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June 2025

A Brief Primer on Kroger's Distribution Network
The fifth largest employer in the country has a lot of brands, a lot of production plants, and a high tech fulfillment network
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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A Brief Primer on Target's Distribution Network
The third largest employer in the country is engaged in a unique metro sortation hub buildout
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Benjamin Y. Fong
A Brief Primer on the United States Postal Service's Distribution Network
The oldest distribution network in the United States has been getting a pretty radical facelift since 2021
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Benjamin Y. Fong
UPS is not doing well, but...
It's still in a better position to be able to deliver universal parcel coverage than Amazon.
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Benjamin Y. Fong
A Brief Primer on Amazon's Distribution Network in Canada
A short addendum to the longer primer on its US distribution network
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Benjamin Y. Fong

May 2025

How many Amazon distribution workers are in each state?
More analysis using that OSHA data
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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An UPDATED Brief Primer on Amazon's Distribution Network, Part 1 of 2
New Year, New Primer, New Map
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Benjamin Y. Fong
Meet Vulcan, the latest Amazon robotics deployment that news outlets are covering with cloying adoration
Is "the sense of touch" the ability not to crush a bag of Skittles?
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Benjamin Y. Fong
Amazon is most certainly automating away jobs
Plus some more important stuff that didn't make it into the Guardian article
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Benjamin Y. Fong
Amazon is angling to take over USPS
On the company's mad scramble to build out its rural delivery network to make a semi-credible claim to be able to do what the US postal service does
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Benjamin Y. Fong
A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast
Although there’s been an uptick in labor organizing in recent years, it hasn’t been the “resurgence” that many commentators claim it is. It’s also a…
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Benjamin Y. Fong
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