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Carriers' Market Returns: How Shippers Should Prepare for 2026's +6% Rate Environment
After nearly three years of carrier oversupply and depressed rates, the freight market fundamentally...
The K-Shaped Freight Market: Why Consumer Confidence Fell 28.5% While Holiday Spending Rose 4%
Supply chain professionals navigating 2026 face an unprecedented challenge: reconciling plummeting c...
2026: The Optimist's Case (And the One Big Risk)
If I were an optimist—and looking at the current data, I think I can be—I'd say everything I see mak...
Record-Low Inventories, Record-High Costs: Decoding December's 27.8-Point Paradox
December 2025 delivered one of the most perplexing developments in recent supply chain history: inve...
The Freight Market Inversion Returns: What December's Capacity Crisis Means for 2026
The freight market experienced a dramatic turning point in December 2025, as transportation capacity...
The 2026 Freight Market: Five Conditions That Determine Success or Crisis
"I think 26 will be a good year if I was an optimist. I don't see any on-deck disruptions looming. I...
Embrace the Awkward Moment
Every year, I try to find something new that I have no idea how to do, and then I try to get good at...
Why 2026 Excites Me
I have a friend who runs a hedge fund. For a couple of years, the market was remarkably boring—just ...