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Inside this edition: Warehousing automation will be key; the automotive sector is hot for 2023; and an upsetting trend hits too close to home. 

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American Eagle logistics arm Quiet Platforms partners with FourKites

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American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) continues to deliver on its mission to become a logistics powerhouse.

The retailer’s logistics arm, Quiet Platforms, which Chief Supply Chain Officer Shekar Natarajan has dubbed the “anti-Amazon,” on Thursday announced a partnership with supply chain visibility leader FourKites to help customers track the movement of inventory in real time.

Quiet last month officially launched its flagship Delivery Network, which pools the logistics assets of different...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/american-eagle-logistics-arm-quiet-platforms-partners-with-fourkites

American Eagle logistics arm Quiet Platforms adds Atlanta fulfillment hub

American Eagle retail store

American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) wants to shepherd retailers into the shared logistics era. The company’s logistics subsidiary Quiet Platforms on Wednesday announced the addition of an Atlanta fulfillment hub to its “plug-and-play” platform, which pools the delivery and fulfillment assets of retailers into one shared network.

For years, the conventional wisdom among retailers was to use as few delivery partners as possible. But as supply chains became more and more volatile, brands realized...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/american-eagle-logistics-arm-quiet-platforms-adds-atlanta-fulfillment-hub

American Eagle’s Quiet Platforms partners with global shipper Pitney Bowes

American Eagle store

Just a few days after it was one of the lone bright spots in American Eagle Outfitters’ Q1 2022 earnings report, the retailer’s logistics platform continues to make moves.

Quiet Platforms, the outfitter’s delivery and fulfillment subsidiary, on Tuesday announced a collaboration with global shipper Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) to bring value-added carrier services to its network, an open-sharing platform that’s aiming to become the “anti-Amazon.”  The growing platform boasts clients such as Steve...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/american-eagles-quiet-platforms-partners-with-global-shipper-pitney-bowes

Who wants to own a trucking company? Retailers are starting to line up

Retailers looking to buy trucking assets

BJ’s Wholesale Clubs. American Eagle Outfitters. Ashley Furniture. They are among a growing trend of retailers buying up transportation and logistics assets.

Over the last four decades, trucking capacity was generally plentiful and retailers were more than happy to outsource it, explained  Gary Petty, president of the National Private Truck Council (NPTC). Freight rates were low and there was no shortage of “bottom-feeder carriers” willing to haul items cheaply. 

“Companies could pick and choose...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/supply-chain-crisis-drives-more-retailers-to-buy-logistics-and-trucking-firms

American Eagle Outfitters acquires Quiet Logistics for $360 million

American Eagle Outfitters has acquired Quiet Logistics

Lifestyle and apparel company American Eagle Outfitters announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Massachusetts-based Quiet Logistics and other strategic investments in a $360 million move that will help it offer same-day and next-day shipping to customers from American Eagle stores.

Serving over 50 direct-to-consumer and omnichannel brands, including Outdoor Voices and Mack Weldon, Quiet Logistics operates in-market fulfillment centers across the country, with locations...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/american-eagle-outfitters-acquires-quiet-logistics-for-360-million

Wilson Logistics acquired by nation’s biggest furniture retailer

Ashley Furniture seeks to dodge supply chain woes by purchasing a carrier

Ashley Furniture confirmed to FreightWaves that it has entered into an agreement to acquire asset-based logistics provider Wilson Logistics. An affiliate of Ashley Distribution Services (ADS) inked the deal on Nov. 22.

Terms of the financial transaction were not disclosed. The deal remains subject to regulatory approval but is expected to close by the end of the year.  

Springfield, Missouri-based Wilson Logistics has a truckload fleet of over 1,200 trucks serving the western U.S. The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wilson-logistics-acquired-by-nations-biggest-furniture-retailer

American Eagle bolsters supply chain resiliency plan with Quiet acquisition

In an effort to gain more control over its supply chain, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) announced Tuesday it had acquired one of its logistics partners, Quiet Logistics, for $350 million in cash.

Known for its 2015 spun-off company Locus Robotics, Quiet Logistics uses its large network of technology-driven fulfillment centers in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, St. Louis and Jacksonville, Florida, to innovate more than 50 large direct-to-consumer brands by bringing their fulfillment...

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