JLL introduces Retail Industrial Task Force
September 23, 2020
Chicago-based industrial real estate firm JLL announced it is rolling out what it is calling a blended service model, in the form of a new Retail Industrial Task Force (RITF). Company officials said that the objective of this offering is to simplify the needs of retailers, at a time when retailers have been rapidly forced to change operations on the fly, with a major shift to e-commerce operations, driven largely by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
New OneRail offering focuses on addressing final mile challenges for retail shippers
March 31, 2020
Earlier today, Orlando, Fla.-based OneRail, a provider of final mile delivery services for enterprise shippers, rolled out a new offering, entitled QuickSmart, that enables retail shippers to immediately find more final mile delivery capacity required to support increased in e-commerce demand brought on by the coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic.
FedEx preps to have Express contract with Ground operations for select residential shipments
February 10, 2020
Driven by the rampant growth rate of e-commerce, coupled with the need to increase efficiency and lower residential delivery costs, Memphis-based freight transportation and logistics service provider FedEx announced late last week that in March, FedEx Express—its global, time-definite delivery service unit—will contract with FedEx Ground—its ground transportation package delivery services unit—for the transport and delivery of select day-definite, residential Express shipments.
Q&A: Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of The Association for Supply Chain Management
January 21, 2020
Logistics Management Group News Editor recently caught up with ASCM’s Abe Eshkenazi to learn more about the various trends occurring within the intersection of e-commerce and related site development, as they relate to the myriad moving logistics-related parts.
