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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
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The commercial real estate firm CBRE says 14 markets in the United States stand out as strategic options for industrial real estate investors who seek growth opportunities outside of primary markets. These strategic markets have generated demand for…
Younger people will be fueling an increase of about 4% in holiday season sales this year that have been predicted by the National Retail Federation (AA 10- 15-19, P. 4). The overall forecast estimates that holiday retail sales in the months of November and…
The Surface Transportation Board opened a series of proposed rulemakings aimed at helping shippers who have been hurt by widespread railroad service failures over the last several years. But the question is: Will it be enough? The changes recently proposed…
he Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has extended the filing deadline for employers to file their Form EEO-1 Component 2 reports because not enough of them had done so by the original deadline of Sept. 30. EEOC reported the deadline extension to the…
For the employer who is in the right position to use it, an alternative to expensive health insurance might be a form of self insurance called Reference- Based Pricing (RBP). Typically, under RBP an insurance carrier is not involved, nor does a provider…
Although ecommerce has been cast as the fatal threat to bricks-and-mortar stores, retailers are discovering that stores help forge a valuable connection with customers in ways that online experiences cannot, a consultant argues. Erin Jordan, vice president…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a permanent crash preventability determination program to gather data identifying possible safety risks involving trucks and busses. The crash preventability program examines the feasibility, costs…
Research has come up with hard dollars-and-cents numbers to help assess the costs of making truck drivers wait to load or unload freight. The new data was released by the American Transportation Research Institute, the independent research arm of American…
The Federal Motor Carrier Administration issued a proposed change to the truck driver hours of service regulations intended to create greater flexibility. “This proposed rule seeks to enhance safety by giving America’s commercial drivers more flexibility…
It may surprise you to learn that there are circumstances where Occupational Safety and Health Administration will pay your attorney’s fees – but only in cases where the employer is found to be in the right and OSHA in the wrong. In a situation where your…
The stereotyped image of the overweight, unhealthy truck driver stubbornly persists in the public’s imagination for good reason – almost a third of American truck drivers display medical characteristics that fit the cliched image. That is the conclusion of a…
A task force made up of Surface Transportation Board staff has suggested that the agency embrace a series of initiatives intended to simplify and speed up the process that allows shippers to challenge railroad tariff increases. The Rate Reform Task Force was…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 992 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
The commercial real estate firm CBRE says 14 markets in the United States stand out as strategic options for industrial real estate investors who seek growth opportunities outside of primary markets. These strategic markets have generated demand for…
Younger people will be fueling an increase of about 4% in holiday season sales this year that have been predicted by the National Retail Federation (AA 10- 15-19, P. 4). The overall forecast estimates that holiday retail sales in the months of November and…
The Surface Transportation Board opened a series of proposed rulemakings aimed at helping shippers who have been hurt by widespread railroad service failures over the last several years. But the question is: Will it be enough? The changes recently proposed…
he Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has extended the filing deadline for employers to file their Form EEO-1 Component 2 reports because not enough of them had done so by the original deadline of Sept. 30. EEOC reported the deadline extension to the…
For the employer who is in the right position to use it, an alternative to expensive health insurance might be a form of self insurance called Reference- Based Pricing (RBP). Typically, under RBP an insurance carrier is not involved, nor does a provider…
Although ecommerce has been cast as the fatal threat to bricks-and-mortar stores, retailers are discovering that stores help forge a valuable connection with customers in ways that online experiences cannot, a consultant argues. Erin Jordan, vice president…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a permanent crash preventability determination program to gather data identifying possible safety risks involving trucks and busses. The crash preventability program examines the feasibility, costs…
Research has come up with hard dollars-and-cents numbers to help assess the costs of making truck drivers wait to load or unload freight. The new data was released by the American Transportation Research Institute, the independent research arm of American…
The Federal Motor Carrier Administration issued a proposed change to the truck driver hours of service regulations intended to create greater flexibility. “This proposed rule seeks to enhance safety by giving America’s commercial drivers more flexibility…
It may surprise you to learn that there are circumstances where Occupational Safety and Health Administration will pay your attorney’s fees – but only in cases where the employer is found to be in the right and OSHA in the wrong. In a situation where your…
The stereotyped image of the overweight, unhealthy truck driver stubbornly persists in the public’s imagination for good reason – almost a third of American truck drivers display medical characteristics that fit the cliched image. That is the conclusion of a…
A task force made up of Surface Transportation Board staff has suggested that the agency embrace a series of initiatives intended to simplify and speed up the process that allows shippers to challenge railroad tariff increases. The Rate Reform Task Force was…