DC & Warehouse Operations
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Done Deals: August 14, 2020
Contracts, mergers, acquisitions and big deals in the supply chain sector this week
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Lineage Logistics completes 10 new acquisitions
Acquisitions consist of 24 locations across core population and food production markets in the U.S.
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Walmart breaks ground on new GTA DC
New facility will handle ambient general merchandise and food products
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Contactless high
Pandemic prompts a turn to paper-free processes
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Urban Outfitters lands in Kansas City
New 880,000-square-foot omni-channel distribution centre will be located on ancillary land at the Kansas Speedway
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MHI acquires WERC
Will operate WERC as a division of MHI
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Done deals: August 5, 2020
Contracts, mergers, acquisitions and big deals in the supply chain sector this week
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Bankrupt retailer’s DC up for auction
Stage Stores, Inc filed for Chapter 11, 435,196-square-foot facility in Texas on the market
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Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion
Appeared the blast was caused by detonation of more than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse at the dock
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Proximity alarm
Designed to help promote social distancing measures as businesses reopen, using sensors embedded in tags that buzz when people get within two metres of one another
