Quiet Logistics

FourKites will add enhanced visibility to Quiet’s “co-opetition” logistics model.

Quiet Platforms and American Eagle are building a shared logistics and fulfillment network, with Atlanta as the latest addition.

Quiet Platforms partners with Pitney Bowes to expand its unique “plug-and-play” logistics platform.Quiet Platforms partners with Pitney Bowes to expand its unique “plug-and-play” logistics platform.

Ongoing supply chain constraints and the need to get a handle on e-commerce fulfillment is driving interest in logistics companies among retailers.

Carrier relationships and networks are the keys to success in 2022, Port of Oakland looking for business, and retailers are into buying logistics companies.

Following the seemingly unusual acquisition of AirTerra in August, American Eagle Outfitters is dipping back into the logistics well.

Ashley Furniture has acquired Wilson Logistics, which provides asset-based third-party logistics services with a fleet of more than 1,200 trucks.

“The investments we’ve made to date are paying off. As global supply chains continue to be disrupted, this is creating opportunities for us to become even faster, more agile and more efficient,” said an American Eagle executive in a recent earnings call.

Package surge from Amazon’s annual sales blitz overwhelms workplaces as more people get deliveries at their offices.