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Borderlands Mexico: Trump tariffs won’t stop nearshoring investments in Mexico

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Trump tariffs won’t stop nearshoring investments in Mexico; Deugro USA expands logistics operations in Houston; Titanium Transportation opens Texas brokerage office; and TAM Group opens a location in Mexico City.

Trump tariffs won’t stop nearshoring investments in Mexico

While President-elect Donald Trump has promised to levy 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico starting...

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How 2 brothers are setting new standard for service in transportation

If you ask what drives Sam Burkhan, founder and CEO of ITF Group, he would tell you, at the core of it, it’s helping people.

Though Sam’s background was in finance, through his experience working as a dispatcher for a small trucking company 13 years ago, he was introduced to the world of logistics. It was where he discovered that he could make a positive impact in solving drivers’ and shippers’ problems each day.

As building strong relationships is of such importance in the logistics industry, it...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-2-brothers-are-setting-new-standard-for-service-in-transportation

ITF Group offers Pop-up Fulfillment Pod solution for small shippers

According to April data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, total e-commerce retail sales have increased 39.7% year-over-year. Today’s consumer desires quick fulfilment and delivery, so with record congestion at the ports and record-low inventory-to-sales ratios, third-party logistics providers are under tremendous pressure. 

Chart: Andrew Cox/FreightWaves; data: U.S. Department of Commerce

That pressure is spurring creativity for St. Louis-based ITF Group, a tailored-solutions 3PL with its own...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/itf-group-offers-pop-up-fulfillment-pod-solution-for-small-shippers

Not all logistics providers walk the visibility and tailored-solutions talk

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Considering COVID-19’s revolutionizing effect on consumer buying habits, it’s no surprise that e-commerce sales between the second quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020 jumped from 10.8% to 16.1% of total national retail sales. For decades, e-commerce spending has shown about 1% growth each year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The significant leap from 2020, whether a new normal or a temporary, pandemic-inspired shift, is causing both shippers and logistics providers to quickly...

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