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March 20, 2019 Los Angeles / CA / USA - Amazon truck driving on
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Already burdened with escalating costs, retailers now face a desperate struggle to respond to Amazon’s move to next-day delivery for free shipping.

For some it will be the end of the road, predicts John Haber, chief executive of Spend Management Experts, an Atlanta-based transportation procurement consultancy.

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