Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,250 posts going back to 2014.
Will warehousing be in the vanguard driving the next worldwide recession? Some people think that will happen by early next year after shippers end up overfilling their inventories with more safety stock than they immediately need. At present, however, the…
Retail sales saw solid growth during June, increasing in most categories on a monthly basis and across the board on a yearly basis as the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic continued, according to the National Retail Federation. “Heading into the…
Ecommerce is expected to grow to represent a total of 26% of all retail sales in the United States by 2025, creating the need for an additional 330 million sq. ft. of distribution space just to handle the flow of shipments, according to the industrial real…
Employers are investing in employee training and development, according to a recent study by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the Society for Human Resource Management. “Even in a time of significant economic and labor market volatility, employers…
The future of warehousing and third-party logistics includes a healthy rate of growth and a more central role in supply chain management. That was one of the conclusions of the 32nd annual State of Logistics report published by the Council of Supply Chain…
The National Retail Federation has issued its revised annual forecast for 2021, projecting that retail sales will grow between 10.5% and 13.5% to more than $4.44 trillion this year as the economy accelerates its pace of recovery. The announcement was made…
The majority of human resources professionals and business leaders believe employees with criminal records perform the same or better than other hires. This is shown to be the case in terms of job performance, promotion potential, dependability, retention…
In spite of the pandemic, an economic crisis and high unemployment, employees reported overall job satisfaction in 2020, according to a survey conducted by The Conference Board. Job satisfaction rose slightly from 56.3% in 2019 to 56.9% in 2020. Job…
An industry report predicts that cold storage will grow over the next seven years due to the rising need for innovative services and facilities. The pandemic impact earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working…
Lift truck sales in North America were down in 2020 but for the first quarter of this year were described as “healthy” by the Industrial Truck Association, although it offered no numbers. “The industrial truck industry had its third best year on record in…
Small business owners are continuing to experience difficulty in finding qualified employees well into 2021, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg said. “Small business owners are competing with…
The shortage of qualified truck drivers has persisted throughout the Coronavirus pandemic recession and is expected to continue during the economic recovery. The thorny question is: Why does that continue to be the case? A study recently issued by Coyote…