Site Selection
ProLogis to acquire Catellus for $4.9 billion
ProLogis, a global provider of distribution facilities and services, and Catellus Development Corp., a real estate development company, have approved a definitive merger agreement under which ProLogis will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Catellus...
Get in the Zone
Misunderstood or completely unknown, Foreign Trade Zones are a powerful tool for global trade....
Internet Retailing Opportunities and Challenges for the UKs Distribution Property Markets
Hallmark Outsources Operation of New DCs
New Breed Logistics, Inc.(High Point, N.C.), signed a 5-year contract with Hallmark Cards (Kansas City, Mo.) to operate two new retail distribution centers...
Saddle Creek Names New President
On July 1, 2007, Bruce Abels will retire from his position as president of Saddle Creek Corp. (Lakeland, Fla.). Cliff Otto will be promoted from executive...
The Logistics Quotient: Midwest
Compiled in partnership with Expansion Management magazine, the Midwest Regional Logistics Quotient matrix provides an overall ranking of each city within...
Incentives Attract Nike Footwear DC to Memphis
Nike, Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.) has acquired 125 acres in Memphis, Tenn., where it plans to build a one million sq.-ft. footwear distribution center. Projected...
Optiant To Acquire Supply Chain Network Design Company
Optiant (Boston), a provider of inventory planning and optimization software, will acquire SLIM Technologies (Boston), a developer of supply chain network...
The Logistics Quotient: Midwest
Compiled in partnership with Expansion Management magazine, the Midwest Regional Logistics Quotient matrix provides an overall ranking of each city within...
Hershey to Outsource Some Manufacturing, Eliminate 1,500 jobs
The Hershey Company (Hershey, Pa.) has announced a comprehensive, three-year supply chain transformation project that will reduce the number of its production...
Supervalu to Consolidate Four Eastern DCs Into One Location
Supervalu (Minneapolis) will merge its Easton, Pa., Harrisburg, Pa., and Perryman, Md., operations into its 1.4 million sq.-ft. facility in Lancaster,...
National Retail Systems Builds Transload Distribution Facility in Savannah
National Retail Systems Inc. (Secaucus, N.J.), a provider of retail logistics services, broke ground on a 140,000 sq.-ft. container transload and special...
Target to Build First Food Distribution Center
Target (Minneapolis) will build its first food distribution center in Lake City, Fla. Scheduled to open in late summer of next year, the food distribution...
McAlexander to Head Supply Chain at Charming Shoppes
Charming Shoppes, Inc., (Bensalem, Pa.), an apparel retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel, has hired Steve McAlexander as senior v.p., supply...
Only Half of Companies Meet Goals in Emerging Markets
Almost half (47%) of 440 senior executives surveyed by the Deloitte Global Manufacturing Industry Group say their companies have been extremely or very...
Fine Tune Your Network Strategy
Most distribution networks are made up of multiple facilities in a regional configuration. For companies handling import/export or regional distribution...
Make Better Logistics Site Decisions
Over the last six years, Logistics Today and Expansion Management magazines have worked together to develop and evolve the Logistics Quotient as a usable...
Industrial Property Outlook: Vacancy Rate Across Top 30 Markets Falls to 8% in First Half of Year
Denver-based ProLogis, a global provider of distribution facilities and services, recently released two semi-annual research reports on the state of the...
St. Louis Logistics are Arching Upwards
With land and real estate less costly in the Illinois counties of Madison and St. Clair that face and serve St. Louis, Gateway Commerce Centers new 7.5-million...
Lower Freight Costs Prompt Oneida Move to Savannah
Oneida Ltd. will relocate its east coast distribution center for its stainless steel and silverplated flatware from Oneida, N.Y., to a new facility in...
Prologis boosts Mexican presence by 40%
ProLogis (Denver), a provider of distribution facilities and services, has acquired more than 3.5 million sq. ft. of industrial space and land in Mexico...
Site Selector: U.S. West
How to use the U.S. West Site Selector Logistics Today's Site Selector offers an objective ranking of 362 U.S. cities based on criteria important to logistics...
A taxing situation for shippers
The Business Activities Tax Simplification Act currently before Congress (H.R. 1956) could be a "costly speed bump in interstate commerce," says Jack...
U.S. Midwest Site Selector
How to use the U.S. Midwest Site Selector Logistics Today's Site Selector offers an objective ranking of 362 U.S. cities based on criteria important to...
Don't oversimplify site selection
Change a source. Open a new market. Close a manufacturing plant. Before you know it your distribution network is out of synch. Reevaluating distribution...
