Sensormatic Solutions by Johnson Controls Predicts the Global Top Busiest
Shopping Days for the 2021 Holiday Season
Black
Friday is expected to be the busiest United States holiday shopping day in 2021
NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland - Sept. 28, 2021--Sensormatic
Solutions, the leading global retail solutions portfolio of
Johnson Controls,
today released its predictions for the top busiest shopping days of the 2021
holiday season around the world. The annual predictions are informed by retail
traffic data analytics within the company's intelligent operating platform,
Sensormatic
IQ.
On average, the top 10 busiest shopping days in the U.S., account for
approximately 40% of all holiday
retail traffic. Sensormatic Solutions predicts U.S. in-store traffic for
this year's holiday season will be down between -10% and -15% compared to 2019,
the most recent normalized year. Overall, in 2021, in-store U.S. retail traffic
fiscal year to-date is down -18.6% from 2019. However, since the beginning of
August, traffic is improving slightly, trending down -15.1% from 2019.
The
full list of predicted busiest shopping days in the U.S. is as follows:
1. Friday, November
26 - Black Friday
2. Saturday, December 18 - Super Saturday
3. Thursday, December 23 - Thursday before Christmas
4. Saturday, December 11 - 2nd Saturday in December
5. Sunday, December 26 - Day after Christmas (Boxing Day)
6. Wednesday, December 22 - Wednesday before Christmas
7. Saturday, November 27 - Saturday after Thanksgiving
8. Saturday, December 4 - 1st Saturday in December
9. Tuesday, December 21 - Tuesday before Christmas
10. Sunday, December 19 - Sunday before Christmas
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CONTROLTEK Launches ControlSpan RFID Management Software
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (Sep. 28, 2021)
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CONTROLTEK, a
leading provider of loss prevention and asset protection solutions, has recently
launched its new RFID management software, CONTROLSPAN, for real-time item-level
visibility and asset tracking of the retail store.
"Although RFID has become a popular 'smart' alternative to barcode, retailers
that want to truly transform their operations need to oversee all of their RFID
solutions, which led us to develop our own RFID management software," said
Tom Meehan,
CFI, chief strategy officer, and chief information security officer at
CONTROLTEK. "By combining cloud, mobile, AI, and IoT technologies into one
platform, CONTROLSPAN provides retailers with up to 99 percent accurate,
real-time visibility of their entire stock, from production to point of sale, so
they can streamline omnichannel sales and sell to the last unit."
Read more in the Vendor Spotlight column below
New Enhancements to March Networks' Retail Solution Use AI and Cloud Technology
to Improve Customer Service, Operations, and Profitability
OTTAWA,
ON, September 27, 2021 --
March Networks®, a
global video surveillance and video based business intelligence leader, is
pleased to announce several innovative enhancements to its retail solution that
use AI and cloud technology to help quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and other
retailers cut losses from theft, improve customer service, and drive
profitability.
Read more here
APEX Grocery Conference:
Nashville Style
By:
Amber Bradley
Last week, Loss Prevention and Asset Protection (LP/AP) executives descended on
Music City for collaboration, solution creation, and networking. The solid
agenda included the most relevant topics affecting retailers today such as,
Solving Self-checkout Shrink, How Diversity and Inclusion is a Competitive
Advantage, Real World Strategies to Combat Pushout & Shoplifting Violence,
Active Shooter: Recovery, Liability, and Prevention, Why Your Perishable
Shrink Plan Isn't Working, Testing it out: Facial & License Plate Recognition,
and keynotes including Winning High Consequence Conversations by Lisa
Mitchell, and The FBI Ghost that Took Down America's Most Notorious Spy,
by former FBI counterintelligence special agent, Eric O'Neill.
APEX Grocery, powered by TalkLP, was an invitation-only event that attracted the
brightest retail LP/AP minds and brought them together with the most innovative,
supportive, and collaborative solutions providers our industry has to offer. The
collaboration and discussions throughout the conference proved the APEX Grocery
LIVE event was long overdue, with several LP/AP executives committing to
implementing new initiatives provided by the solutions providers present at the
event.
As a way of topping off the abundance of education and tabletop discussions, the
APEX Grocery signature networking event didn't disappoint. The APEX Grocery NashBash treated the attendees to a surprise appearance by Country Music Legend,
John Rich, who arrived to personally preside over the Lifetime Achievement
Award Ceremony honoring the retirement of Mike Lamb and Kathleen Smith. In
true John Rich fashion, he also performed a private concert for the APEX
attendees!
