Wayfair expands logistics offering to include multichannel service
Suppliers can now tap the furniture retailer’s CastleGate network as a 3PL alternative for big-and-bulky goods across their entire customer base.
Suppliers can now tap the furniture retailer’s CastleGate network as a 3PL alternative for big-and-bulky goods across their entire customer base.
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Global Port Congestion Analysis shows that half of Northern Europe’s ports reported year-over-year declines in port moves per hour in Q2, while Asian ports faced higher arrival process times and mixed efficiency results.
With no clear definition of what duty and data processes are required by CBP after the Aug. 29 end to all de minimis exemptions, most import shipments via post to the US have been suspended until further notice.
Dedicated associates and machine learning-driven efficiency improvements helped the retailer achieve its fastest ever delivery speeds during the second quarter.
Tech services company WNS is being added as the Digital Container Shipping Association’s “execution arm” to embed standards into systems commonly used by carriers, forwarders and shippers.
Local freight forwarders who spoke with the Journal of Commerce have reported three upcoming blank calls out of West India through the first half of September in anticipation of lower cargo lifts.
The retailer will take recent learnings about which stores are “built to fulfill” and apply it to up to 40 more locations by the year’s end.
From negotiating discounts to using alternative carriers, businesses have several ways to mitigate peak season fees, experts said.
Sentiment heard with greater frequency from within the industry and from financial analysts holds that overcapacity will overwhelm constraints on capacity in a possible multi-year swoon.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy gave California, New Mexico and Washington 30 days to adopt and enforce ELP regulations or lose access to federal safety funding.