Looking at the state of the transportation and logistics M&A market with Ben Gordon
March 14, 2024
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Ben Gordon, founder and managing partner of Palm Beach, Florida-based Cambridge Capital, and managing partner of Ben Gordon Strategic Advisors.
FTR’s Vise examines current freight economy conditions at SMC3
February 7, 2024
The state of the freight economy was a key theme at the SMC3 JumpStart 2024 conference held in Atlanta late last month. Avery Vise, vice president of trucking, for freight transportation consultancy FTR, offered up his views on the freight economy, at the moment, and where things could be headed.
Armada’s Prather examines the disconnect between the freight economy and the macro economy at SMC3 JumpStart 2024
January 29, 2024
When posed the question of if there is really strong product consumption, coupled with consumers spending, why is that not being felt in the freight market, Prather explained that based on looking at data going back multiple decades, at time, freight transportation and the general economy get disconnected from one another.
Echo’s Waggoner takes a look at logistics in 2023 and what may be in store for 2024
December 27, 2023
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL Echo Global Logistics. Waggoner offered up insights on various logistics and supply chain trends and themes, including: freight economic conditions, near shoring, and brokerages, among others.
While the economic outlook remains mixed, reasons for optimism remain intact
December 11, 2023
There are a whole host of mixed economic messages, signals, and indicators, perhaps more so now than at any other time, especially over the past five years or so.
LM Podcast Series: Freight economy review with Matt Muenster, Chief Economist, Breakthrough
December 7, 2023
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Matt Muenster, Chief Economist for Green Bay, Wisc.-based Breakthrough, an innovator in transportation management, dedicated to creating transparent and fair strategies for the world’s leading shippers.
Freight economy review with Matt Muenster, Chief Economist, Breakthrough
December 4, 2023
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Matt Muenster, Chief Economist for Green Bay, Wisc.-based Breakthrough, an innovator in transportation management, dedicated to creating transparent and fair strategies for the world’s leading shippers.
ATA’s Costello offers up detailed look at the state of the freight economy at RILA
March 6, 2019
One of the best presentations at the RILA Link 2019 Retail Supply Chain Conference was offered up by American Trucking Associations (ATA) Chief Economist Bob Costello who did not disappoint in laying out the road ahead for the freight economy and trucking, providing a deep dive on what we may expect.