Stay tuned for next summer's APEX Grocery LIVE in 2022!
To request an invitation to APEX Grocery 2022, contact
Amber@Calibrationgroup.com
today, as space is limited! For more information on this and other industry news
and events, download the TalkLPnews app at GooglePlay or the iOS App Store.
GSX
Day 1 Recap
Tech Notes from Day 1 of GSX 2021
In-person conference returns to Orlando with
a wide array a new product introductions
The
GSX "in-person" tradeshow is back, but things look a little different. Show
managers seem to be standardizing on a temperature checkup line for Covid-19
screening, but they also added proof of vaccination as a way to get through the
line rapidly.
The power of face-to-face connections was clearly there and exhibitors worked
hard to move customers to act by appealing to current trends in access control,
personal safety, active assailant detection and perimeter hardening. Moving the
show to the southern part of the west concourse inside Orlando's Orange County
Convention Center better fit the smaller footprint of the exhibits. GSX
continues the focus that in-person events bring to an exhibitor's brand, albeit
on a smaller scale.
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The U.S. Crime Surge
The Retail Impact
In Case You Missed It: FBI Reports Historic
Murder Surge
Murders Spiked in 2020 in Cities Across the United States
The year-to-year increase in homicides from
2019 was the largest since national record-keeping began in 1960. But overall,
major crimes declined last year.
The
United States experienced its biggest one-year increase on record in
homicides in 2020, according to
new figures released by the F.B.I. and
reported in the Daily on Monday, with some cities hitting record highs.
Although major crimes were down overall, there were an additional 4,901
homicides in 2020 compared with the year before, the largest leap since
national records started in 1960. The significant rise has roughly coincided
with the 18 months of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The higher murder rate has continued into 2021, although the pace has slowed
as the year has progressed.
Overall, the toll of some 21,500 people killed last year is still well below the
record set during the violence of the early 1990s. Still, several cities,
like Albuquerque, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Memphis, Milwaukee and Syracuse,
recorded their highest homicide numbers ever, according to the report.
There is no simple explanation for the steep rise. A number of key factors are
driving the violence, including the economic and social toll taken by the
pandemic and a sharp increase in gun purchases.
"It is a perfect storm," said Chief Harold Medina of the Albuquerque
Police Department. He cited Covid-19, the fallout from social justice protests
and other contributors. "There is not just one factor that we can point at to
say why we are where we are," he said.
The report from the F.B.I., which tabulates crime numbers reported by almost
16,000 law enforcement agencies, also showed that killings were more
widespread, occurring in all regions of the United States and not limited to
major cities.
nytimes.com
LA's Cop Gangs? Tattooed, Intimidating,
Aggressive, Violent, Secret Societies
LA County sheriff disputes claims deputy-led gangs are still active
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva berated other public officials and
the media on Wednesday at a news conference that was supposed to be about a
recent report that deputy-led gangs are still active within the department,
despite changes made to root them out.
The
Rand Corporation report
released on Sept. 10 found that hundreds of deputies - about 16% of
the 1,608 rank-and-file employees and supervisors who responded to a voluntary
survey - had been asked within the last five years to join one of several
cliques within the department.
Villanueva disputed that the gangs are still active. He said nearly 30
years ago as a young deputy, he had worked alongside members of the Cavemen, one
group identified in the Rand report. He said he was not asked to join the
Cavemen.
Through interviews with deputies, however, the Rand researchers said they found
that the internal gangs had become "a normalized part of the organization."
They found that at least 40% of those surveyed reported that the groups were
more common at stations in high-crime areas, like South and East L.A. While
some deputies surveyed said they perceived the groups as "motivational tools"
that promote camaraderie, around 37% said the groups should be banned
altogether from the department.
That second type of group often requires members to get tattoos showing their
allegiance, and have been accused of targeting members of the public and other
deputies with violence and intimidation.
The most violent alleged cliques have also been accused
of being involved in a number of shootings and aggressive uses of force
against civilians.
Even as he sought to downplay the gangs, Villanueva on Wednesday emphasized that
he had also enacted rules intended to go after them. He created a policy
barring deputies from joining subgroups accused of misconduct. He said among the
37 recommendations offered in the Rand study, his department had already enacted
30 of them.
mercurynews.com
The Times Pounding LAPD For Not Documenting
Dispersal Orders
LAPD's use of protest dispersal orders soars, with few records justifying
actions
The
Los Angeles Police Department has seen a dramatic increase in the use of
dispersal orders as officials deal with rising numbers of intense street
protests over police violence, homelessness, COVID-19 restrictions and other
issues.
