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FreightTech Investment Environment with John Larkin

The Logistics of Logistics

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the FreightTech investment environment.

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Warehousing News Roundup: March 25, 2019

Stord

Ulta is closing one of its existing distribution centers (in Phoenix) later this month, shifting product to other locations. Many shippers started front-loading spring inventory in warehouses near the port last fall to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports originally scheduled for January 1.

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All Eyes Remain Focused on the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

The last mile of most traditional logistics’ journeys ended at a retail store. Kraus, Chairman and CEO of EXPAK Logistics, explains, “One of the businesses that technology has been slowly pushing itself into is the last mile delivery business. All of these innovations are making last mile logistics much more complicated.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. XPO Logistics Announces Third Quarter Earnings 2013. What is a warehouse?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11-15, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Billion Deal for Ceva Logistics (WSJ – sub. Billion Deal for Ceva Logistics (WSJ – sub. Billion Deal for Ceva Logistics (WSJ – sub. NEMF Files for Bankruptcy, XPO Warns on 2019: Is the Party in Transportation and Logistics Ending? But we have the movie to look forward to. What should we watch next?

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How rate transparency grows SMBs: Introducing the FBA Index

Freightos

Among the over 10,000 small businesses on Freightos.com , the world’s largest digital freight marketplace, many are small eCommerce businesses who use Freightos.com to ship directly to Amazon FBA warehouses and other fulfillment solutions. How does this help importers? This includes all costs, except for FBA handling fees.

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Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

Logistics Bureau

SUMMARY: Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown up by advances in technology, they are increasingly being favoured over third-party logistics (3PL) providers, especially by big companies with complex supply chains. the digitisation of manufacturing. What is 3PL?