Kaylee Nix

Last Mile Retail Awards: No room for error in home delivery

Last-mile delivery services are the critical yet often overlooked final step in the supply chain. As the direct touch point between the end user and retailer, the home delivery experience allows no room for error.

Arelis Bonilla, founder and CEO of Aria Logistics, spoke with FreightWaves’ Kaylee Nix to highlight the Last Mile Retail Awards, an event designed for retail brands that provide home delivery to consumers.

“Unlike other awards, the Last Mile Retail Awards combine operational excellence...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/last-mile-retail-awards-no-room-for-error-in-home-delivery

Modern Shipper named Best New Product in prestigious Neal Awards

FreightWaves’ Modern Shipper brand was named Best New Product on Tuesday in the 68th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered the Pulitzer Prizes of business-to-business journalism.

This category, among the most competitive in the prestigious awards program, includes companies from all revenue classes, ranging from less than $3 million to more than $7 million annually.

Modern Shipper Managing Editor Brian Straight as well as staff writer Jack Daleo and FreightWavesTV host Kaylee Nix are named on...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/modern-shipper-named-best-new-product-in-prestigious-neal-awards

Celebrating International Women’s Day — Great Quarter, Gals

Grace Sharkey and Kaylee Nix come together for a special episode of Great Quarter, Gals celebrating International Women’s Day. They welcome two guests for an hour long episode full of advice and laughs.

First up, Cassandra Gaines, host of MadGaines Live and CEO of Carrier Assure joins the show. Gaines talks about the ways she has stayed true to herself during her career and the ways that the industry tries to minimize successful women.

Then LaQuenta Jacobs, the first Chief Diversity Officer at...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/celebrating-international-womens-day-great-quarter-gals

Can-do attitude with Candor Expedite — Great Quarter, Gals

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It takes guts and hard work to be an entrepreneur, something Nicole Glenn, CEO and founder of Candor Expedite, knows well.

Glenn joins Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey on this episode of Great Quarter, Gals to talk about being a leader of a company, the changes in the freight world over the last two decades, and why success is all about relationship building.

Sharkey and Nix also talk about some big time venture capital raises just announced to the market and breakdown what Flexport could do with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-do-attitude-with-candor-expedite-great-quarter-gals

New year, new vibe, new show — Great Quarter, Gals

The new year is an opportunity for reinvention and Kaylee Nix and Grace Sharkey are remaking the old Great Quarter, Guys. They kick off the inaugural episode of Great Quarter, Gals by featuring two of FreightWaves’ female show hosts, Blythe Brumleve and Mary O’Connell. 

Sharkey and Nix plan to keep the same finance-meets-freight focus of the original show but add a twist by featuring strong female leaders and representatives from the freight and transportation space. GQG will still air at 3 p.m....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-year-new-vibe-new-show-great-quarter-gals

The Log Book: Maersk drops container fees to $1 for COVID supplies

The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Maersk moves seven containers of medical supplies to India for $1 a pop; Razor’s new landing gear helps a veteran monument replica move across the U.S.; and XPO continues to support breast cancer walks.

Maersk drops container fees to $1 for COVID-related supplies 

On Wednesday, international container shipping company Maersk announced it is partnering with the Princeton Foundation for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-maersk-drops-container-fees-to-1-for-covid-supplies

The car-buying experience — At Your Doorstep

Trent Broberg joins host Kaylee Nix on this episode of At Your Doorstep to explain how his company, ACERTUS, is changing the way car buyers are taking possession of their new rides.

Broberg breaks down how the pandemic changed shopping behavior, what the car shortage means for dealerships and rental car providers and how prices are being inflated thanks to those shortages. He also discusses the service ACERTUS provides to ensure vehicle delivery is exactly what customers expected it to be. 

You...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-car-buying-experience-at-your-doorstep

Keeping up with the manufacturing industry — At Your Doorstep

In this episode of At Your Doorstep, host Kaylee Nix looks into what manufacturers need to be doing to keep up with consumer demands.

Nix brings on Dusty Dean, a Modern Shipper contributor and CEO of BITCADET, who explains how the adoption of technology is a crucial first step for any manufacturer. He says there is a distinct dichotomy between the companies that are looking forward and those that are still stuck in the old ways, whether that be with back-office tech or customer-facing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/keeping-up-with-the-manufacturing-industry-at-your-doorstep

Returning to e-commerce normal — At Your Doorstep

E-commerce surged as COVID-19 forced people to change buying behaviors. With that surge in online shopping also came a surge in returns, and companies have had to alter return policies and procedures as a result. 

Returns are particularly difficult for big and bulky items like furniture and appliances. Now one company is working to make those returns easier. 

On this episode of At Your Doorstep, host Kaylee Nix talks to Chris Richter, founder and CEO of Floor Found, about how his company is...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/returning-to-e-commerce-normal-at-your-doorstep

FreightWaves LIVE: Streamlining paperwork through AI — At Your Doorstep

For most people in the corporate world, one of the biggest pain points is keeping track of and organizing paperwork. It gets especially tedious for logistics brokers, who have to handle hundreds of documents for dozens of clients. 

That’s where Deep Cognition steps in to help. On this episode of At Your Doorstep, Kaylee Nix talks to Vice President of Marketing Kate Curtain about how Deep Cognition is easing the stress of managing documents. 

Deep Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-live-streamlining-paperwork-through-ai-at-your-doorstep

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