12
Sep
2019
Cold Storage Development is Heating Up
Posted On September 12, 2019  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

CBRE reports that the growth of online grocery sales is surging, and that equates demand for cold storage that could soar up to 100 million square feet during the next five years. A panel at I.CON East 2019 talked through the costs, challenges and opportunities for […]

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08
Jun
2018
E-commerce is Breaking all the Rules
Posted On June 8, 2018  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Every session at NAIOP’s I.CON: The Industrial Conference has mentioned e-commerce, and the conference’s closing panel was no exception. U.S. e-commerce sales increased 16 percent in 2017 and, according to research and advisory firm Forrester, U.S. e-commerce sales will rise by 9.3 percent annually over the […]

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09
Jun
2016
The Last Mile: E-commerce’s Revolution
Posted On June 9, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 2 Comments

E-commerce: only the biggest disruption since … ever. Just look at what the headlines are saying: “In China, 2 million companies are in the e-commerce delivery game. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has officially become the world’s largest retail platform, with its total trading volume online (in […]

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