E-Commerce
Consultant Insight: Walmart, FedEx acquisitions highlight e-commerce rise
The recent e-commerce acquisitions by Walmart of JoyRun and FedEx of ShopRunner point to a major shift in supply chain...
Pandemic-fueled retail buoys 2020 peak season
The acceleration of e-commerce growth during 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic — propelled by lockdowns, the closures of brick-and-mortar retail...
Boeing WACF: E-commerce lifts North American cargo growth prospects
Air cargo traffic in the North American market is expected to grow at 2.6% per year over the next twenty...
Singles Day 2020 soars past prior records in year of e-commerce boom
The Nov. 11 shopping holiday begun by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, dubbed "11.11" or "Singles Day," broke records again in...
XPO Logistics benefits from e-commerce growth in Q3
After a difficult second quarter in which XPO Logistics reported an operating loss due to the impact of the COVID-19...
DHL Express preps for holiday shipping surge into Americas
DHL's first mobile pop-up ServicePoint location. Photo by Doug Sanford Photographs, courtesy of DHL Express. DHL...
Cainiao expands Atlas Air Latin America charters
Photo courtesy of Atlas Air. After launching regular twice-weekly charters to Latin America with an Atlas...
Consultant Insight: Just-in-time shifts to just-in-case as inventories build
Cathy Roberson, Cargo Facts Consulting senior consultant and Air Cargo World columnist An increase in imports...
Consultant Insight: Preparing for the unexpected
Cathy Roberson, Cargo Facts Consulting senior consultant and Air Cargo World columnist Retailers are replenishing inventory...
E-commerce, integrators, location drive Inland Empire cargo growth amid pandemic
Even as the symptoms of COVID continue to wrack the air cargo community and the world, cargo operations in California’s...
Amazon’s buying spree for used airplanes makes green pledge harder to keep
While flight shaming and the coronavirus pandemic have spurred airlines to hasten the retirement of their oldest, fuel-guzzling aircraft, those...
FedEx: Capacity constraints present opportunity to pounce on forwarder volumes
Across all major trade lanes, bellyhold capacity remains suppressed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and freighters now provide...
UPS holiday season hiring will top 100,000 amid e-commerce boom
United Parcel Service Inc. said it will hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers to help handle an expected avalanche of...
Alibaba invests in YTO Express to expand domestic and global reach
Cathy Roberson, Cargo Facts Consulting senior consultant and Air Cargo World columnist Alibaba Group Holding has...
