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Supply
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- Dec. 19, 2014 -
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Amazon Prime Now 1 Hour Delivery Handling Lots of SKUs; Russian Ruble Freefall has Consequences; Truckload Rate Continue to March Higher; Walmart Dominates Top Retail Supply Chain Rankings |
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6.5%
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The level by which the Cass Linehaul Freight Index - which measures per mile truckload rates in the US - rose in November versus 2013, as the strong rate hikes continue on. Starting in March, the year over year increases have been 6.0%, 5.7%, 5.8%, 5.2%, 7.2%, 7.0%, 6.7%, and 7.3% through October, respectively, before the similarly high increase last month. Say the analysts at Avondale Partners, "We would point out that contract pricing (which applies to 95+% of the public carriers' freight) has been accelerating of late after a drawn out bid season," and "We continue to expect contract TL pricing to rise 4-6% in 2015, with the higher end looking increasingly likely."
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91.2% |
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Number of manufacturers which named Walmart as having one of the top three retail supply chains, in the annual Kantar Retail PowerRankings report. That puts Walmart just shy of 60 percentage points ahead of number 2 Kroger (32.5%), under Kantar's unique methodology. There was nowhere near that kind of dominance on the consumer packaged goods side, with General Mills and Procter & Gamble in a virtual tie for the top spot - but each only received recognition as a top 3 supply chain from 25.2% of retailers. See Annual Kantar Retail Ranking of the Top Retail Supply Chains for 2014. |
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