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The warehouse paradox: Looking to remnant spaces

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As consumers become more willing to open up their wallets and e-commerce continues to surge, acquiring warehouse space near customers is more important than ever. Space is also more expensive than ever. In an environment where everyone is scrambling to claim their share of this finite resource, maybe the best strategy is not to use warehouse space at all.

On the surface, this hardly sounds like a reasonable solution. While it may sound counterintuitive, Warehouse Exchange CEO Grant Langston...

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Filet mignon, a nap and massage? Perks for warehouse workers may get an upgrade

It’s July 10, 2031, a typically hot day in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Inside an air-conditioned warehouse, an employee clocks out for lunch using an iPhone app, then leaves the comfortable warehouse floor in shoes custom-made for warehouse work. The worker mulls a stroll along a shaded path adjacent to the facility. However, the cafeteria beckons with an array of high-quality cuisine paid for by the employer. After lunch, the worker may catch a short snooze in the well-appointed break room, or get...

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GSCW chat recap: Logistics warehouse space for CPG startups

Ernie Manansala, Jr. and Grant Langston at Day 3 of Global Supply Chain Week

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 3 focuses on food and CPG.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Challenges of launching CPG brands and the importance of on-demand warehousing options

DETAILS: Sourcing logistics tools and assets is tough for small and midsize companies. Owners and operators of traditional warehouses want long leases, large footprints and personal guarantees from tenants. From leadership trends to customer perspectives, hear how companies are...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-recap:-logistics-warehouse-space-for-cpg-startups

Global Supply Chain Week Day 3 preview: Food and CPG

Day Three of Global Supply Chain Week is about food and CPG.

John Tyson, chief sustainability officer of Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), is scheduled to kick off Day Three of Global Supply Chain Week, Feb. 24. Tyson will discuss sustainability in global supply chain management with Matt Waller, dean of Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

FreightWaves’ eight-day, virtual supply chain event will stream live from Feb. 22 through March 3. Feb. 24 focuses on food and consumer packaged goods (CPG) throughout supply chains.

This is not an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/global-supply-chain-week-day-3-preview-food-and-cpg

Matchmaker, matchmaker, find me some space!

It’s not every day that a high-level executive joins the on-demand warehousing world after a 20-year stint with an online dating service. It’s also not every day that his new company counts The Salvation Army as its largest source of warehouse supply. But Grant Langston checks both boxes.

Langston, 54, joined Los Angeles-based Warehouse Exchange as CEO in late January after stepping down Jan. 1 as CEO of eHarmony, an online dating pioneer that was acquired in October 2018 by German media firm...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/matchmaker-matchmaker-find-me-some-space