Cathy Roberson

JUNE 28, 2021

The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2021 total retail sales forecast. The latest forecast projects that retail sales will grow between 10.5% In February, NRF projected that retail sales would grow 6.5%. Delays Delays throughout the supply chain continue to be an issue for shoe retailers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Global trade has eased as warehouse inventories of retailers and manufacturers remain elevated,” Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said. The retailer has an existing network of 11 drone hubs already operating in the Dallas area. Flight activity in May and June, by comparison, was relatively stable.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 29, 2016

Freightos Launches First International Freight Marketplace to Power $2 Trillion Worth of U.S. In other technology news, Freightos announced “the launch of the world’s first online marketplace for international freight, providing instant comparison, booking, and management of freight services from multiple logistics providers.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 22, 2019

billion (USD), tying it with the Middle East and Africa as the world’s second-fastest-growing retail ecommerce market. That’s great news for shippers looking to expand their online retail presence in South America. In comparison, however, Chilean customs are very similar to the U.S. A diamond in the rough .

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Third party logistics (3PL) is the function by where the owner of goods outsources numerous components of the supply chain to a 3PL company that can perform the management function of the clients’ customs, inbound freight, distribution, warehousing, order fulfilment and outbound freight to the client’s customers. Order Fulfilment.

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Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

While the air passenger industry has a solid tech foundation, air cargo does not. And while that’s easy for me to say as a startup, it’s echoed by industry professionals as well: I think, in general, the air cargo industry is still pretty traditional and it’s not really embracing technology. DISCOVER AIR FREIGHT SOLUTIONS.

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Elementum

APRIL 22, 2015

As e-commerce continues to displace brick and mortar retail and necessitate direct-to-consumer delivery, the market for last mile delivery is predicted to grow at 7% CAGR through 2020. This growth has already exacerbated issues in an increasingly fragmented logistics landscape, causing retailers’ delivery costs to rise.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

In yet another acquisition move leading up to its much-anticipated initial public offering, Instacart has acquired e-commerce platform service Rosie, geared towards local and independent retailers and wholesalers. In addition to e-commerce, Rosie provides retailers with delivery opportunities, omnichannel marketing and deep data services.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 3, 2022

In comparison, transportation and warehousing PPI increased 17.844 points for the same period, index based on 2006=100 and not seasonally adjusted. This combination resulted in higher shipping costs for retailers. Year-to-date through November, retail sales are up 18.3% year-over-year, while e-commerce retail sales are up 12.1%

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 12, 2015

West Coast ports can now resume full operation, it will take months for trucks to clear the cargo backlog. in January, driven by a strong manufacturing sector and easier comparisons due to early 2014’s weather issues. The national average retail price for diesel gained another 3.6 Truck tonnage rose a record-setting 6.6%

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Retailers are adding new incentives to boost their overall curbside shopper experience for customers. During and after the pandemic, more businesses than ever moved most or all of their sales online or closed altogether, leaving behind a large number of empty retail spaces in shopping malls and elsewhere.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 14, 2013

Transplace Updates, Enhances TMS Freight Allocation Module 2.0. Wal-Mart buys a ‘predictive analytics’ firm ( Internet Retailer ). Con-way Freight Announces 2013 General Rate Increase. Freight Shipments Fell 1.2% Freight Shipments Fell 1.2% Retailers Remain Cautious On Merchandise Imports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Cargo losses escalate as thieves target cars, electronics. The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. With the reduction in cargo coming out of Shanghai, some carriers aren’t able to fully load a vessel. s CargoNet.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2016

This tremendous growth was driven by freight shipping, which scaled in size but didn’t significantly improve underlying technology, getting bigger, not getting smarter. In an era that has embraced data technology for improving everything from entertainment to finance, freight is still manual. Annual Imports.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

Supply chain planning technology provider ToolsGroup announced the acquisition of Onera , a provider of real-time inventory availability and fulfillment software solutions catering to retail industry needs. Reportedly, ToolsGroup will add Onera ’s inventory availability and fulfillment technology to its retail planning suite.

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Intelligent Audit

APRIL 15, 2021

While it may be easy to recapture some of the expense through improved optimization of retail fulfillment, more opportunities for improvement will reside in optimizing existing transportation networks. It’s challenging to visualize the overall flow of ocean freight. But there’s a much more significant factor at play.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 6, 2022

A Pitney Bowes/Cipher Research survey of 168 US retailers found that the two largest obstacles were technology integrations (42%) and risk of losing volume discounts (39%). Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, as well as a monthly podcast on Air Cargo World.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2021

There are many terms in logistics to consider, such as last mile logistics and last mile delivery , but they end up sounding confusing because all freight has a last mile portion. Describes the nature of the cargo, amount of cargo by weight, size and/or number of pieces, and the origin and destination of the cargo.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

An organization will introduce significant structural improvements in an integrated, cost-effective freight and distribution network to deliver exposure, minimize expenses and improve the quality of customer satisfaction. Their software has now analyzed and collected over 40,000,000 points of retail data across multiple online channels.

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 19, 2021

In comparison, there are 20,139 large businesses. Already on the rise before the COVID-19 pandemic, US e-commerce retail sales jumped 32.4% For the first quarter of this year, e-commerce retail sales are up 39.0% The latest data from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) finds that there are 31.7 million small businesses.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 23, 2020

However, the freight market, and the domestic economy, rebounded from April lows much quicker than anticipated over the last month. During the last few weeks, outbound tender volumes, a useful measurement of freight in the market, have soared. But there are a few trends that are currently affecting the freight.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2017

In the meantime, here’s Trump, Amazon, and the rest of this week’s supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention: Amazon Expands Into Ocean Freight (WSJ – sub. Freight on digital fast track: DHL launches CILLOX. Brings Advanced Freight Collaboration Solutions to the Transportation Industry. in December.

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