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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

The state of the trucking market in 2021 is uncertain, filled with risk, and continues to evolve, making logistics management challenging.? through 2021, but total retail sales will grow 7.9%. Limited available real estate has further led to challenges as construction came to a halt in the past year.? Focusing on the?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The nationwide vacancy rate for industrial real estate was 3.2

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 Both metrics contributed to the overall contraction in the LMI along with contracting price levels for transportation.

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Will Grocery Center Store Trends Persist After Covid?

Enterra Insights

As many brands continue to grapple with supply chain challenges and grocery retailers strive to fill the sudden increase in online shopping orders through their brick-and-mortar stores, both must rethink their pre-pandemic notions of ideal store-level inventory levels, category management, and maximizing a store’s footprint and linear real estate.”[3]

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

In 2021, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen optimistically predicted that inflation would be transitory. Real Estate companies Compass and Redfin cut 10% and 8% of their workforces, respectively. However, the risk of the less discussed, but potentially more damaging scenario – a prolonged period of stagflation (i.e.

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What is GMROI, and What Does it Mean for Your Retail Inventory?

ShipBob

That’s why you need to closely measure metrics such as gross margin return on investment (GMROI). This metric doesn’t just account for the cost of buying inventory. These two metrics can be calculated using their respective formulae. According to GMROI trends , in 2021, shoe stores were making $2.16

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Procurement Best Practices in 2021? 8 Procurement Predictions from Ardent Partners

ivalua

What will Procurement Best Practices be in 2021? Ardent Partners Procurement Metrics That Matter, Feb 2021. John Hopkins Covid-19 tracker screenshot 11th Feb 2021. We’ve seen a lot of news around the blistering-hot real estate market in the U.S., Ardent Partners Big Trends, February 2021.