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CH Robinson | July 31, 2020

Airfreight volume fell nearly 18% year over year (YoY) in June, according to the latest numbers from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Freight capacity fell 34% YoY in June."Cargo is, by far, healthier than the passenger markets but doing business remains exceptionally challenging," IATA CEO Alexandre de Juniac said in a statement. "While economic activity is re-starting after major lockdown disruptions there has not been a major boost in demand." ...

Supply Chain Dive | January 27, 2020

Supply and demand for industrial warehouse space will increase in lockstep through 2021 as North American square footage dedicated to warehousing increases, but vacancy rates hold at roughly 5%, predicted Cushman & Wakefield in a report released Friday. In 2019, industrial real estate supply caught up with booming demand created by the swift expansion of e-commerce, reversing a nine-year trend of undersupply. Cushman & Wakefield pegs North American vacancy at 4.6% for the whole of 2019. ...

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Blue Yonder | July 30, 2021

One of Australia's top online retailers, Catch.com.au, has selected Blue Yonder's cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) and labor management solution to serve its high-volume e-commerce business. Open Sky Group, a Blue Yonder WMS implementation partner, will assist with the design, setup, and deployment of both solutions. Catch.com.au has been serving Australia through a single fulfillment center in Victoria since 2006, and now, owing to increased Australian e-comm...

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EKA Solutions Inc | December 01, 2021

EKA Solutions Inc, the industry leading provider of cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem for carriers, brokers, and shippers, today announced that it has formed a wholly owned subsidiary, EKA Logistics Capital LLC, to provide working capital financial services to carrier, broker, and shipper SMBs beginning January 2022. "Given the rapidly growing freight volume processed through the EKA Omni-TMS™ Platform, it is timely for EKA to elevate and accelerate it...