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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark You Can’t Automate a Mess: The Fed’s First Hike Since 2023, a Trillion-Dollar Holiday That’s Half Inflation, Capacity Tightening Again, and a Million Robots Earlier this week, our organization participated in the 2026 supply chain roundtable at Miami University’s Farmer School…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Not More, Better Placed: A Peak Season That Refused to End, Nike’s Exit From the S&P 100, Target Shipping the AI, and What Grocery Catering Figured Out   Labor Day is in the books, and it feels like the wheel keeps…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Costs Stopped Listening: A Bond Selloff, Capacity That Loosened While Prices Rose, Another 12% on the Last Mile, and Retailers Cutting Variety I think I’m mentally past summer and now fully in fall mode in my little corner of the supply…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Before the Season Starts: Souring Expectations, a Record Diesel Low, the Panama Canal Cutting Transits, and Two Retailers Betting on Boring School activity is ramping up here in my little corner of the supply chain in the Northeast U.S. Fall sports…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark The Bill Comes Due: A $40 Trillion Milestone, a Shrinking Diesel Pool, the Real Cost of Bad AI, and the End of the Efficiency Model In my little corner of the supply chain, I’m still trying to get myself into fall…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Closing the Distance: Inflation Finds a Trend, GE Appliances Goes Zero Distance, Target Pairs AI With UX, and Kimberly-Clark Bets $40 Billion. My youngest starts high school in a few weeks, and because she wants to play tennis for the school,…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark All Build. No Bull: Manufacturing’s Best Month in Four Years, the AI Spending Blind Spot, Etsy’s Unusual Layoff, and a Talking Toolbox I flew back to my little corner of the supply chain this morning after a few days at our…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Less, On Purpose: A Divided Fed Holds, Importers Show Restraint, UPS Sheds Amazon Volume, and 3PLs Post a Banner Year It was a wonderful break to take a few days off last week and enjoy some summer with my family. It…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Mind the Head-Fake: Cooling Inflation That Isn’t, a Record Import Month That Shouldn’t Reassure You, the First Robot Strike, and the Case for Friction A quick housekeeping item before we dive in. I’m heading out of town for a few days…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark When the Story Meets the Operating Reality: The AI Jobs Walk-Back, a Super El Niño, FedEx Freight’s Fresh Start, and a $5 Billion Twinkie A quick bit of housekeeping before we start. July 9th is the birthday of Donkey Kong, which makes…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Why Prime Day looked great and soft at once, what the early holiday import rush really signals, how Kimberly-Clark is rebuilding supply chain talent for AI, and why the freight market’s safety cushion is nearly gone. Short week, as I feel…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Demand Is Redrawing the Map: Duluth Hands Amazon the Keys, Europe Discovers Ranch, the Whey Crunch Deepens, and America Keeps Moving Out The World Cup rolls on, my evenings are still happily booked (Go U-S-A), and the strangest economic story of…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Nobody’s Waiting for Normal Anymore: The End of the Freight Downturn, the Real Story in Retail Sales, and the Lasting Lessons of Hormuz Summer is officially here, the World Cup (and, of course, my beloved Phillies) have my evenings-TV-watching booked, and…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Change Comes in Sideways: A Three-Year Inflation High, Amazon’s LTL Move, Driverless Trucks Going Mainstream, and the Real Blockbuster Story The World Cup kicked off this week, and it still feels a little surreal that the biggest sporting event on the…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark What Summer Challenges in Logistics, Rare Earth Materials, Berkshire’s Housing Bet, and a New Wharton Study on AI Are Trying to Tell Us It’s finally feeling like summer in my corner of the supply chain world. Sunny skies, consistently warm temperatures,…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark When the Numbers Aren’t Telling the Whole Story: Consumer Sentiment, AI Jobs, 10-Minute Groceries, and the Pope Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. The unofficial start of summer felt earned this year. I participated in an annual 5k (shout-out…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark The Ground Floor Is Talking: Are We Listening to the Freight Market, the Carvana Disruption, the AI Backlash, and the Real Driver Shortage Story? Hope you all enjoy the unofficial start of summer this weekend. I don’t know about you, but…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark What We Built vs. What We Need Now: Why the Protein Boom, Negative Real Wages, the Saudi Truck Convoy, and a 1,500% Cargo Theft Surge Are All the Same Story It’s been a relentless week for industry news, or all news…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark The Wrong Instinct: Why the Freight Reset, AI Bottlenecks, Transparency Theater, and a 183-Year-Old Factory Closing Are All the Same Story There’s a particular rhythm to mid-quarter weeks. The big quarterly noise has settled, the next big push hasn’t fully started,…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark The Squeeze—What Tariff Price Hikes, a 2% Economy, the Carrier Capacity Crunch, and a Wharton AI Study All Have in Common The calendar says May. The weather outside my window in northeast Pennsylvania says early April. The trees are just starting…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark The Math Behind the Hype—CX ROI, the AI Spending Surge, Compute Scarcity, and the Cyber Shock Coming for Supply Chains Tax season wrapped this week, the Northeast finally (fingers crossed) committed to spring, and I managed a couple of jogs without…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Oil Prices, Supply Chain Disruptions, AI Noise, and the Data Center Backlash It’s hard to stay focused on the tasks and goals for the year when you find yourself constantly looking over your shoulder. I’m continually drawn to the oil situation…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark I heard last night on the weather report for my area that we are on a “roller coaster.” Temps are getting whipsawed daily. One day it’s 70 degrees and sunny, and then 36 hours later it’s 40 degrees colder. It’s hard…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark I spent the week traveling to our corporate headquarters in Seattle for a company-wide meeting. Operations leaders, transportation managers, and department heads from across the country gathered for our annual Year Beginning Meeting. This meeting reflects on the previous year’s performance…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark I was joking with a friend the other day about pulling out the driveway snow markers we have along our driveway. When is the right time? For those of you who do not experience the winter bliss of several inches of…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark What a difference a couple of days makes. An already “functional but fragile” economy is being tested by the events in Iran that started this past weekend. There have been some less-than-cheerful news items that have rolled up this week. The…
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Holman Logistics Names Tim Sartin as Vice President, Sales

