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 in...

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 strong market,...

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...

Ex-Amazon executive Maria Renz has been named GoPuff's North American senior vice president. Renz will now be in charge of GoPuff's US strategy and execution. It is unclear when she will join the company. The move is part of a reorganization designed to boost the...

 Accelerating inflation and disruption from Russia's war in Ukraine threaten Asos' full-year target earnings goal, the company said. The story is not so unique, especially among individual apparel brands and larger holding companies like Asos. Still, with the...

Toys "R" Us was once one of the most well-known toy distributors in the United States. At that time - in the mid-1990s - it would be rare to find anyone unable to sing along with the brand jingle: "I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys 'R' Us Kid.” Beyond brand...

In the height of the pandemic, government shutdown of non-essential businesses saw many retail locations - any deemed to be “non-essential” - closing their doors indefinitely. Suddenly, there was a problem that needed fixing. We found the anecdote already existed in...

Money pouring into "instant-delivery" grocery companies, and the efforts of established grocers to transition to 30-minute delivery beg an important question: How much speed do today's consumers truly need—and how much does an extra 5 minutes, 30, or 60 minutes mean...

The Subscription Trade Association, SUBTA, recently released its analysis of the last 12 months in the subscription industry. The report revealed significant growth across six key segments. In an effort to represent the full scope of the subscription space, the data...

Online shopping is fast, fun, convenient, and when it comes to returns processing, perhaps problematic. A shocking declaration, right? A shocking declaration, right? More shocking still is the $114 billion worth of eCommerce goods returned following 2021's holiday...

Supply chains had (are having?) their moment in the sun following the outbreak of COVID, but especially in the fallout of that initial wave. The history books will one day attribute the outbreak and ensuing shelter in place orders to a massive surge in eCommerce....

Long before COVID-19 and the surge in eCommerce around the world, DTC companies were already changing the way consumers…well, consume. What may have been less obvious is the way modern eCommerce era brands would connect customers to brands in a way never before seen....