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This Week in Logistics News (March 30 – April 3, 2015)

Talking Logistics

January 2015 North American Freight Numbers. Deliveries to a “Grab & Go” locker at a store or to a post office will remain free, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 30 – April 3, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

The service will soon expand to a third Walmart store in the same corner of Arkansas. A spike in COVID-19 cases in some countries, which is causing factory shutdowns and port delays, added to corporate woes as soaring freight and transportation costs are pinching profit margins. mile radius of two Walmart stores.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

And on the subject of sustainability, SCDigest.com covered Walmart’s 2015 Sustainability report : Walmart, the world’s largest corporation, is fresh out with its 2015 sustainability report, the eighth such document it has produced. Arkansas Business Limited Partnership, July 2, 2012. ” Walmart states early on.

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Reefer Freight Market Still Has a Few Hot Spots

DAT Solutions

July is the in-between season for refrigerated ("reefer") freight. Freight volume continued to cool off for reefers last week, but some pockets of high demand remain in New Mexico, Arkansas and the Lower Midwest, as shown in this Hot States Map for the week of July 19-25, 2015, below.

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Rates Drift Down for Vans and Reefers in Mid-July Slump

DAT Solutions

Van Rates Decline in 3 Biggest Freight Markets. It’s a typical seasonal decline, but this year’s July slump started later and it’s happening more slowly than in 2015. Not so good: rates started out lower this year than in the summer of 2015, so they don’t have as far to fall. That's the good news.

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