By MMH Staff ·
June 22, 2022
DC Measures captures 36 key operational metrics for warehouse and distribution center operations.
By Jeff Berman ·
June 13, 2022
Following its most recent overture in early May, which was denied, San Francisco-based real estate investment trust company Prologis said it had finally closed the deal, announcing it had entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corporation, a sustainable industrial real estate development and the largest domestic-only logistics REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust).
By Jeff Berman ·
April 29, 2022
CBRE explained that following a record year, in the U.S. industrial real estate market in 2021, market conditions carried over into the first quarter, with strong demand for space remaining the common theme.
By Jeff Berman ·
April 27, 2022
Global retail giant Walmart recently heralded its most recent initiative focused on e-commerce growth and supporting its supply chain network, with the opening of its new $220 million Ridgeville, South Carolina-based Import Distribution Center (IDC), which is located 35 miles northwest of Charleston.
By PFlow Industries ·
March 27, 2022
Today’s consumer is becoming increasingly comfortable with buying everything from furniture to clothing to groceries online. And, most are shopping online for not only convenience, but for speed of delivery.
By Jeff Berman ·
June 28, 2021
Even though the most-dire days of the COVID-19 pandemic may be in the past, that, by no means, has pumped the brakes on the frenetic pace of e-commerce activity, driven by the steady drum beat of consumer demand. That was evident in the findings of a report recently issued by Los Angeles-based industrial real estate developer CBRE.
By Jeff Berman ·
May 26, 2021
Cookeville, Tenn.-based freight transportation and logistics services provider Averitt Express said this week that it has opened up a new 400,000 square-feet Dallas area-based distribution and fulfillment center for handling the flow and distribution of domestic and international freight and cargo in close proximity to its Grand Prairie, Texas service center.
By Roberto Michel ·
April 16, 2021
Being able to adapt a fulfillment center's systems and output to respond to surging ecommerce demand can be seen as shaping key trends
By Roberto Michel ·
April 15, 2021
Sensor-based locating with RFID and IoT can error proof and optimize critical processes like outbound shipments.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 26, 2021
Lakeland, Fla.-based 3PL Saddle Creek Logistics Services announced earlier this week that it will be opening up a 544,320 square-foot e-commerce fulfillment distribution center in Walton, Ky. this summer. Company officials said that this facility is the most recent example of its nationwide network of DCs, augmenting its various omnichannel supply chain services capabilities.
By Jeff Berman ·
February 4, 2021
Data recently issued in a report by Los Angeles-based industrial real estate developer CBRE highlighted the impact that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had on the United States industrial real estate market, for both the fourth quarter and calendar year 2020.
WEBCAST
By MMH Staff ·
November 24, 2020
Learn how machine-to-machine communication and the internet of things are making a difference in the real world for real companies.
By Jeff Berman ·
October 5, 2020
Waltham, Mass-based 6 River Systems (6RS), a provider of a provider of collaborative warehouse solutions and a subsidiary of multi-channel commerce platform Shopify, said last week it is working with Atlanta-based Project Verte, an e-commerce solution provider focused on helping brands grow and directly engage with customers, to support fulfillment activities at the Project Verte distribution center in Atlanta that fulfills orders for various retailers and brands.
By Jeff Berman ·
September 10, 2020
The new 150,000 square-foot Atlanta-based facility is based 20 miles away from the Atlanta Hartsfield Airport and has access to some of the main thoroughfares for “speedy air and ground parcel transportation.
By Karen Thuermer, Contributing Editor ·
August 11, 2020
With the e-commerce boom during the pandemic, there’s very little available warehouse/DC space—consequently, developers continue to build at a bullish pace.