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Build Resilience in Volatile Freight Environments

FreightWaves SONAR

Aggressive pricing/cost savings strategies have contributed significantly to creating a sustained volatility in the domestic transportation market. Shippers drive prices higher when they bid against one another for available capacity in tight markets. Carriers drive prices lower, bidding for business when capacity is readily available.

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Bucking the Trend in Transportation – Simultaneously Cap Rate Growth and Beat Capacity Constraints

Talking Logistics

If you’ve ever paid $10 for an Uber ride to the cocktail lounge in the evening and then a “surge priced” $50 for the same distance Uber ride back to your home only a few hours later around closing time, you understand the dynamics troubling shippers in today’s capacity constrained transportation market.

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Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update

Freightos

More Resources Home Red Sea and Suez Canal Shipping Crisis Update Judah Levine Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo Even with an international naval force in place, Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea continue. Europe prices decreased.

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Top Talking Logistics Posts & Episodes (Q2 2018)

Talking Logistics

Big Data in Logistics. Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future. Protect Your Bottom Line With a Smart Supply Chain Design Strategy. The Data Needed to Transform Supply Chains. Big Data in Logistics. Realities and Misconceptions of 4PL Relationships. Highlights from 3Gtms Innovate 2018 User Conference.

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Black Friday & Cyber Monday Prep: A Checklist for Ecommerce Business Owners

Ship Monk

Fortunately, this will probably include some topics you’re already familiar with, such as: A market analysis Roles within the organization Product assortment (if adding new products to the catalog) A marketing plan (social media, newsletters, campaigns, etc.) 2 Analyze Your Past Data and Compare It to Current Trends. Slice of cake.

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A Summer of Sales: How to Combat the eCommerce Slow Season

Ship Monk

While operating at 110% capacity may not always be feasible, making the most of the eCommerce slow season definitely is. Revamp Your Marketing Strategy. Subscribe to our blog newsletter ! If you’ve been itching to pick up the pace, you’ve stumbled upon the right blog post. Marketing is an ever-changing and ever-growing field.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

Intro Email Newsletters News Sites Social Media Influencers Blogs Unexpected Places. Experts’ Choice: Supply Chain and Logistics Email Newsletters. Which is why email newsletters just work – delivered to your inbox each day (usually) bringing a limited selection of top stories in condensed form. This was the result.