Routing, Mobile & Telematics

The Food Institute speaks to Descartes’ Chris Jones about consumers growing interest in sustainability for grocery deliveries as well as strategies for an environmentally friendly home delivery program based on delivery personas.

Logistics Viewpoints shares insights from Descartes’ Chris Jones on the opportunity for retailers to gain a competitive advantage and add to the bottom line by harnessing growing consumer interest in sustainability with environmentally friendly home delivery strategies.

FreightComms features insights from Descartes’ Chris Jones on actions logistics-oriented companies can take to mitigate the impact of high fuel costs and realize gains whether fuel costs are higher or lower in the future.

y, which examined consumer sentiment of retailers’ sustainability practices around their delivery operations. The survey found that only 38% of consumers felt retailers were doing a good job of using sustainable delivery practices. Over 50%, however, indicated they were quite/very interested in environmentally friendly delivery methods, and 54% would be willing to accept longer lead times for an environmentally friendly delivery.

Global Trade Magazine features this recap from Descartes’ Chris Jones of key figures and events from the first half of 2022 that are contributing to a challenging second half of the year for global trade.

SupplyChainBrain features insights from Descartes’ Chris Jones on ways for retailers, distributors, carriers, and logistics service providers to reduce the impact of elevated fuel costs now and reap benefits down the line when prices eventually relax.