Distribution

Learn how KICKER reduced LTL miles by up to 75% while boosting speed to market.

Stephanie Rodriguez, National Director of Industrial Services at Colliers, shares how she’s helping clients make smart decisions in what she calls a VUCA era—short for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.

The report, entitled “North American Big Box Industrial Overview,” observed that going back to 2020, the largest North American markets for big box industrial space—which includes modern distribution and warehouse buildings that are 200,000 square-feet or more and with ceiling heights at least 28 feet clear—have added what it called an unprecedented 1.3 billion SF (square-feet) of new supply, expanding the big-box market rate by nearly 50%.

This follows a March 2024 effort, in which Echo expanded its cross-border services in Mexico, following eight years of managing southern border shipping services.

Scaling Smart: How Spectra Gutter Systems Built a More Efficient Supply Chain

This case study examines how Averitt’s comprehensive suite of logistics and transportation services provided stability and operational excellence for a major player in the mobility manufacturing sector.

The report, titled “2024: Market Rents Reset After Years of Performance,” found that global logistics rents fell by 5% in 2024, with the U.S. and Canada collectively down 7% and Europe down 1%.

This represents A. Duie Pyle’s second expansion in 2025, bringing the total number of its facilities to 32, with the company noting these new facilities are key aspects of steps the company is taking to expand its network in the Northeast.

The report, entitled “2024-2025 Industrial Tenant Demand Study,” explained that requirements have fallen 1.8% annually, to 792,000 square-feet (SF), with companies adopting a more cautious approach and focusing things like lean cost savings and carefully evaluating their options. And it added that this shift is paced by multiple things like inventory carrying costs, interest rates, and supply chain considerations.  

Over the first half of 2024, CBRE observed that the number of leases signed by industrial occupiers, at 31, rose 35% annually, compared to the 21 leases signed over the first half of 2023. And it added that new supply in the 1 MSF-plus category was a key cog in the 2.2% annual decrease in first-year taking rents, whereas leases for warehouses of all sizes headed up 7.7%, for the same period.

Modex just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year, and 2024 is no exception.

Total estimated 2023 global 3PL market revenue was off 18.5% annually, coming in at $1.2 trillion. But even with that decline, the firm observed that this tally still represented a 25.3% increase, when compared to pre-pandemic 2019.

The company’s expansion in Nashville is part of an ongoing effort to invest in its facility infrastructure and demonstrate its commitment to its customers, its associates and its future, adding that Averitt wants to be on the leading edge when it comes to technology, equipment and facilities.

With its new Texas DC, the world’s largest distributor of alcoholic beverages has built one of the most automated facilities in its network and continues to lead the way in automation adoption.

Fast-forwarding nearly six months later to this week, it appears that the transaction will now come to fruition, with Forward Air saying that the terms of the agreement have been amended.