FedEx Ground Shipping Service will move its Jacksonville, Fla., distribution hub to a new facility it is planning to build at the Cecil Commerce Center, Jacksonville Business Journal reports.
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10 Jun 2013
DP World’s London Gateway container port has signed up the U.K.’s biggest food and apparel retailer, Marks & Spencer,
07 Jun 2013
After declining steadily for 30 years, manufacturing employment in the U.S. is stabilizing and will have a positive impact on the economy and on demand for industrial real estate space in the coming decade, according to a study by the NAIOP Research Foundation.
07 Jun 2013
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, NBIM, and the European arm of U.S. commercial property group Prologis have acquired a $385 million portfolio of warehouses in the U.K.
06 Jun 2013
Rakuten Inc., operator of Japan’s biggest online shopping site, said on June 6 that it will acquire a 100% stake in midsize U.S. logistics company Webgistix to strengthen its e-commerce operations in that country.
05 Jun 2013
Antwerp, Rotterdam and Düsseldorf are the best logistics hubs in Europe, but they face a growing challenge from emerging hubs in the east of the continent, according to a report by Colliers International, a global commercial real estate company.
28 May 2013
Every month’s dose of inventory data produces a flood of analysis and opinions about what it means. Are stockpiles too high or too low? Do companies need to reorder? Are they optimistic or pessimistic about demand?
23 May 2013
Haynes Furniture has signed a new long-term lease with American Realty Advisors, which was acting on behalf of its clients, for 215,400 square feet of industrial space in Addison, Ill.
22 May 2013
DHL Supply Chain has unveiled its new multi-user warehouse in Luhari, India.
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