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Buying 2021 Holiday Gifts for the 2022 Holiday Season

Enterra Insights

”[1] Here’s the rub: “All those excess retail inventories are starting to weigh on warehousing markets. Retail journalist David Moin writes, “With steeper promotions and smaller gains anticipated, the 2022 holiday season will be a far cry from last year’s.”[3] Power agrees.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In past years, USPS has hiked its fees from roughly October to January during the annual surge, including increases in 2022, 2021, and 2020. Cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles rose 3 percent year-over-year to 828,016 TEUs in August, marking the first increase in 13 months, port officials said.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

I have often written about legal issues and battles in California, as the state has been in the news for its warehouse and trucking emission rules, independent contractor rules for gig workers, and union disagreements at ports. Spot-market rates to ship a container from China to Los Angeles rose 38% in the week through Jan.

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The Year of the Brownfield Warehouse

Logistics Viewpoints

Nevertheless, when it comes to warehouses, this is the year of the brownfield according to David Latona, the CEO of Tompkins Solutions. Tompkins Solutions is a provider of warehouse design and warehouse automation systems integration. But in 2022, many retailers realized they had too much inventory.

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Editor’s Choice: Labor Shortage and the Rise of Real-Time Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

estimates that these trends will last well into the year (2022) as nearly?60% unloading in Los Angeles. Although organizations have solutions to manage their inventory, labor, and warehouse operations, they?continue Goldman Sachs researchers led by Jan Hatziusworf?estimates 60% of the labor force will not be returning.

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Warehousing News Roundup: February 11, 2019

Stord

The transformation of former retail stores into new warehouses -- retail-to-industrial conversions -- has gained momentum in some markets with high demand for space. Conversion can take multiple forms: owners often demolish former stores to make way for new construction, but many opt to turn existing buildings into warehouse space instead.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

million people in 2022 to 121.4 homes in 2022 than UPS, after eclipsing FedEx in 2020, and it is on track to widen the gap this year, according to internal Amazon data and people familiar with the matter. The number of people shopping online rose to 134.2 million this year, up from 130.2 million people this year.