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Chewy’s COO on Where Specialty Retailers Can Still Beat Amazon and Walmart
Via Supply Chain Dive | Sept. 18, 2026
Chewy COO Scott Anderson, formerly Amazon’s North American transportation VP, tells Supply Chain Dive where specialty retailers can still outcompete Amazon and Walmart. If you own carrier strategy, his answer changes what you should be asking carriers for. His three tips include a warning about how shippers treat carriers. (Anderson sits on carrier Veho’s board.)
Why it matters: Anderson has run logistics at the largest e-commerce player and at a specialty retailer that competes against it. That makes his view a useful gut check before your next carrier review, especially if your current approach is built around matching the giants rather than differing from them.
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