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Bucking Industry Trend, Chinese Carriers Report Increased Airfreight Traffic in 2015

Two themes that have featured heavily in the air logistics media recently are the lack of growth in airfreight demand, and the shift of what volume remains from freighters to the bellies of the current generation of widebody passenger aircraft.

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Reshoring to U.S. Is in Full Swing - Unless It's Declining. What to Believe?

In December, two conflicting reports were released, one by A.T. Kearney and one by the Boston Consulting Group. The A.T. Kearney report states that reshoring may be "over before it began," and the Boston Consulting Group report states that it is increasing. Why the difference in opinion and who is right?

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Railroad Trade Group Touts Investment in Safety and Innovation

An ultrasonic system to locate track defects and use of unmanned aerial vehicles for inspection of track, bridge and other freight rail infrastructure are among the technologies being explored by the railroad industry, according to a report from the Association of American Railroads.

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Latest Hike in USPS Shipping Rates Burdens Smaller Retailers

Last week, the U.S. Postal Service announced an increase on several shipping products used by online retailers, including Flat-Rate Priority boxes. On average, rates increased 9.5 percent in the first price hike on commercial Priority Mail in three years.

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Following Record Year, Demand for Logistics Properties Should Stay High in 2016, Survey Says

Industrial and supply chain real estate occupiers and investors alike experienced a record-breaking year in 2015 and should expect this trend to continue well into 2016, according to a JLL logistics survey report. Strong demand for logistics facilities is expected to remain consistent globally during 2016. Rental growth is projected to continue across all markets of the world in 2016 and through 2017.

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'Calling Card' Web Sites That Aren't Enabled for E-commerce Can't Compete

E-tailing behemoths like Amazon Business are infringing on electrical distributors' turf. Large distributors continue to hone and refine their e-commerce offerings. And finally, mobile e-commerce (or, m-commerce) - driven by the consumer who has grown more comfortable making purchases on smartphones and other mobile devices - is on track to hit $700bn by 2017, according to research firm Digi-Capital.

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U.S. Trucking Industry Sees Trailer Sales Hit Record High in 2015

Although orders were slower in December, 2015 was the trailer industry's best shipment year in history, just edging out the previous record set in 1999, according to the most recent State of the Industry: U.S. Trailers published by ACT Research Co.

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Macy's Credits RFID With Reducing $1Bn of Inventory in Omnichannel Initiative

Macy's is turning to RFID to support omnichannel initiatives, specifically its "Pick to the Last Unit" (P2LU) program. The retailer will use Tyco Retail Solutions' inventory visibility platform to access its full inventory throughout its entire store base.

Wavelink Adds Connector Support to Mobile Productivity Suite

The Mobile Enterprise Productivity Suite of Wavelink is now being supported by an Xtraction Solutions connector.

Unprepared Supply Chains Are 'Driving Blindfold' Toward Disaster

What's the biggest risk to global supply chains today? Natural disasters? Terrorism? Supplier failure? Port strikes? How about ignorance?

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As Diesel Price Drops, Truckload Spot Rates Also Tumble

After spiking to start the year, load-to-truck ratios and truckload rates on the spot market slid downward during the week ending Jan. 16, according to DAT Solutions, which operates the DAT network of load boards.

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