Retailers chasing inventory now could lead to 'muted' airfreight peak
The inventory levels of major retailers could see the airfreight peak towards the third quarter ...
It will come as no surprise to many in the industry at the moment ? but executive confidence in the logistics market is pretty poor. The air freight confidence index, while gaining a paltry 0.5 points, is 9.3 points lower than March last year. The expected outlook is flat, says the report. In sea freight things are even worse. The index declined by 1 point to 45.3 ? 11.4 points lower than March last year. And in the ‘one-off’ question ...
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