Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: The nation’s railroads feel the heat for service embargoes and staff shortages. The return rate for retail purchases…
After five long years of the nation’s freight railroads exploiting its customers and damaging the economy in adherence to a totally unreasonable operations model designed only to enrich its shareholders, the nation appears to have finally woken up to just…
As retail sales continued to grow, the average rate of returned purchases remained flat at 16.5% in 2022 compared with 16.6% in 2021. This was reported by the National Retail Federation in conjunction with Appriss Retail, a retail returns consultant…
Powered Industrial Trucks (forklifts) are the focus of a new Regional Emphasis Program (REP) that was announced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The new program covers Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota – which are the federal-OSHA…
Commercial real estate services leader Cushman & Wakefield has embraced creating net-zero buildings by retrofitting existing property to be energy efficient can help reduce carbon emissions. “Not only is decarbonizing existing real estate essential to addressing climate impact, but it…
In spite of the belief that employers derive value from artificial intelligence at the expense of their employees and that AI-powered automation leads to the displacement of workers, 60% of employees view AI as a coworker and not a job…
When it comes to fleet managers trying to assess where their next truck accident will come from, a close look at their drivers’ past behavior will provide them the strongest indicator, research has found. This was the conclusion of the…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: Buy-Online- Pick-Up-In-Store may help solving retail last-mile delivery challenges. To fight illegal freight brokerage, DOT issues new definitions…
The Covid 19 pandemic proved to be an enormous boon to the development of retail ecommerce and also helped to reshape how deliveries were made. Some changes stuck even after consumers flooded back into brick and mortar stores as lockdown…
In an effort aimed at controlling illegal freight brokerage, the Department of Transportation has issued tighter definitions of broker legal terms. Issued by DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Nov. 16, the interim guidance clarifies the federal regulatory…
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