Such orders, in which police declare entire gatherings to be "unlawful," have
for decades led to thousands of arrests - of protesters
but also of journalists - that were later rejected by prosecutors and
exposed the city and its taxpayers to a
mountain of lawsuits, including many that are pending.
But a Times investigation found that the LAPD has kept little record of such
orders, its justifications for them or whether they were carried out in
compliance with past court settlements or the department's own policies. The
LAPD had no centralized record or log of dispersal orders and no records
outlining justifications for the majority of the orders.
LAPD officials say they are reviewing their record-keeping policies. But critics
and legal scholars question why it has taken so long for careful documentation
and oversight to become a priority, given the implications of such orders and
their misuse in the past.
The department produced documents listing dispersal orders issued in each of the
four regional bureaus. The lists showed a total of two dispersal orders issued
per year from 2016 through 2019, 17 in 2020 and three in the first half of 2021.
The lists were incomplete, failing to note orders publicly announced or
witnessed by Times staff.
latimes.com
The Maryland General Assembly passed sweeping policing reforms
Here's what goes into effect first.
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Misconduct complaints are made against officers, they will be
public.
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New team of independent investigators will show up when anyone dies
at the hands of police and sort out what happened.
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The changes are part of the
sweeping police reform laws passed by the Maryland General Assembly earlier
this year that begin to go into effect Friday.
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Access to police records will have "a direct and immediate impact,"
he said.
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All discipline records are going to be immediately available.
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Officers will no longer have any complaints expunged, even those
that are unfounded.
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Limits on when police can use no-knock warrants in their
investigations, and further restrictions on the use of surplus military
equipment by police.
baltimoresun.com
Austin police weigh dispatching civilians, not officers to some non-emergency
calls
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COVID Update
390.6M Vaccinations Given
US: 43.9M Cases - 709.1K Dead - 33.3M Recovered
Worldwide:
233.1M Cases - 4.7M Dead - 209.9M Recovered
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Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 315
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Enforcement Officer Deaths: 423
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Hawaii & Ohio: Most At-Risk States Heading
into Fall
State-by-State Vulnerability Guide to Covid-19
Estimating how many people have been neither
vaccinated nor infected gives a rough view of which states have the most to fear
from another wave of the virus.
Nationwide,
54.9% of Americans have now been fully vaccinated and an estimated 51.6%
infected, giving a vulnerable percentage of just 21.8%. (See
blue map at top of this column) It may still be that colder weather
will bring yet another wave of Covid cases, but most of the country is starting
to run out of people with no immune protection whatsoever. The Covid Scenario
Modeling Hub, which combines the results of 11 different forecasting models, is
currently
not
anticipating a big resurgence this fall and winter.
Some states still look pretty vulnerable, though. Among them are some of the
usual low-vax suspects, but also states with pretty good vaccination rates
plus better-than-average success in fending off Covid-19 so far.
Hawaii has the highest vulnerable percentage, at 34.5%. It has a modestly
better-than-the-national-average full-vaccination rate, at 57.1%, but fewer than
20% of its residents have been infected, according to covidestim.org. As a
result, it faces a less extreme version of what Australia and New Zealand,
both considered Covid success stories, are now
going through. The state's governor last month
urged tourists to stay away and warned that those who come "will not have
the typical kind of holiday that they expect to get when they visit Hawaii."
It's certainly not the worst problem in the world to have - among U.S. states,
Hawaii has had the second-fewest Covid deaths relative to population,
trailing only Vermont. But it's still a problem.
bloomberg.com
COVID-19 "Ravaging Law Enforcement Ranks"
Leading Cause of Death for Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Line-of-Duty Deaths Up 96% Due to COVID-19
According
to preliminary data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Fund (NLEOMF), as of December 31, 2020, 264 federal, state, military, tribal,
and local law enforcement officers died in the line-of-duty in 2020, an increase
of 96% from the 135 officers killed during the same period. In 2020, officer
fatalities ranged from automobile crashes to heart attacks and from gunshots to
being beaten to death. Of these tragic deaths, Covid-19 related fatalities
were the single highest cause of officer line-of-duty deaths in 2020
Of the 264 officers who have died in the line of duty, there were 145
confirmed Covid-19 cases. It must be noted however, as the pandemic rages
on, NLEOMF has already identified a significant number of additional
Covid-19-related fatalities. Once these cases are confirmed, the total
number of COVID line-of-duty deaths will grow significantly.
