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A Few Interesting Articles
Here are a few interesting articles we read over the last week. We hope you find them to be informative. Enjoy! Why Can’t Manufacturing Sell Itself to Millennials? Industry Week / October 11, 2019 FreshDirect Looking to Sell, According to Report Grocery Dive / October 14, 2019 Dutch Delight at Brexit Bounty American Shipper / […]
2019 North American Ports Outlook Report
As U.S.-China trade continues to dominate headlines and uncertainty looms for numerous industries, many eyes stay turned to the ports and intermodal sector. Today, consumers from all over the world want to receive goods faster, no matter where the product comes from, and that expectation is not going away anytime soon. The ports and intermodal[…]
Five Fast Facts: Holiday Edition
The holiday shopping season is right around the corner and with it comes a barrage of shoppers, online orders, and last minute deliveries. Over the years, Cushman & Wakefield’s newCommerce experts have tracked seasonal holiday stats and trends related to retail and eCommerce to help our clients make better real estate decisions to handle the increase[…]
Global Supply Chain Startup Funding at Over $12B For the Year
The amount of money going toward supply chain and logistics startups in 2019 could surpass 2018 totals considering the amount of funding already raised, according to an analysis by CB Insights. These startups raised more than $13.59 billion in 2018 and have already raised $12.47 billion in 2019, the report found. There have been 416[…]
Equity, Debt & Structured Finance Capital Markets Update
Market Commentary Treasury yields and major US equity indices moved higher for a second straight week as US and China officials announced plans to hold face-to-face meetings in Washington in “early October.” The optimism of a trade war is outweighing concerns of a slowing global economy temporarily. The increase in rates has meant slightly higher[…]
Walmart Tests Shipping Goods from Third-Party Vendors, The Better to Take on Amazon
Retail giant Walmart Inc. is testing a service that will store and ship products for third-party vendors, something that mega-retailer Amazon has done for over a decade. Currently Walmart only uses its vast logistics infrastructure to supply its own stores. The move by Walmart would not only allow it to compete for online sales against[…]
How Drone Attacks Impact Shipping: Crude Tanker Fallout
The drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities could have far-reaching consequences for ocean shipping. There are broader implications for all vessel types – on fuel pricing, chartering sentiment and possibly even trade politics – but crude tankers are most directly in the line of fire. Financial analysts’ views on how crude-tanker companies will be[…]
August News RoundUp
Here are a few industrial news articles from the past month that caught our interest. We hope you find them to be interesting. Impossible Foods Partners to Increase Burger Production, Distribution After Shortages Supply Chain Dive / August 1, 2019 XPO Still Working to Make Up for Loss of Largest Customer Supply Chain Dive /[…]
Florida’s Industrial Evolution
The industrial sector is undergoing a rapid transformation and Florida is at the forefront. The e-commerce boom, supported by a strong economy and growing population, has positioned Florida as a target market for new construction and tenant expansion. In the first half of 2019, over 7.3 msf was delivered with 15.3 msf currently under construction.[…]
Thinking Outside the Box: How SafeTraces Tracks Food, Not Packages
During a 2011 listeria outbreak involving cantaloupe, 33 people died and 137 were sickened. While Anthony Zografos was not one of them, the story caught his eye. And the thing that concerned him the most was the weeks it took to pinpoint the source of contamination. Many consumers may have had those melons in their[…]
UPS: No Residential Peak Delivery Surcharges For 2019 Holiday Season
UPS announced August 16 it will not be applying additional peak surcharges for residential deliveries during the 2019 holiday season, which runs approximately October 1, 2019 through January 4, 2020. The carrier said it would leverage cost savings from its expanded air freight network and automated sortation “super hubs,” passing it on to customers. Other[…]
Schneider Shuts Down First to Final Mile Delivery Due to ‘Poor Operating Performance’
Schneider National is shuttering its First to Final Mile (FTFM) service due to the poor operating performance. The FTFM service handles deliveries of home goods and bulky items. The shutdown is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2019. Large last-mile deliveries, also known as big and bulky, have become more prominent in recent years[…]
IBM Launches Blockchain Supplier Management Platform
IBM launched a new blockchain-enabled supplier management platform called Trust Your Supplier. The service will digitize and secure various manual and/or paper-based supplier information, qualifications, onboarding and management processes, which IBM Procurement believes could reduce its own supplier onboarding time by 70% to 80% and administrative costs by 50%. Trust Your Supplier creates a digital[…]
Welcome to Jacksonville! Two New Companies Lease Space in Jax
Jacksonville has two new industrial tenants. The industrial leasing team of Tyler Newman and Jacob Horsley recently assisted in the leasing of International DC 1 and International DC 5 to Mygrant Glass and Priority Tire in the Jacksonville International Tradeport. Together, they have leased a combined 112,000 SF. Developed by Jackson-Shaw, International DC 1 and[…]
Tariff Whiplash is Already Taking a Toll on Retail
Welcome to the era of trade chaos for retail. Beginning in May, retailers lived with the official reality that a huge swatch of Chinese goods — known as “tranche four” which covers pretty much everything that hasn’t already gone through tariff increases — would get a 25% tariff. Retailers and analysts from nearly every sector[…]
July News Round Up
Here are a few industrial news articles from the past month that caught our interest. We hope you find them to be interesting. Plant-Based Meat Market Forecast to Reach $85B by 2030, Report Says Food Dive / July 22, 2019 Kansas City Southern Reaps PSR Benefits with Revenue Up Despite Flat Volume Supply Chain Dive[…]
Amazon Granted Patent for Transformable Parcel Container
The U.S. Patent Office recently granted Amazon a patent for a perforated parcel shipping container that can transform into children’s toys and other objects, to be selected by the customer. The shapes include a dollhouse, a rocket, an airplane, a sword and shield, a tablet stand and more. Some designs feature the words “brand awareness,”[…]
FedEx Express Cuts Prices in Bid to Fill Planes, Compete with UPS
FedEx is cutting prices on two-day express shipping, matching two-day ground shipping prices, for some customers, in order to win over more eCommerce business from its main competitor UPS. FedEx told the Wall Street Journal the 3PL hasn’t changed its pricing strategy. The reported move comes amid a sharp, near 12% decline in per-package revenues[…]
New Construction Technologies and Techniques in a Time of Shortages
The commercial real estate sector faces some unique challenges in the next decade, due to an acute construction workforce shortage and rising construction costs. Firms must adopt new strategies in order to create a competitive advantage. Fortunately, new technologies are highlighting some of those potential strategies. The digital age has brought unprecedented changes to construction[…]
Why Reusable Food Packaging Has a Promising Future
Packaging is one of the largest causes of waste in the United States. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 29.7% of total waste could be attributed to containers and packaging in 2015, which weighed in at 77.9 million tons. Since the introduction of plastics into the CPG space, explained Debus, manufacturers have opted for[…]
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