The sudden spike in e-commerce sales, up over 32% in 2020 according to eMarketer, has pressured warehouse and fulfillment operations to fill orders – one item at a time. Add in a shortage of warehouse capacity and workers and the crunch is on to create more efficiency and to do so in a hurry.
Logistics real estate trust Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) said the logistics real estate sector continues to face issues in finding skilled labor and desirable locations for new facilities. In a series of...