FEDERAL WAY, WA, March 2, 2026 – Holman Logistics, a leading provider of supply chain and logistics services, today announced the appointment of Tim Sartin as Vice President, Sales. In this newly expanded role, Tim will be responsible for driving enterprise growth by aligning…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Well, I made a mistake. Winter is still bearing its teeth in the northeast. Luckily, I live west enough that our region only picked up 2” of snow from the most recent nor’easter, while places like Providence, RI got hammered with…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark I don’t want to sound too excited, but I’m starting to think spring is just over the next hill. It’s still quite cold here in the Northeast, seasonally speaking. Looking out my office window, it’s the usual mix of overcast skies…
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Thomas Atkins Joins Holman Logistics

Federal Way, WA, February 18, 2026 – Holman Logistics, a leading third-party logistics provider, welcomes Thomas Atkins as General Manager (GM) of their Kansas City, KS operation. Thomas reports to Ted Kinney, Director of Operations. Thomas joins Holman with over 25 years of leadership…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Leaving fabulous Las Vegas and heading back to the office from the ‘Super Bowl’ of logistics and supply chain.The organizers of Manifest 2026 had the foresight to leverage that timing in the sports calendar. It was my first time at the…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark It’s been a busy week. Historically, this has been a calm period in logistics and supply chain, but it feels like so much is hinging on the first few months to set the tone for the rest of the year. The…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark It’s been an interesting January thus far. With storms, ice, and freezing temperatures (hello, -3 this morning), coupled with market uncertainty, it’s challenging to feel bullish for the balance of 2026. The news this week has been dominated by a significant…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark I love it when I have the chance to listen and participate in the ALAN (American Logistics Aid Network) partners’ call. Kathy Fulton, the Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, always invites top-notch guest speakers to discuss the life-changing work companies…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Maybe it’s because I’m still refocusing on work after the holiday break, but the state of the U.S. economy still feels foggy. According to the Wall Street Journal, the pace of inflation held steady last month. All numbers hit where leading…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Welcome back and happy New Year. Hopefully, your holidays were filled with joy spent with loved ones, and you were able to recharge your batteries. Employment numbers for December were just released, and 2025 will end with the fewest new hires…
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Leadership Update – Mike Gardner

Holman Logistics is excited to share an important update about its organizational structure. Starting immediately, Mike Gardner, President, will also assume the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) to reflect his leadership of Holman’s operations. In this new role as President & COO, Mike…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Like many of you, I’m a bit behind on mailing my Christmas cards and buying gifts. The music is soothing, which is a plus. Vince Guaraldi is the connection that ties my youth to the present during the holidays. There’s something…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark This week, I had the honor of reconnecting with the ALAN (American Logistics Aid Network) partners’ call. This fantastic organization (which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary) truly lives its mission: Saving lives through logistics. Its executive director is the incomparable Kathy…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark Coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday break, we’ve passed the final furlong pole along the clubhouse turn as we reach the finish line for 2025. AI seems to be in the headlines every day. I came across an excellent in-depth look…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark The vibe is good. That’s what I’ve been reading when it comes to AI and AI-adoption. Another term I hear often is ‘infection point’ when it comes to AI’s use in business. A recent report from the Wharton School of the…
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4 Things I Learned This Week

By Alex Stark AI dominates the news stream. It seems to have its reach into just about everything. One of the big questions now is – Are We in an AI Bubble? And what exactly does that mean for the future? Ben Thompson, whom…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – NOVEMBER 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Rethinking How to Predict Recessions The government shutdown has given those at the…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – OCTOBER 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Still No Freight on Water There were hints that trucking activity might be…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – SEPTEMBER 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Retail Sales Above Expectations Top line retail sales in August surged by 5%…
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The 30-Year US mortgage rate has hit an average of 6.53%, the lowest rate since October of last year. Compared to rates after the Great Recession, these are still higher.

