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Ever wonder what is behind the fluctuating price of fuel? The price of retail fuel follows the same pricing model as many commodities, the model is supply and demand. There are a few outside government influences like taxes and regulations that keep the price of fuel...
Jul 8, 2014
At first glance most shippers probably think yeah, green friendly packaging sounds great, but it really doesn’t fit into our business and supply chain model. Also, it probably costs too much to change. Well, we all know changing old habits takes a bit of gumption and...
Dec 18, 2013
We’ve been watching the industry news and wanted to have a little fun hypothesizing the early days of drone technology. I was somewhat amused in reading about how a major fulfillment provider recently bragging about their new their revelation about the future...
