Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics bellwether UPS said today it is taking a fully measured approach in its companywide efforts to sync up its…
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Total retail sales—at $528.1 billion—were down 0.5% compared to January’s $530.9 billion, which was revised, and were up 4.3% compared to February 2019. Commerce said…
February shipments—at 1.085—were down 7.5% annually and up 6.2% compared to January, and expenditures—at 2.679—decreased 6.8% annually and were up 4.3% compared to January. Source:…
Company officials said XPO will manage United Kingdom (UK) UK parts distribution through an integrated, digitally-managed transportation network. And they added that XPO will distribute…
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 57.3 in February (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring), which…
The report’s key metric, the PMI, headed up 3.1%, in January, to 50.9 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), on the heels of…
While momentum on a new long-term federal surface transportation authorization has been largely slow, especially during a Presidential election year that has not stopped Democrat…
the company announced that its subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, acquired the assets of South Easton, Mass.-based RDI Last Mile Co. on December 31, 2019.…
With 100% annual growth in its Transportation Services group, Chattanooga Tennessee-based 3PL recently announced it is taking steps to expand its footprint in that space…
In an M&A deal with a direct focus on cold chain logistics, Novi, Mich.-based Lineage Logistics, the largest global temperature-controlled logistics services provider, said it…
Global express delivery and logistics services provider DHL Express said this week it is investing $100 million into expansion initiatives for a new Toronto-based facility…
Atlanta-based transportation and logistics titan UPS said this week that it is making further inroads to its healthcare-dedicated warehouse and distribution network, in the form…
With an eye on advancing innovation in the logistics sector, Greenwich, Conn.-based XPO Logistics, a provider of global freight transportation and logistics services, said today…
Freight forwarding merger and acquisition (M&A) activity north of a border remains a key focus area for Toronto-based Manitoulin Global Forwarding (MGF), a subsidiary of…
In a media conference call this week, Neil Bradley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president and chief policy officer, said that time is of…
The report’s key metric, the PMI, declined 1.3% to 47.8 1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), following a 2.1% decline from July…
August saw another intensification of the trade conflict between the United States and China. Then, in mid-September, the attack on Saudi Arabian oil production facilities…
For the holiday season, FedEx said that 2019 will mark the third consecutive year it will not apply residential surcharges, with a few exceptions, including…
Late last week, the acquisition of Basel, Switzerland-based global 3PL and airfreight forwarder Panalpina by Hedehusene, Denmark-based global 3PL DSV was made official, according to…
The report’s key metric, the PMI, fell 0.5% to 51.2 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), coming on the heels of 0.4%, 0.7%,…