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The Alibaba Effect: What It Means for All U.S. Businesses and How They Need to Respond

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RALEIGH, NC, June 26, 2014 — As Alibaba continues its reign as the fastest growing e-commerce company in the most rapidly growing market in the world, the Chinese e-marketplace is on track to be the #1 retail leader in the world by 2016. Alibaba is slated to launch its IPO in New York City later this year, and also has just released its U.S.

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June 2014 Executive's Edge: From Tompkins International

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Youve likely heard about its IPO set to launch late summer or early fall in New York City (which I predict will be the largest IPO in history). The company has unleashed its new e-marketplace called "11 Main" that was created in the U.S. Raleigh, NC 27616.' But how does Alibaba plan to expand in the U.S.?

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Going Off the Beaten Path for North Carolina Warehousing Capacity

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While this isn’t shocking in major hubs like Los Angeles/Long Beach and New York/New Jersey, it’s much less expected in states like North Carolina. In the Raleigh-Durham industrial real estate market, overall warehouse asking lease rates have risen (NNN; triple net) to $8.57 The vacancy rate has declined to 1.8%.

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Looking for a North Carolina Warehouse to Rent? Turn to a 3PL

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While these market characteristics are traditionally more common in places like New York and New Jersey as well as California’s Inland Empire, they now exist here in the Tar Heel State. The Triangle is major region in the Central part of the state that includes the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.

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Investing in Manufacturing Innovation & Competitiveness: Will the next Silicon Valley be located in the United States?

GlobalTranz

Seattle and New York specialize in software publishing research, Boston, and San Diego in pharmaceuticals and medicines, and Houston in mining research. Not only do these cities excel in R&D, they tend to specialize in R&D surrounding specific industries.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

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A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program (New York Times) Transplace Invests in New Operations Center in Northwest Arkansas Black & Decker Fined $1.8M For Power Tools Sold In Iran. Trucking Futures Trading: Are You Buying?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

On Wednesday Amazon announced “the expansion of Prime FREE Same-Day Delivery to even more metro areas including Charlotte, Cincinnati, Fresno, Louisville, Milwaukee, Nashville, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Stockton, and Tucson, plus new areas in Central New Jersey, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, and San Diego.”