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Petersen: Nationwide two-day delivery requires just five fulfillment centers
“You need about five fulfillment centers to get two day delivery nationwide, and you need probably to do next day. It's more like 16 fulfillment centers and you want to do same day while you need one in almost every zip code, right? If you want to have two hour…”
Petersen: The shipping container was the 20th century's most important invention
“I might argue that the shipping container was the most important invention of the 20th century.”
Petersen: Two-day U.S. delivery requires five fulfillment centers, next-day requires 16
“You need about five fulfillment centers to get two-day delivery nationwide, and you need probably to do next day, it's more like 16 fulfillment centers, and you want to do same day, well, you need one in almost every zip code, right? If you want to have two-ho…”
Petersen: The shipping container cut global shipping costs by roughly 99%
“We've reduced the cost of shipping things by like 99%.”
Petersen: Only 3% of companies buy and sell goods internationally
“Only three percent of companies are buying and selling goods across borders right now.”
Petersen: Businesses date freight forwarders but marry customs brokers
“We say in the industry, you date your freight forwarder, but you marry your customs broker.”