Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 2, 2023

I think the main macro issue in the United States is really the e-commerce reset. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World. In its recent quarter, ending Nov 30, average daily Ground volumes declined 10.8% for the same period in 2019.

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 10, 2021

Repairs are one of the three major pillars of reverse logistics - returns and disposition are the other two. A quite telling quote from the Vox article, “the system encourages people to throw [electronics] away and replace them,” creates another reverse logistics problem - the proper disposal of such items.

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Cathy Roberson

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Online publication Supply Chain Dive noted in an article on the acquisition, “This acquisition is expected to expand ADS’ brokerage and distribution operations in the western United States,” Ashley Furniture said. ADS is the retailer’s private fleet, comprising more than 900 tractors and 3,700 trailers.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

“117 such facilities were built across the United States from 2010 to 2016 for a total of 141.2 ” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations. ”[4]. He points to the growing number of fulfillment centers (i.e.,

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Locus

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In 2020, direct-to-consumer (D2C) e-commerce sales in the United States reached 111.5 – Statista, Direct-to-consumer (D2C) e-commerce sales in the United States from 2019 to 2023, June 2021. Leveraging delivery logistics software to save their fuel emissions etc. The Rise of D2C Business Model. billion U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 25, 2022

Blumenauer’s press release noted that the legislation was introduced “to strengthen US international trade import laws to stop non-market economies and goods from exploiting the de minimis threshold that allows imports valued under $800 to come into the United States without paying duties, taxes, or fees.”

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MAY 4, 2021

In 2020, the United States saw five years’ worth of ecommerce growth in one year. Wicked winter storms and a major pileup of cargo ships in the Suez Canal have since created other supply chain disruptions. Consumers who never shopped online began doing it regularly. Stores became distribution centers for online orders.

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