Unfortunately, even with the preliminary Covid-19 fatalities, 2020 had the
highest number of law enforcement line-of-duty deaths since 1974.
Firearms-related fatalities were the second most common cause of officer
deaths, with 48 officers killed in 2020. This represents a 6% decrease
from the 51 officers killed in firearms-related incidents LY. Forty-four
officers have been killed in traffic related fatalities in 2020, a two percent
increase, compared to 43 deaths LY. During 2020, 172 officers died of
other causes. Of these deaths, 10 were physical-related, and 12 succumbed to
injuries sustained in the 9/11 terrorists attacks. Additionally, three officers
drowned, one perished in a helicopter crash, and one was beaten to death. The
largest single cause of death in this category and in the entire report are
the 145 Covid-19 deaths where officers were confirmed by their agency.
Los Angeles County health officials have identified hundreds of coronavirus
outbreaks at police and fire agencies since the start of the pandemic. They have
led to more than 2,500 coronavirus cases.
Ten LAPD employees have died from the virus. The LAPD had 37 identified
outbreaks, accounting for 1,061 cases, while the LAFD had 75 identified
outbreaks, accounting for 553 cases, the data show. Another 18 outbreaks were
identified at the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.
About 90% of San Diego police officers
who responded to a recent survey said they opposed COVID-19 vaccination
mandates; 65% of them said they would consider quitting if the city were
to enforce such a requirement, scheduled to take effect in November.
latimes.com
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nleomf.org
L.A. police, fire agencies hotbeds of vaccine opposition - and coronavirus
outbreaks
PD's Nationwide Report Low Vaccination Rates
More than 500 of the 356,000 represented by the FOP have died fron COVID-19
According to
information released by the prominent police union.
The release also breaks down the death count by state, reporting that 124
officers died in Texas, 53 died in California and 44 died in New York.
57% of Denver's PD, 50% of LAPD, are not vaccinated.
According to Axios, significant numbers of police officers across the
country are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, ignoring mandates and leaning on
their unions to back them up.
thecrimereport.org
69% Fear Mandate Spurs Turnover - Resignations
& Terminations
Almost Half of Organizations Will Institute Vaccine Mandates, Says Gartner Study
"The new federal guidance, as well as the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases due to
the Delta wave, have combined to shift executive opinion on vaccine mandates
significantly since the beginning of the year."
Almost half ( 46%) of organizations now plan to institute a vaccine mandate
where legally permissible, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc.
On September 15, 2021, Gartner polled 272 legal, compliance and HR executives
following new federal guidance on vaccine mandates for health workers and
updated OSHA regulations on vaccine and testing requirements for employees.
"The new federal guidance, as well as the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases due to
the Delta wave, have combined to shift executive opinion on vaccine mandates
significantly since the beginning of the year," said Chris Audet, senior
director, research, in the Gartner Legal & Compliance practice. "It is likely
that we will see a clear majority of firms instituting mandates of some kind by
the end of the year, considering that 36% of respondents are still unsure of
their organization's plans."
The new survey data on vaccine mandates showed that only 17% of survey
respondents reported that they will not require vaccine mandates.
No Consensus on Testing Strategy
There is little consensus among executives on how their organizations will
address remaining unvaccinated employees and the details of specific testing
strategies. Fifteen percent of executives said their organizations will
terminate non-compliant employees, with organizations split on whether they will
administer some form of on-site testing, utilize third-party testing services,
or require employees to be responsible for their own testing.
The polling data also revealed significant concerns among executives about the
consequences of new mandates, even as they move towards implementing the
policies in greater numbers. Sixty-nine percent of respondents feared a
vaccine mandate will spur employee turnover due to resignations or terminations.
Additionally, more than half of respondents feared the impact on company
culture and employee morale, and they had general concerns about managing
employees who refused the vaccine without an approved exemption.
"Much of their original hesitancy about the drawbacks of such policies remain,"
said Audet. "Legal and compliance leaders will need to think through the
implications of assuming responsibility for employee health data with
related administrative work, along with policies to limit confrontation and
disruptions related to non-compliant employees."
ehstoday.com
New Sign Posted on Restaurant Door: "BE KIND OR LEAVE"
Dealing with it straight up and seeing success &
Benchmarking with others
Restaurants & Hotels Push Back Against the Uptick in Customer Tantrums
Setting new ground rules during pandemic,
going against the adage that the customer is always right
In the weeks since Mr. Sirianni put his sign at the front of the Brewerie at
Union Station in Erie, Pa., as well as on Facebook, customers have acted
better. While it didn't eliminate problem customers entirely, it has curbed
what had been a mounting display of bad behavior, he says. "Not one has been
outlandish or belligerent," he says.