Holman Executive Brief Selections – AUGUST 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Long and Short of Consumer Price Index and Tariffs The short answer on…
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More Tariff News - Example Graph of copper prices hit a new all-time high recently; prices are up 34.7% YTD and are up 21.0% Y/Y. Early stockpiling to get ahead of tariff threats (50% hike coming)

Holman Executive Brief Selections – JULY 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! More Tariff News The tariff threats of 35% on Canada, 50% on Brazil…
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Q2 GDPNow Estimate at 3.4. Evolution of Atlanta Fed GDPNow real GDP estimate for 2025: Q2 Quarterly percentage change (SAAR). From Holman Logistics June 2025 Executive Brief.

Holman Executive Brief Selections – JUNE 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Q2 GDPNow Estimate at 3.4% One could make the comment that the rolling…
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New York Fed Shows 2.35 Percent Growth for Q2 Graph for the May 2025 Holman Logistics Executive Brief

Holman Executive Brief Selections – MAY 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Flash PMI Report for May Stuns S&P Global gives us a sample of…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – APRIL 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Inside Q1 GDP There is still a tremendous amount of attention being paid…
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Estimates That $31.2 Billion In Early Inbound Inventory Could Be Wrong

Holman Executive Brief Selections – MARCH 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Local Impacts from Fed Worker Layoffs There is already data that reflects the…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – FEBRUARY 2025

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Important Wage Growth Data in January The labor report showed that wages were…
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Tonnage Forecast

Holman Executive Brief Selections – JANUARY 2025

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Gasoline Prices Touch Lowest Levels Since 2021

Holman Executive Brief Selections – DECEMBER 2024

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Logistics Manager’s Index (LMI) Stable Those in the supply chain and logistics sector…
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Bonds Surge

Holman Executive Brief Selections – NOVEMBER 2024

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – OCTOBER 2024

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Rail Intermodal “Booming” One of the positive signs from the economy is coming…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – SEPTEMBER 2024

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Update on Economic Outlook The USMCA market services PMI reports released recently show…
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Labor Market Comes in Cool

Holman Executive Brief Selections – AUGUST 2024

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U-6 Shows Sahm Rule

Holman Executive Brief Selections – JULY 2024

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – JUNE 2024

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Diving Into the May Jobs Report There was (once again) a little something…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – MAY 2024

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US Manufacturing Stable in March

Holman Executive Brief Selections – APRIL 2024

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OPEC to Keep 2M BPD Cuts Through Q2

Holman Executive Brief Selections – MARCH 2024

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – FEBRUARY 2024

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Interesting Observation: Shipping Rates and Inflation Peter Boockvar put a note out recently…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – JANUARY 2024

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Container Rates Starting to Surge Although they remain well below the spike seen…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – DECEMBER 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! What Sectors Were Showing Growth in November on a Global Basis? The chart…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – NOVEMBER 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! What Does the End of the UAW Strike Mean? The UAW strike has…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – OCTOBER 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! 10 Year Treasury Touches 4.8% The 10-Year US Treasury touched 4.8% in early…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – SEPTEMBER 2023

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – AUGUST 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! What Does the Fitch Downgrade Mean for the Global Economy? Fitch downgraded the…
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Economy Added 209,000 Jobs in June, Short of Expectations

Holman Executive Brief Selections – JULY 2023

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Holman Executive Brief Selections – JUNE 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Private Investment Starts to Weaken Total inflation-adjusted gross private investment is down nearly…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – MAY 2023

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Holman Logistics Announces Formation of Holman Ventures LLC

New venture investment group will focus on supply chain logistics technology innovation. Holman Logistics has announced the formation of Holman Logistics Ventures LLC, an entity established to identify and make venture-level investments into early-stage companies in the logistics technology space. “We want Holman Logistics…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – APRIL 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! March Labor Report Comes in Ho-Hum The March Labor Report ended up being…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – MARCH 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Global Manufacturing PMIs Come in Mixed in February Many of you have heard…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – FEBRUARY 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Goldman Warns of Tight Oil Supplies in 2024 With global demand for oil…
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Holman Executive Brief Selections – JANUARY 2023

Below are selected articles representing a small portion of our monthly Executive Brief. If you would like the complete Brief emailed directly to your inbox each month, please sign up here! Where Were the Jobs Created? The details cast in the jobs report give…
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Top 100 3pl for 2019

Holman has been recognized by Inbound Logistics as a Top 100 3PL for the fourth consecutive year. We are extremely proud of this recognition by experts in the industry. We look forward to continuing to serve our clients with the best service in the…
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Holman took home both awards from GE Appliances for the outstanding performance our teams provided in 2018. Way to go team!

Now Operating in Commerce, GA

We’re excited to announce that we’ll be opening for business soon in Commerce, GA, operating a brand-new 1.1 Million sq. ft. Appliance Distribution Center for GE Appliances, a Haier Company. This will increase the total number of ADCs we operate for GE Appliances to…
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Three Years in a Row in the Top 100

This year marks the third year in a row that Holman has been ranked among the Top 100 3PLs by Inbound Logistics. We’re immensely proud of the work our Team Members have performed on behalf of our customers, and it’s always encouraging to see…
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