Shippers
Consultant Insight: Large retailers stock up on inventory ahead of the holiday season
Overall retailer inventories remained low in September, according to the latest Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report from the...
Consultant Insight: USPS assures skeptical market that it’s ready for the holiday season
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) may be on the road to right-sizing its financials as it reported a 5.3% operating...
Biden calls Walmart, UPS, FedEx, Target CEOs on supply chain
President Joe Biden spoke with the chief executive officers of Walmart Inc., United Parcel Service Inc., FedEx Corp. and Target...
Maersk bolsters airfreight ops with Senator International acquisition
Danish container logistics company A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) intends to expand its airfreight operations through the acquisition of Germany-based freight forwarder...
All-in pricing grows alongside charter market
The COVID-19-driven shortage in bellyhold capacity has led to intense growth in the charter market over the past year and...
Consultant Insight: Shippers, forwarders anxiously await the return of passenger capacity
The air cargo market continues to make progress in adding capacity since losing at least 50% of capacity when passenger...
Consultant Insight: Strong retail sales continued in September, but how much longer can it last?
U.S. retail sales remained strong in September, up 0.7% year over year, according to data from the U.S. Commerce Department,...
WCS 2021: Most industry participants have now adopted digital strategy
DUBLIN – As the push for digitalization in the air cargo industry gains momentum, a Digital Maturity survey conducted by IATA...
Consultant Insight: Shippers look to supplier diversification to reduce delivery delays
U.S. retailers learned the value of supplier diversification when Chinese manufacturing facilities temporarily closed due to COVID-19 just months before...
Consultant Insight: Returns are a growing problem in the multichannel retail market
As multichannel retail becomes the norm, retailers are examining their reverse logistics processes. Cathy Roberson, Cargo Facts Consulting senior consultant...
China trade surges to new records on strong US, EU demand
China’s export growth unexpectedly surged in August as suppliers likely boosted orders ahead of the year-end shopping season, offsetting any...
Consultant Insight: Retailers take control of their last mile
The last-mile delivery market is getting crowded as shippers look for additional capacity beyond what FedEx and UPS can provide....
Abercrombie & Fitch, Urban Outfitters lean on air for supply chain support
Retailers are poised to increase airfreight utilization for the remainder of 2021 to circumvent factory closures and delays and high...
Listen: Orchard Custom Beauty on managing supply chains
The supply chain upheaval that began with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 is persisting through 2021 and has been recently...
