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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.
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AA-11-1-20.pdf?utm_source=acwi.org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_content=newsletter&campaign=newsletter" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue"…
We are still in the midst of one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record and wildfires this year have devastated parts of the West, reminding businesses they need to prepare their operations and employees for all eventualities. Under regulations issued by…
The American Moving and Storage Association has agreed to become part of American Trucking Associations, a federation of state trucking associations, vocational councils and industry segment groups similar to AMSA AMSA, with more than 3,000 members, is…
Trying to forecast 2020 holiday sales is like assembling a jigsaw puzzle without having all the pieces, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. “Completing a puzzle is highly probable given patience, having all the pieces and…
The Coronavirus pandemic fueled explosive growth of ecommerce in the second quarter, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Adjusted retail ecommerce sales in the second quarter of 2020 were $211.5 billion, a Covid‐19 driven increase of…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, was up by 1.6% in September on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis, following a 2.5% gain in August. On a year-over-year (Y/Y) basis, the barometer…
The Department of Transportation published National Freight Strategic Plan , intended to guide policy, programs, initiatives and investments at the federal, regional and state levels across all modes. “The department is unveiling the first-ever NFSP so that…
Amid all the controversy and turmoil surrounding this year’s national election, it’s not surprising that those parts of the Trump and Biden campaign agendas regarding logistics have gone little noticed in the mainstream media, despite heightened national…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AA-10-15-20.pdf?utm_source=acwi.org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_content=newsletter&campaign=newsletter" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue"…
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Cybersecurity Advisory Alert warning to employers about a new threat targeting remote workers. The latest attacks by corporate computer hackers were first mounted in mid-July…
A pilot test program intended to find out if 18, 19 and 20-year-olds can safely drive heavy duty trucks is now underway. The three-year program laucnhed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will admit 200 younger under two circumstances. One is…
In 2019, workforce positive drug tests reached a 16-year high, a nationwide survey finds. Positivity rates in the combined U.S. workforce last year. In urine drug tests, they climbed to the highestlevel since 2003 (4.5%) and were more than 28% higher than…
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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.
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AA-11-1-20.pdf?utm_source=acwi.org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_content=newsletter&campaign=newsletter" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue"…
We are still in the midst of one of the busiest hurricane seasons on record and wildfires this year have devastated parts of the West, reminding businesses they need to prepare their operations and employees for all eventualities. Under regulations issued by…
The American Moving and Storage Association has agreed to become part of American Trucking Associations, a federation of state trucking associations, vocational councils and industry segment groups similar to AMSA AMSA, with more than 3,000 members, is…
Trying to forecast 2020 holiday sales is like assembling a jigsaw puzzle without having all the pieces, according to National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. “Completing a puzzle is highly probable given patience, having all the pieces and…
The Coronavirus pandemic fueled explosive growth of ecommerce in the second quarter, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Adjusted retail ecommerce sales in the second quarter of 2020 were $211.5 billion, a Covid‐19 driven increase of…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, was up by 1.6% in September on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis, following a 2.5% gain in August. On a year-over-year (Y/Y) basis, the barometer…
The Department of Transportation published National Freight Strategic Plan , intended to guide policy, programs, initiatives and investments at the federal, regional and state levels across all modes. “The department is unveiling the first-ever NFSP so that…
Amid all the controversy and turmoil surrounding this year’s national election, it’s not surprising that those parts of the Trump and Biden campaign agendas regarding logistics have gone little noticed in the mainstream media, despite heightened national…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: [vcex_button url="https://acwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AA-10-15-20.pdf?utm_source=acwi.org&utm_medium=webpage&utm_content=newsletter&campaign=newsletter" title="Download" style="flat" align="center" color="blue"…
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Cybersecurity Advisory Alert warning to employers about a new threat targeting remote workers. The latest attacks by corporate computer hackers were first mounted in mid-July…
A pilot test program intended to find out if 18, 19 and 20-year-olds can safely drive heavy duty trucks is now underway. The three-year program laucnhed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will admit 200 younger under two circumstances. One is…
In 2019, workforce positive drug tests reached a 16-year high, a nationwide survey finds. Positivity rates in the combined U.S. workforce last year. In urine drug tests, they climbed to the highestlevel since 2003 (4.5%) and were more than 28% higher than…