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Freight Waves
JULY 18, 2025
Another wave of closures and layoffs has hit workers and companies tied to commercial transportation, manufacturing, lumber production, distribution and logistics across the U.S. CEO Bob Hendrickson cited increasing operational costs and “industry headwinds” as some of the reasons for the layoffs. 1,756), Canfor Corp.
ShipBob
JUNE 20, 2025
Cost management challenges Negotiating a reasonable price with suppliers can be tough, as you still have to strike the right balance between product quality and cost savings. Moreover, prices are susceptible to change with fluctuations in tariffs, raw material costs, transportation costs, and exchange rates.
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Talking Logistics
APRIL 8, 2016
MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Marten Transport Ltd. Many shippers have effectively elected to toss to the wayside any talk of partnerships, relationships, cooperation, collaboration, etc. ,” the report read [emphasis mine]. Analysts at Stifel Inc. Hub Group Inc.,
Talking Logistics
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
Reports 2013 Third-Quarter Results. Con-Way this week reported 2013 third-quarter net income of $30.6 The company’s Menlo Worldwide Logistics group reported revenue of $380.5 However, net revenue, which excludes purchased transportation, increased 8.2 In other news this week… Con-way Inc. million, down 11.0
Talking Logistics
JUNE 3, 2016
And this week, Reuters reported that Walmart is “six to nine months from beginning to use drones to check warehouse inventories in the United States.” The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers.
6 River Systems
JULY 29, 2020
Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Nippon Express owns more than 31.7
crisp
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Inflation and economic uncertainty loom large , directly influencing consumer purchasing behavior. Consumers are undoubtedly becoming more cost-conscious , but how can businesses leverage this shift to their advantage? However, challenges still exist, especially in domestic transportation.
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