Michael Lewis wrote “Moneyball” about the tactics Billy Beane used to improve the Oakland A’s. Read Zach Strickland’s take on using moneyball tactics in the freight market.
Executives from Redwood Logistics, Forager Logistics, and Transplace discussed the risks posed by new tariffs on Mexican imports.
Freight brokerage in the United States is mostly made up of small companies that have trouble scaling their businesses beyond certain revenue thresholds due to unstructured processes, under-utilization of technology, and ad-hoc recruiting and training. Highly concentrated customer bases and revenue-generating employees wasting their time on administrative tasks eventually become constraints on growth. At a […]
Market expert Charley Dehoney explores how freight brokers can stay relevant in a rapidly changing environment.
Making carriers more productive is good business for Arrive Logistics.
Market expert Brian Aoaeh writes about the impact of market disruption on the freight brokerage sector. Learn how Amazon, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other disruptors will change the business…
During the morning session at Transparency19 on May 6, Stifel investment banker John Larkin moderated a discussion about mergers and acquisitions between Renee Krug, CEO of GlobalTranz; Doug Waggoner, CEO of Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ: ECHO); and Mark Yeager, CEO of Redwood Logistics. Themes of the conversation included the differences between public and private investors’ […]
TriumphPay is shifting the power over invoice control back into the hands of carriers.
Amazon could build a zero-margin equivalent of C.H. Robinson inside the ‘shipping costs’ line on its P&L without anyone noticing.
Amazon could build a zero-margin equivalent of C.H. Robinson inside the ‘shipping costs’ line on its P&L without anyone noticing.
Cathy Morrow Roberson explains what makes Miami International Airport (MIA) special, and what the airport, airlines and air cargo companies are doing at that particular facility to facilitate cargo. Learn more about MIA in this article.
Wintrust’s working capital lines of credit leave brokerages with more control than equity raises and have lower cost-of-capital than factoring.
Better talent at a lower cost improves brokers’ cash flows.
Have a strategy that you believe in and don’t forget to price in volatility, Feig said.
The feature is intended to save carriers time and money that they would spend searching for and booking loads.
High-growth business models make sourcing talent even more difficult for freight brokerages.
Valuations will stay high and capital is readily accessible, bringing both sellers and buyers to market.
We checked in with executives from Edge Logistics, Avenger Logistics, and Convoy to see how brokers are handling YOY volume growth.
A healthy month-end volume uptick hasn’t tightened capacity, allowing brokers to stay in their happy place.
Small brokerages are confident they can grow quickly in a softening freight environment and trend-line GDP growth.
