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Amazon adds 5,000 smart glasses for delivery drivers

The company plans to put more than 20,000 in the field by the end of 2027

Fulfillment

News

TJX and Burlington are planning for a warm winter in two different ways

TJX will decide late where its coats go, while Burlington decided early to buy fewer of them.

Trade

News

CBP will open tariff refunds on closed entries Oct. 6, but only for importers that sued

The third phase of the IEEPA refund portal covers the entries the first two left out, and importers that never went to court are still waiting on a judge.

News

Manufacturing

Toyota tells investors it may need 400,000 factory robots

The estimate mixes humanoids with ordinary machines, while the humanoids working on Toyota's own North American floor today number seven.

Freight

News

Union Pacific says record diesel is starting to move truck freight to rail

Railroads and intermodal carriers say shippers are shifting long-haul loads, with intermodal priced about 30% below truckload.

Procurement

Briefing

Europe's drought cuts 3.5M tonnes from the potato crop

That's worth up to €818 million in lost crop across five countries.

Briefing

Logistics

American Eagle cut delivery times 16% with Amazon Shipping

The retailer says Amazon had the best contact rate of its 12 carriers.

Workforce

Briefing

German dockworkers vote on an indefinite port strike

Workers rejected the employers' 3.4% raise offer by nearly two to one.

Sustainability

Briefing

LA and Long Beach would pay $60 a visit for zero-emission drayage

The proposal would cap payouts at $36,000 per truck a year for three years.

Briefing

Manufacturing

Coca-Cola's bottlers commit $10B to US plants and distribution

A company-commissioned study says Coca-Cola’s US operations contributed $85 billion to the economy in 2025, supported nearly 1 million jobs, and spent about $37 billion with domestic suppliers.

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