Truckload Carriers are the Weak Sisters in Q2, While Rail Carriers Continue to be Far More Profitable than Truckload or LTL Sectors

Unionization Rates Still Headed Down in US; Real Driver Crisis May Still be Years Away; Amazon Expands Treasure Truck Cities; US Trade Deficits with China, Mexico are Headed back Up

Houston Chemical Factory Set to Explode after Flooding; New Drone and RFID Inventory System from MIT; Things Looking Up for Container Carriers for a Change; New Amazon FC from Ruins of Huge Cleveland Mall

Number of Warehouse and DC Workers has Really Accelerated in Last Four Years, and that is Before Amazon Plans to Hire 50,000 More

Walmart eCommerce Sales Soar, Looks to Vendors for Expense Offset; Chinese Autonomous Truck Company Testing in Arizona; Truckloads Rates Finally Headed Up; Food Companies Signing Up for Blockchain Tests

Best Companies Get More than Twice Their Investment in People and Technology Back versus Peers, a Huge Advantage

Amazon's New Instant Delivery; Manufacturing Emloyees not Getting Laid Off, They are Quitting; New eHighway Test in Germany; Will Chinese Debt Load Lead to Economic Crisis?

Tools Available to Allow Manufacturers to Greatly Reduce to Reduce Production Variability, McKinsey Says

Much of the Focus is on the Technology, but There are Many Logistical Isssues

Single's Day Continues Mammoth Growth for Alibab, Others; Time for a Hike in Gas and Deisel Taxes, ATRI Says; UAW Loses Another Big Union Vote; US Apparel Retailers Changing Inventory Strategies