Facility Location Planning

Better Than Amazon? How Bradley Jacobs Turned a $63M Bet Into a $12Bn Transportation Empire

April 24, 2018

Decades ago, Bradley Jacobs studied math and piano (classical and jazz) at Bennington and Brown before dropping out to make money. Now the balding 61-year-old CEO of XPO Logistics invokes that background to explain how he's parlayed sequential roll-ups in the gritty businesses of garbage collection, heavy equipment rentals and delivering stuff into a $2.6bn net worth.

Amazon Prime Reaches More Than 100 Million Members, CEO Jeff Bezos Says

April 20, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant has exceeded 100 million paid Prime subscribers and will continue to invest to meet "ever-rising" customer expectations.

DHL Expands U.S. Footprint Alongside Global Trade Growth

April 19, 2018

Air Cargo World

DHL has been expanding its locations around the world to keep up with growing e-commerce and international trade demand — and its most recent expansion in southern California has doubled its intake capacity in Ontario, the company says.

Huge Break for Auto Companies As China Removes Ownership Caps

April 19, 2018

Industryweek

China will let foreign automakers from Volkswagen AG to Ford Motor Co. own more than 50 percent of local ventures, removing a two-decade restriction and giving a boost to global companies seeking to capture a greater share of the world’s largest car market.

U.S. Warehouse Market Getting Closer to Balance

April 13, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The gap between warehouse demand and supply appears to be narrowing.

Warehouses Are Now Worth More Than Offices, Thanks to Amazon

April 2, 2018

Bloomberg

While China slams the brakes on buying trophy properties and the retail apocalypse draws nigh, something less sexy but striking is going on in real estate.

FedEX to Roll Out 500 More Stores Inside Walmart

March 26, 2018

Reuters

Package delivery company FedEx Corp said last week it will open 500 FedEx Office stores inside Walmart Inc’s U.S. locations, a partnership intended to help both companies attract new customers and handle online order returns.

A Look at the Changing Warehouse Landscape

March 13, 2018

Blaine Kelley, Senior VP, CBRE

The Midwest's Role as a Nationwide Distribution Hub

March 13, 2018

Chris Gutierrez, President, KC SmartPort

As Amazon Competition Heats Up, D.C. Mayor Heads West to Talk Tech

February 21, 2018

The Washington Post

Stretched for talent, big tech firms are looking outside of Silicon Valley to expand, and increasingly one of the beneficiaries has been the D.C. area.

Facility Location Planning

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