Third-party logistics provider Weber Logistics has added a 353,361-square-foot distribution center in Jurupa Valley, CA to its warehousing and distribution network. This multi-client facility, Weber’s largest, is the company’s fifth DC in Southern California’s Inland Empire region and twelfth DC within California. With this new location, the company’s distribution center footprint in the Inland Empire
The coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic could be more damaging to the global economy than the SARS outbreak in 2003, maintains the IHS Markit February Global Economic Forecast. “At the time of SARS, China was the sixth-largest economy, accounting for only 4.3% of world GDP. Mainland China is now the world’s second-largest economy, accounting for 16.5% of
January retail sales numbers posted annual gains, according to data issued today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that January retail sales—at $529.8 billion—were 0.2% ahead of December’s revised $528.4 billion and were up 0.3% annually. And it added that total retail sales from November 2019
January retail sales numbers posted annual gains, according to data issued today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that January retail sales—at $529.8 billion—were 0.2% ahead of December’s revised $528.4 billion and were up 0.3% annually. And it added that total retail sales from November 2019
Non-manufacturing output in January kicked off 2020 where 2019 left off, showing positive growth, according to the most recent edition of the Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, which was issued today by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI—was 55.5 in January (a reading of
