Topic: Warehouse/DC

The Federal Reserve said yesterday that it lowered the target rate, for the federal funds rate, which comes from its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) for the second consecutive month, dropping it by 0.25%, to 3.75%-to-4.0%, its lowest rate level since 2022.

The report, entitled “JLL’s U.S. IND Market Dynamics Q3,” stated that third-quarter leasing volume reached 146.2 million square feet (MSF), marking the highest level of leasing activity since the first quarter of 2024 (and 387.1 MSF year-to-date).

Quarterly consolidated revenue, at $21.4 billion, fell 3.7% annually, and basic earnings per share, at $1.74 (topped Wall Street estimates of $1.29), fell $0.24, or 13.4%, annually. Total operating profit, at $1.8 billion, was off 9.1% annually. 

A key thesis in the report was focused on how the pairing of strong leasing and a decline in new construction held the overall quarterly vacancy rate at 6.6%, which the firm said reversed a stretch of quarterly losses that had been intact going back to the second quarter of 2022.

Any signs of progress being made on the trade front between the United States and its second-largest trade partner, Canada, appear to be squelched, based on a social media post issued by President Trump last night.

The 30th Annual 3PL Study reveals how evolving partnerships and emerging technologies are reshaping the supply chain landscape amid disruption, cost pressures, and labor gaps.

As global trade has seen significant shifts in a short time across 2025, coupled with the ongoing need for supply chains to build resilience and speed and become ever more agile, the role of the supply chain has subsequently evolved to being able to respond in short order to various things.

The report’s benchmark reading, the PMI, at 49.1 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), was up 0.4% compared to August, contracting, at a slower rate, for the seventh consecutive month, with the overall economy growing, at a faster rate, for the 65th consecutive month.

At Prologis’ Groundbreakers event, CEO Hamid Moghadam and Secretary Doug Burgum emphasized the urgent need for abundant, reliable energy to power AI growth, digital infrastructure, and next-gen supply chains

The Association for Supply Chain Management has released its Top 10 Trends for 2026, highlighting how artificial intelligence, workforce evolution, trade dynamics, resilience, and sustainability will reshape global supply chains.

Volatility has become the defining feature of warehouse and distribution operations. Labor shortages, fluctuating order volumes, supply chain delays, and rising costs have made agility essential. Agility at Work: How Warehouse Leaders Turn Uncertainty Into Advantage benchmarks how more than 120 senior supply chain executives are responding to this reality with data-driven agility. In this webinar, Dan Keto, President and CTO of Easy Metrics, dives into how leaders balance agility with accountability, manage labor costs under pressure, and sustain consistent performance...

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman spoke with Jeff Tafel, president of the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones. Topics covered included: the impact of the recent removal of the de minimis exemption on Foreign Trade-Zone activity, the mission of the NAFTZ, and the impact of tariffs, among others.

This year’s honorees demonstrate how leading companies are embedding next-generation technologies into their operations to drive measurable impact and industry leadership.

Manual yard processes create costly blind spots, but modern tools are helping companies bridge the gap and bring order to the chaos.

We're excited to share the 2025 Warehouse Automation & Order Fulfillment Study, a brand-new research brief developed by Peerless Media Research in partnership with Hai Robotics.

This educational eBook explores how AI helps warehouses work smarter, adapt to change, and achieve measurable results.

The facility in Wellford is the third of five high-tech, perishable good DCs or "PDCs" Walmart is launching for the U.S. market, tapping technology from Witron.

The August LMI reading, at 59.3, eked out a 0.1% gain over July’s 59.2.

The August Services PMI, at 52.0 (a reading of 50 or higher signals growth), rose 1.9% over July’s 50.1 reading.

Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling, by a 7-4 margin, in which it stated the majority of the IEEPA (International Emergency Economic Powers Act) tariffs rolled out by the White House are illegal. Tariffs will remain temporarily in place until October 14, which will give the White House time to appeal its case to the Supreme Court.