The note also included a short paragraph saying his employees have been
through "hell and back" and deserve better. Which sent a message to staff
and they no longer feel like they have to walk on egg shells.
Restaurants and others in the hospitality business have long espoused "the
customer is always right" and "all are welcome." Now, many are rethinking
that philosophy thanks to
a surge in toxic customers and poor behavior.
Others are choosing a more conciliatory approach, acknowledging inadequate
staffing levels and asking for patience, but unapologetic about masking
requirements and other public-health measures.
Nearly all hotels, restaurants and other customer-facing businesses are
talking with each other to ask what works, what doesn't and attempting to find
some way to improve the situation.
The signs are part of
a "Please Be Kind" campaign created this summer by the Rhode Island
Hospitality Association, which also created signs for break rooms listing
mental-health resources for the hospitality industry.
wsj.com
The Pandemic's Impact on Work
Remote work is making productivity and innovation harder, says Microsoft study
Microsoft says its US employees spent less time communicating with colleagues
outside of their immediate business teams after making working from home
mandatory in 2020.
A study of Microsoft employees in the US has concluded that the
organization-wide switch to remote working in 2020 damaged communication and
collaboration between different teams - while driving up working hours.
A peer-reviewed study of Microsoft's 61,100-plus US workforce found that
teams became more siloed and spent less time communicating with those
outside of their immediate teams in the months after the software company
instructed employees to work from home in March 2020.
The research, which was published in the journal
Nature Human Behavior, also found that the exchange of information was
stymied by changes in communication methods, with more employees spending less
time in face-to-face meetings and more time speaking to each other via instant
messaging and email. This meant less information was being shared between
colleagues in real time, and more conveyed through less rich, "asynchronous"
means.
zdnet.com
People in the Northeast could prevent a Covid-19 surge like the one in the South
by following these measures, Fauci says
Workers are putting on pants to return to the office only to be on Zoom all day
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NLRB challenges Kroger brands' ban on Black Lives Matter buttons
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Retailer Fred Meyer and grocer QFC - both Kroger brands - may have
violated federal labor law when they refused to allow workers to wear Black
Lives Matter buttons, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
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The board's Seattle regional office told HR Dive it found merit to
at least one charge related to the buttons and is seeking a settlement
agreement.
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According to a union representing the employees, UFCW 21, the agency found
merit to allegations that the employers violated federal law by "1) failing to
bargain with the Union over a change in workplace conditions - in this case the
practice of allowing the wearing of buttons at work; and 2) prohibiting workers
from taking action together - in this case, by wearing Black Lives Matter
messages - to protest racism in the workplace and in society, generally." The
employers did not respond to a request for comment.
Similar disagreements about workplace attire have cropped up at employers across
the country during the past year.
Shortly after police killed George Floyd in May 2020 and the Black Lives Matter
movement gained momentum, Starbucks prohibited workers from displaying Black
Lives Matter messages at work. After widespread outcry, the employer
walked back its policy, allowing such attire until it could distribute its
own Black Lives Matter shirts.
Whole Foods
is facing a lawsuit alleging it engaged in discrimination when it refused to
allow workers to wear Black Lives Matter masks.
And just last month, another NLRB regional office
filed a complaint against Home Depot, alleging it "unlawfully enforced its
otherwise lawful dress code and apron policies" against employees wearing Black
Lives Matter attire.
hrdive.com
#1 Problem is the Labor Shortage - This Year's
Grinch
This will not improve in time for the holidays
Cargo Piles Up as California Ports Jostle Over How to Resolve Delays
U.S. shipping operations remain clogged as
ports, truckers & warehouses can't find enough workers or agree on 24/7
operations
Nike Inc. doesn't have enough sneakers to sell for the holidays. Costco
Wholesale Corp. is reimposing limits on paper towel purchases. Prices for
artificial Christmas trees have
jumped 25% this season.
Despite mounting shipping delays and cargo backlogs, the busiest U.S. port
complex shuts its gates for hours on most days and remains closed on Sundays.
Meanwhile, major ports in Asia and Europe have operated round-the-clock for
years.
The American supply chain has so far failed to adapt to the crush of imports
as businesses rush to restock pandemic-depleted inventories. Tens of thousands
of containers are stuck at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., the
two West Coast gateways that move more than a quarter of all American imports.
