for package delivery

Alex Vuocolo

Fuel surcharges are rising, and experts expect higher costs to pass through directly to commercial contracts. 

Soaring gas prices ripple through retail supply chains

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From Prompt to Purchase: Transactions and Tracking in the AI Era 

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Home Depot’s approach to big and bulky delivery.

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Complexity has made offering speedier delivery a challenge. But Home Depot continues to invest in the offering. 

Why big and bulky delivery is the final frontier for retail supply chains 

Carolyn Aronson shares the importance of strategy shifts—including a new rebrand and partnership with Khloé Kardashian—in growing the 20-year-old brand. 

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Even in the age of AI, retailers continue to bet big on brick and mortar.

The state of stores

Chief Product and Technology Officer Rafe Colburn says Etsy is also experimenting with its own conversational gifting agent. 