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Already struggling to find sufficient capacity, retailers are facing tighter and rising logistics costs as the B2B sector comes back to life.

Given the superior margins for logistics providers from B2B, retailers will have to hone alternative channels to deliver their goods to consumers.

In the US, ...

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