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MOST DOT-COM RETAIL AND LOGISTIC SITES thrive in what the shipping industry calls the spot market-cargo that companies need to ship in a hurry, either because they miscalculated their shipping needs or to accommodate retail orders that are impossible to plan for in advance.
'With a dot-com, you are looking at the spot market. That's the price good only for a day," says Rey Ortiz, the head of international procurement for chemical manufacturer E.I. du Pont...