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NEWS
13 \ NEWSWORTHY \
n Surge in online grocery shopping during
shutdown drives need for cold storage
n Trucking industry leaders named to White
House economic revival group
n Survey: Shoppers OK with pandemic-
related delivery delays … as long as they’re
kept informed
n Pandemic-fueled e-commerce activity props
up industrial real estate market
n Alliances: who’s sealed a deal
n Investors pour funds into robotic sector
amid rising demand for autonomous
operations
n Postal Service names former New Breed
Logistics, XPO executive to top job
n UPS launches smart warehouse technology
n Accolades: awards and recognition
n Digital freight platforms introduce data-
driven carrier rankings
n Short takes
IN EVERY ISSUE
1 \ INBOUND \
Industry news at a glance
31 \ INPERSON \
An industry insider looks at the supply chain
50 \ ROLLOUTS \
New logistics products and services
55 \ ADINDEX \
How to reach our advertisers
VOICES
11 \ BIGPICTURE \
Let’s stop paying truck drivers by the mile \
DAVID MALONEY
56 \ OUTBOUND \
Take a letter, Mr. President \
MITCH MAC DONALD
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
n Jim Bowes
Peach State Integrated
Independent Consultant
n George Clopton
Polo/Ralph Lauren
n Robert McKeel
Fortna
n John A. Gentle
John A. Gentle & Associates, LLC
n Brian Gibson, Ph.D.
Auburn University
n Steve Inacker
Cardinal Health
n Richard Jackson
Mast Logistics
n C. John Langley Jr., Ph.D.
Penn State University
n Clifford Lynch
C.F. Lynch & Associates
n Karl Manrodt, Ph.D.
Georgia College & State University
n Scott Mc Williams
Geodis
n Christopher D. Norek, Ph.D.
Chain Connectors
n Richard H. Thompson
JLL
n Kate Vitasek
University of Tennessee
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