Truck drivers as a driver of CPG sales
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)I was recently tasked with filling in as a temporary expert for The Stockout newsletter. It turns out that drivers are conveniently placed at truck stops that offer a litany of consumer packaged goods. Can you name one sector that has outperformed the S&P 500 by about 3,100 basis points (bps) year to date? It turns out the convenience store (C-store) industry is that sector. This sector for CPG is noted as a less...
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Market watchDetroit
Much like August temperatures so far in the Motor City, both inbound and outbound volumes for Detroit have fallen dramatically this week. Since Tuesday, inbound volumes have fallen 20% while...
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers)
Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 70 (Carriers)
Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers)
The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.
Without much volatility in volumes and rejections over the past three weeks, freight markets have seemingly found...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/through-all-the-noise-freight-markets-have-found-their-groove
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, shipments made to test the COVID supply chain have resulted in some delivery performance issues. Plus, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he would not have made a $700 loan to YRC Worldwide and trucking safety groups have concerns about possible exemptions for vaccine deliveries.
Gaps in the COVID supply chain?Mock shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine to test the federal government’s...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-daily-dash-covid-supply-chain-bumpy-mnuchin-says-yrc-loan-was-risky
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers)
Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 20 (Shippers)
Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced)
The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.
The Memorial Day holiday throws weekly volume comparisons out the window, but it seems relatively more...
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 10 (Shippers)
Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 10 (Shippers)
Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced)
The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.
Outbound tender volumes have risen nearly 10% off the bottom on April 6th, but the momentum has stalled...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/volumes-and-rejections-slowly-increasing-but-dont-ring-the-alarm-yet
This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 10 (Shippers)
Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 15 (Shippers)
Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced)
The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.
THe outbound tender volume index (OTVI) has ended its horizontal slide and begun to climb its way back...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/volumes-showing-signs-of-life-but-it-doesnt-help-the-carriers-much