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Vacation Got the Best of Me - Maersk Looks into A Dim Future for Containers

10xLogistics

Ok, just for my regular readers, I am back. Took a bit of a vacation and toured around Europe for a while. Sorry for the lack of posts and I will begin getting back to my normal cadence. Now on to business and the first one will be the state of ocean freight. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal cited Maersk warning of subdued demand in ocean container traffic.

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Jean's Blog: What Unemployment Numbers Mean to Me

Women and Logistics

Every week in the news, we are bombarded with more economic statistics. One week, the unemployment percentage looks favorable. The following week, more people are filing for unemployment claims than was anticipated. One month the manufacturing index signaling growth ticks upwards; the next month it dips downwards.

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The Apparel Industry Is Complicated. Fashion Logistics Doesn't Need To Be.

Apparel Logistics

The Planet Money blog and podcast made a not-so-unusual decision for a public radio program a couple years ago — they decided to raise money by selling t-shirts.