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Experimental Design imagines another scenario: neighborhoods eliminate the growing stream of delivery vehicles by organizing central locations or deploying a kind of package delivery van that comes around once or twice a day like an ice-cream truck. Neighbors might gather around the day’s influx of retail goods and exchange news, transforming the hermetic life behind closed garage doors into a more open and collaborative kind of community. 
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Ready for unique insights into Canada’s e-commerce holiday landscape – and tips on how to make the most of this 2018 holiday season?
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WHY IT MATTERS: holiday season starts with black friday / cyber monday. Companies need to prepare to get their logistics and delivery ready. Some useful insights in this shameless plug from Canada Post...!
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Will we be able to create sustainable prosperity, or are we on the way to a climate crash? Is the world interconnected or fragmented? Which new technologies shape our everyday lives? In a new study entitled “Delivering Tomorrow: Logistics in 2050," Deutsche Post DHL Group presents five sweeping, sometimes radical, prospects for the world in 2050 as well as the impact they would have on the logistics industry.
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WHY IT MATTERS: very interesting future projection regarding logistics and parcel delivery in the future by a world leader in the field - DHL.
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Blockchain disruptive nature is derived from its ability to transform almost any process, from basic documentation to settling complex contracts across geographies.
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WHY IT MATTERS: we focus on the financial use cases of the blockchain. However there are many more - and potentially more important - use cases for blockchain outside payment and financial transactions. They must be considered careful by anymore preparing a digital strategy today. Also: - more recent infographics (2018): https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7y2zld/infographic_use_cases_for_blockchain/ - another list: https://www.experfy.com/blog/blockchain-use-cases-that-have-potential-to-disrupt-society - other financial use cases explained: https://hackernoon.com/popular-use-cases-of-blockchain-technology-you-need-to-know-df4e1905d373 - slideshare presentation: https://www.slideshare.net/IBTSMG/blockchain-use-cases-75417476
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Jeff Bezos said during Code conference that Amazon will not get into the delivery business to replace partners - but will supplement it heavily.
I wrote before that amazon will get into the grocery food delivery business because it is the only way they can reduce their delivery costs - costs they have to give to fedex, purolator, USPS and others. So basically they will go into grocery business to break even and get free local delivery in certain key market areas.
Recently, Walmart has begun pilot tests to deliver groceries using UBER (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wal-mart-groceries-idUSKCN0YP0H6?il=0). This sounds like a great idea, focussing on each other's strength (walmart = products & logistics, uber = delivery) with no investment to access huge volume. This option may not be as efficient as the Amazon model however but be a great solution in periods of high volume.
To see what I wrote about this, see http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-transformation-of-businesses?q=amazon+fresh
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT Delivery remains the biggest cost for online retailers. Between 10% to 20% of retailer costs are sunk into delivery. This remains a huge hurdle for both retailers and consumers compared to physical stores. I expect online retailer to be more and more creative on the delivery front to reduce costs and deliver faster.
Established eCommerce retailers should look for opportunities to improve delivery and newbies to never underestimate delivery as it is the CORE to make or break their online retail business. Mark my words...
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WHY IT MATTERS: the impact of self-driving cars for cities that were designed and built around cars remains unknown. Phoenix being one of them where Google waymo self-driving taxis is being tested at scale today. This article explores the possible impacts and they are fascinating, going well beyond transportation.