This week's supply chain trends are posted on the LTI LinkedIn page. What supply chain trends are you seeing? - linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Happy Friday! A new Freight Forward will be available on Monday. In case you missed it, here's this week's newsletter - linkedin.com/pulse/freight-…

Will shoppers ever care about the destruction of the planet? nytimes.com/2024/05/02/sty…

A share from Joseph Politano, an independent economics writer linkedin.com/in/joseph-poli…. I came across this chart on LinkedIn that he created using US Census data.

Note the largest region for investment is the Texas region: $52.8 billion over the past 12 months.

Kuehne + Nagel Inc. is laying off 227 workers in Arizona after its customer, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, decided to insource roles at two facilities. abc15.com/news/business/…

Shein and Forever 21 getting cozier..
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“I think the American public, postal stakeholders and Congress want to understand the impact of the Postal Service’s network transformation plans,” said PRC Chairman Michael Kubayanda. govexec.com/management/202…

Red Sea trade disruption could last until next year, warns Maersk ft.com/content/434ba2… via @ft

.Beau King I just noticed that you're in Fort Mill. Small world - I grew up in Rock Hill.

When I worked at the library in Rock Hill, I drove the bookmobile to Fort Mill once a week. Once I was pulled for speeding on I-77. 😂

Today's ACN column is submitted - Topic is SMBs and e-commerce. Next up is RLA's monthly LI newsletter, Freight Reverse (get it? 😉). Check out the March issue here - linkedin.com/pulse/freight-…

Walmart opens third consolidation center in its U.S. network dcvelocity.com/articles/60663… via DC Velocity

Retailers and wholesalers overtook 3PL providers as top drivers of big-box warehouse demand in 2023 ajot.com/news/retailers… via American Journal of Transportation, AJOT

CBRE Report - cbre.com/insights/local…

The China-Mexico trade is attracting new ocean services - Cosco Shipping & OOCL will launch an express service in early May. MSC will launch a similar service starting on May 15 joc.com/article/ocean-…

Update on the strawberries - I'm finishing off the rest of the strawberries by making a cobbler. I may have to get more strawberries when I visit my Aunt in Spartanburg this weekend...hmm....strawberry smoothies sound good. 😋

BREAKING: Norfolk Southern shareholders should elect five of an activist investor’s seven board candidates but should retain CEO Alan Shaw, proxy advisory firm ISS said today.

Kenco is partnering with QPharma, a provider of cloud-based compliance solutions, to add pharmaceutical sample fulfillment to their Life Sciences Division. businesswire.com/news/home/2024…