More than 60 ships are
lined up to dock, with waiting times stretching to three weeks.
Participants in each link in the U.S. chain-shipping lines, port workers,
truckers, warehouse operators, railways and retailers-blame others for the
imbalances and disagree on whether 24/7 operations will help them catch up.
All of them are struggling with a
shortage of workers.
A shortage of labor is also causing significant delays in loading up
freight trains, which move up to 30% of all containers to big distribution hubs
like Chicago.
"The biggest issue it probably comes down to is labor," said Mr. Boyle,
who said his company, like other fleets, is constantly looking for drivers.
30% more volume than 2020 with only 8% more trucking capacity and 25% less
storage space. And then you can't find drivers or workers.
wsj.com
Biden's 'ports envoy' gets trucks 24/7 access to
ports
Biden administration struggles to fix ailing supply chain as holiday season
looms
The
worst choke point is in Southern California at the ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach, where 62 container ships carrying toys, electronics, furniture and
other goods lie at anchor waiting for an unloading berth. The floating queue,
virtually unknown before the coronavirus pandemic upended global supply chains,
has doubled since mid-August.
Onshore,
docks and railroad terminals are jammed with shipping containers amid an epic
buying spree by companies racing to keep pace with consumer demand.
Trucking companies and warehouses complain they can't find enough workers to
keep freight moving, leaving Americans waiting for products such as Honda auto
parts, Lands' End clothing, Fancy Feast cat food and Peloton exercise gear.
To unscramble the cargo mess,
the White House last month named as its "ports envoy," John Porcari, a
former Obama administration transportation official. Last week, he helped push
the Southern California port complex, the nation's top import gateway, to
add night and weekend hours for trucks to collect shipping containers.
Porcari told reporters on Thursday that the move was
a key step toward 24/7 operations along the entire freight pipeline. But
getting terminals, truckers, railroads and warehouses all to operate on that
schedule will not be easy.
Porcari, former chairman of the Maryland Port Commission, spoke days after
Wall Street economists warned that the supply ills are escalating. Analysts
and industry executives say
there is little chance the federal government can untangle the cargo snarl
before the financially critical holiday shopping season.
washingtonpost.com
More
Coverage on Retail's 'Nightmare Before Christmas'
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Expect higher prices & chaos this holiday shopping season
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COVID-19 surge, port delays threaten retailers' holiday plans
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Will the hiring malaise ruin holiday shopping this year?
To Top It All Off
Hitting the Weak Spot
Hackers breached computer network at key US port but did not disrupt operations
Suspected foreign government-backed hackers last month breached a computer
network at one of the largest ports on the US Gulf Coast, but early detection
of the incident meant the intruders weren't in a position to disrupt shipping
operations, according to a Coast Guard analysis of the incident obtained by
CNN and a public statement from a senior US cybersecurity official.
The incident at the Port of Houston is an example of the interest that
foreign spies have in surveilling key US maritime ports, and it comes as US
officials are trying to fortify critical infrastructure from such intrusions.
(Read more on the attack in
the 'LP Meet IT' column below)
cnn.com
Increased Security Risks - Hope There's No
Late Night Speed Boat Arrivals
Remote monitoring off satellites?
Costco hires 3 cargo ships for a year and leased thousands of containers for
urgent deliveries
The vessels can carry 800 to 1,000 containers and will each make about 10
trips during their one-year lease period
Home Depot, Walmart, and Ikea previously secured long-term vessel charters to
bypass ocean delays, which continue to deteriorate.
freightwaves.com
New Supply Chain Program Offers Training in Critical, Growing Area for Retailers
WASHINGTON - The NRF Foundation and the Association for Supply Chain Management
(ASCM) Foundation today announced the launch of a new Warehouse, Inventory and
Logistics certificate for retail employees. The program will be offered as the
newest credential as part of the NRF Foundation's RISE Up skills training
portfolio.
nrf.com
New York Passes Sweeping Bills to Improve Conditions for Delivery Workers
Senior LP & AP Jobs
Market
Security Dir. job posted for Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits in Saint Charles,
MO
The
Security Director - Loss Prevention & Control is responsible for maintaining
secure environment for customers and employees by studying organization
operations and executive schedules; establishing internal controls; conducting
inspections; preparing and updating security manual; laying out observation and
warning systems; gathering evidence; presenting evidence at hearings and trials;
directing emergency actions on location; directing staff.
indeed.com
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