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ICYMI: There are fewer mega warehouses over 1 million square feet going up, tracking with reduced ecommerce demand and tough economics, according to a CBRE report, while smaller facilities in strategic locations near population centers are in short supply.
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| USPS Network Plan Includes Insourcing of Linehaul Work |
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| A U.S. Postal Service plan to insource all line hauling of mail and parcels between hubs and local delivery units, which had been handled by contractors, will be completely phased in by 2025, according to a source with knowledge of meetings with USPS officials. The USPS says "some" contract carriers will be affected by the change, which is part of its 10-year Delivering for America overhaul plan. |
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| Pitney Bowes Adds 1-3-Day Delivery to South-Central, Southeast U.S. |
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| Postal consolidation and global logistics firm Pitney Bowes is expanding 1-3-day service to 20+ U.S. cities in the Southeast and Texas, Lousiana and New Mexico, in a push to makes its services more attractive to shippers in a down market and reverse its losses. The company will have fresh competition in Texas, where OnTrac added coverage to Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. |
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| Consumers Willing to Forego 1-2-Day Delivery If Given Options |
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| Evidence continues to mount that that having a range of options and more certainty about when a package will arrive are more important than 1-2-day delivery. In a July survey of 1,000 consumers commissioned by Ware2Go, 90% of respondents said they could live without 1-2-day delivery if given options like free shipping, real-time tracking and the ability to choose the delivery date. |
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| Flowspace Applies GenAI to Freight, Transportation Management |
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| Ecommerce fulfillment software firm Flowspace is using generative AI and machine learning technology to streamline transportation and freight management processes, automate workflows and increase the visibility into the status of inbound and outbound shipments. FlowspaceAI for Freight uses GenAI and machine learning to read and interpret emails and determine the status of each shipment. |
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| Inventory Management Complexities Are Here to Stay |
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