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U.S. retail sales posted strong growth in December, bringing 2025 holiday spending in line with forecasts for record results, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor.
Holiday sales from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 rose 4.1 percent from a year earlier, near the upper end of the National Retail Federation’s projected range of 3.7 percent to 4.2 percent, which would place total spending slightly above $1 trillion.
Total retail sales excluding autos and ...
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Global logistics giant DHL Group enters 2026 having advanced several key levers of its sustainability strategy in 2025, from scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to electrifying last‑mile delivery and building solar‑powered infrastructure.
The achievements have progressed DHL towards its goal of net‑zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...
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Crowley, the U.S.-owned and operated maritime, energy and logistics solutions company, said Jan. 6 it is strategically consolidating its business structure into two divisions – shipping and logistics, and energy – to create more efficiency and value for customers.
James C. Fowler will lead shipping and ...
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Third-party logistics provider CEVA Logistics said it has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire project logistics firm Fagioli Group.
CEVA said Fagioli’s “complementary capabilities” would enable CEVA to cover the entire project logistics value chain, offering solutions from early-stage development to final delivery. The transaction ...
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Though Houthis rebels declared an end to their attacks on ships transiting the Suez Canal on Nov. 18, traffic has not significantly increased, said Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO.
Traffic for the first week of 2026 tracked 60 percent below the corresponding week in ...
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Global logistics provider GEODIS said it has concluded an agreement to acquire Malherbe, a provider of full truckload road freight transport to continue developing its French road freight market for full and less-than truckloads, and to bolster its presence in the agri-food and mass retail ...
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Regional container trade growth in 2025 is increasingly asymmetric, with economies commonly grouped – albeit loosely – under the term ‘Global South’ pulling decisively ahead of their ‘Western’ counterparts,” said Simon Heaney, Drewry’s senior manager of container research.
Through 10 months of data, the Container Trades ...
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Maersk has appointed Robert Erni as chief financial officer and a member of the executive board, succeeding Patrick Jany, who has served in the role for six years.
Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc said Erni is a “highly qualified CFO with deep roots in the global logistics ...
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Tanker shipping company Stena Bulk said it has reflagged its Suezmax tanker Stena Surprise under the Swedish Shipping Register.
Built in 2012, the Stena Surprise joins the Stena Sunrise and Stena Suede in flying the Swedish colors.
The reflag in Sweden will improve the country’s global shipping ...
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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners were expected to select longtime Port of Long Beach executive Dr. Noel Hacegaba as the Port’s next CEO, effective Jan. 1.
Hacegaba, currently chief operating officer, would succeed Mario Cordero, who is stepping down at the year end, after ...
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