Distribution Centers

News coverage of distribution centers, freight indexes, service providers and more.

Commentary

 
In our 2012 outlook, we concluded that despite the global economic “soft patch,” 2012 would bring economic growth and an improvement in the demand for global industrial real estate. We were right.

News & Analysis

 
20 May 2013
Five Below, a merchandise retailer for the teen and pre-teen markets, has opened a new $2 million distribution center in the former Mazda building in Olive Branch, Miss.
 
16 May 2013
The North American Bangladesh Worker Safety Working Group, a collaboration of five U.S. and Canadian apparel and retail associations, has outlined a set of proposals to further its commitment to improving worker safety in Bangladesh...
 
14 May 2013
Yusen Logistics’ Americas division will officially open its new 229,000 square foot warehouse in Chicago on May 20, 2013.
 
13 May 2013
DB Schenker Logistics in Finland has been selected by Oy Roberts Ab, a Finnish food production company, for the storage and distribution of its food products.
 
30 Apr 2013
Penske Logistics has been awarded the contract to be the operational manager of the BMW of North America parts distribution center in Nazareth, Pa.
 
30 Apr 2013
Lineage Logistics has begun operation of two cold storage facilities in Arlington and Murfreesboro, Tenn., on behalf of Rich Products.
Pacer transloading operation
 
26 Apr 2013
The transloading of merchandise from marine containers to domestic containers and trailers isn’t a new phenomenon in supply chain logistics, but for a variety of reasons, its use by retailers and direct importers is increasing faster than imports in general, especially in Southern California.
Port Jersey Logistics' facility expansion.
 
23 Apr 2013
Port Jersey Logistics has completed a 50,000 square foot expansion of its warehouse facility in Dayton, N.J.
 
15 Apr 2013
Clean air regulators are killing growth in the nation’s largest hub of warehouses and distribution centers just as the region is emerging from the economic recession, developers of industrial real estate in the Inland Empire say.
 
13 Apr 2013
Senshukai, a Japanese mail order company, will open a logistics center in Busan New Port Distripark, South Korea.