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ATLANTA, Georgia and LONDON, U.K. May 7, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released findings from Online Buying Grows, But Too Many Consumers Still Experiencing Delivery Woes, its third annual consumer sentiment study of ecommerce home delivery. The study shows that 39% of respondents made more online purchases in the period surveyed this year compared to last year, and that 57% made purchases in at least one new product category this year. While the study revealed that consumers in every demographic are increasing the volume and frequency of their online purchases, 67% of those surveyed encountered delivery problems.

Container News shares key takeaways from Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that March 2024 was a strong month for U.S. container imports and that, despite the combined effect of the Panama drought and the conflict in the Middle East, port transit delays showed continued improvement across nearly all the top ports.

American Journal of Transportation spotlights how new Descartes MacroPoint FraudGuard capabilities help combat the increasingly sophisticated tactics of bad actors in transportation and logistics with advanced capabilities to help monitor and minimize the impact of fraudulent activities.

Food Logistics features key takeaways from Descartes’ study, including that the strategies, tactics and technologies used by supply chain and logistics leaders to address labor constraints vary by financial performance, growth, management’s perceived importance of supply chain and logistics operations, and by how successful employee retention programs are.

Supply Chain Dive highlights Descartes’ latest global shipping report, showing that March U.S. container import volumes increased 0.4% from February, but jumped 15.7% when compared to the same month last year, indicating exceptional growth when considering the impact of the Chinese Lunar New Year on the second half of March.

DC Velocity shares launch of Descartes MacroPoint™ FraudGuard - new capabilities to help freight brokers, 3PLs and shippers identify and prevent fraudulent activities related to carrier information, load tracking, and shipment status.

Logistics Business shares findings from Descartes’ labor shortage study showing that, for supply chain and logistics leaders, the top tech choices to help drive productivity gains for labor workers were delivery route optimization (54%) and driver mobile productivity (45%) solutions and, for knowledge workers, real-time shipment tracking (53%).

Chain Store Age spotlights a new study from Descartes showing that more than half of supply chain leaders are moving towards automation to combat continued workforce challenges, and that most have made changes to operational, technology, recruitment and retention strategies to help combat the issue.

World Ports Org shared that March U.S. container import volumes experienced a significant increase of 15.7%, compared with the same month last year, and marked an even larger increase of 20.6%, compared with pre-pandemic levels in March 2019, according to Descartes’ recent global shipping report.

WATERLOO, Ontario, May 2, 2024 -- Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG) (Nasdaq: DSGX), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, is scheduled to report its first quarter fiscal 2025 financial results after market close