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State of Freight: Reasons to be bullish on second half of 2024

22 March 2024

FreightWaves’ State of Freight webinar for March offered a bit of optimism that the freight market could improve at some point later this year.

Craig Fuller, FreightWaves CEO and founder, and Zach Strickland, director of freight market intelligence, said while they don’t see any clear signs of a significant boost in the overall freight industry, there are signals that the market is moving in the right direction.

Here are five takeaways from the webinar:

2024 could be ‘more of a normal year’ for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/state-of-freight-reasons-to-be-bullish-on-second-half-of-2024

White Paper: The State of Freight – January 2024

23 January 2024

This monthly report analyzes the current state of the freight market based on critical insights from our SONAR platform. The themes for January are current freight market conditions and macroeconomic trends. All insights are provided by FreightWaves’ Craig Fuller, Founder and CEO, and Zach Strickland, Head of Freight Market Intelligence.

The report’s key topics include:
• The impact of severe winter weather for the U.S. truckload market
• Post-holiday consumer spending sentiment
• Impacts of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-the-state-of-freight-january-2024

The Stockout: Walmart announces Black Friday with brilliant ‘Mean Girls’ spoof

2 November 2023

Now that is an ad!

If you haven’t seen it yet, I’m going to waste two minutes of your time: Please check out the “Mean Girls” Walmart ad here. I’ll wait — The Stockout will still be here when you’re done. Who needs to buy Super Bowl advertising space with something so sharable? A few takeaways:

It’s all about driving growth in Walmart Plus subscribers! Giving customers early access to Black Friday deals is the latest and, for many, best reason to sign up. Other benefits include “scan and go,”...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-stockout-walmart-announces-black-friday-with-brilliant-mean-girls-spoof

2021 freight predictions — Freightonomics

7 January 2021

How will freight markets change in the new year?

The first Freightonomics of the year with Zach Strickland and Anthony Smith.

2020 was a turbulent but profitable year for freight markets, with the COVID-19 pandemic causing surging demand for goods as well as high rates across the trucking industry.

2021 brings a new year, new vaccines and a new president into the mix, all of which could impact the market in big ways.

The American holiday season is over but Asia’s Lunar New Year is around the...

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