Commerce reported that May retail sales, at $519.0 billion, were up 0.5% compared to April and up 3.2% annually. NRF reported that May retail sales…
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Overland Park, Kan.-based national less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services provider YRC Worldwide, parent of the fourth- and seventh-largest trucking entities in the LTL sector, released some…
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was up 1.4% to 56.9 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring).…
Two subsidiaries of TFI International, a transportation and logistics holding company, Dallas-based TForce, a customized final-mile logistics services provider, and Joplin, Mo.-based CFI Logistics, a…
Falling 1.5 cents, the national diesel average now stands at $3.136 per gallon. This comes on the heels of a 1.2-cent decline and a 0.03-cent…
It seems that most everywhere you look in the past couple of months there are robots. And they are almost always doing something new. Source:…
As storms continue to strike supply chains across the nation, a new report from DHL has been crafted to help managers mitigate risk and anticipate…
The report’s key metric, the PMI, fell 0.7% to 52.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth) in May, following a 2.5% decline from…
National less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) was recently recognized by the American Red Cross for its efforts in supporting Red Cross Disaster Relief…
Colgate-Palmolive Takes Top Spot, Unilever Joins the “Masters” Category. Source: logistics Mgmt
April shipments, at 1.194, were down 3.2% annually and down 0.3% compared to March. This marks the fifth consecutive month that annual shipments were down.…
Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, said this week it has acquired Nelson, New Zealand-based CORE Transport Technologies NZ Limited,…
Commerce reported that April retail sales, at $513.4 billion, fell 0.2% compared to March and were up 3.1% annually. NRF said that April retail sales…
With a 1.1-cent decrease, the national diesel average came in at $3.160 per gallon. This follows gains of 0.002 cents, 2.2-cents, 2.7-cents, and 2.5-cents, respectively…
Global transportation and logistics bellwether UPS said today that it is making a significant expansion to its Saturday pick-up offering for export shipments. This expansion…
Revenue, at $17.5 billion, down $8 million annually and essentially flat. Quarterly operating expenses, at $19.6 billion, headed up $751 million, or 4%, annually, and…
Rail carloads, at 268,559, were up 1% annually, and intermodal units, at 266,530, slipped 4.9%. Source: logistics Mgmt
A forecast for continued growth for both the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors remains positive, based on data in the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) Spring…
In its “U.S. Economic Forecast Flash,” IHS Markit analysts note that first-quarter GDP growth was impressive, but cautions supply chain managers to remain on guard.…
With a 0.002-cent increase, the national diesel average now stands at $3.171 per gallon. This slight decline follows gains on 2.2-cents, 2.7-cents, and 2.5-cents, respectively,…