Jun 13, 2022 | Blog, News, Trending
Amazon has been covertly recruiting rural mom-and-pop shops for an all new delivery program since last summer. The company pays small businesses a per-package fee to deliver Amazon purchases in Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alabama. The local businesses Amazon is...
Jun 13, 2022 | Blog, News, Uncategorized
Ecommerce returns account for almost 20% of all goods sold online, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). For multi-chain e-tailers, this is a pricey proposition. Returns usually indicate that the seller has paid for shipping twice (to and from a consumer)...
Jun 13, 2022 | Blog, News, Trending
The DoD recently contracted FedEx Express to make the second flight for Operation Fly Formula and deliver Nestle baby formula from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to the U.S. FedEx (NYSE: FDX) delivered to Washington Dulles International Airport before distributing the...
May 7, 2022 | Blog, News, Trending
Logistics Real Estate is Hot Hot Hot – DC Velocity It’s a mad scramble to find warehouse space anywhere in the world right now. Demand is outstripping supply, vacancies are at a record low, and, owing to the ongoing e-commerce boom, there’s no end to the crunch...
May 5, 2022 | Blog, News, Trending
The Logistics Managers’ Index Report for March comes at a critical juncture between an ever-growing freight market wave – one of the strongest in history – and the inevitable crash. Still, most indicators have moved in a direction that demonstrates a...
May 4, 2022 | Blog, News, Trending
According to a survey by the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC), Amazon workers experienced 49% of all warehouse injuries in 2021. The Soc is a democratic coalition of four labor unions: Service Employees International Union (SEIU), International Brotherhood of...
