U.S. hiring moderated in December to close out a record year for job gains. (WSJ)
Consumer prices in the eurozone increased at a record pace in the year through December. (WSJ)
FedEx is warning that the spread of the Omicron variant is creating staffing shortages and delaying air shipments. (WSJ)
The backup of container ships at the Southern California ports ticked up to 105 vessels. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Campbell Soup named Daniel Poland as chief supply chain officer following the retirement of longtime executive Rob Furbee. (Dow Jones Newswires)
Bed Bath & Beyond is closing 37 more stores across the U.S. (WSJ)
Samsung Electronics is forecasting a roughly 52% jump in its fourth-quarter operating profit. (WSJ)
Global supply-chain strains are pushing more shippers to use freight rail. (CNN)
BNSF Railway led North American Class 1 freight railroads with 7.4% growth in volume in 2021. (Trains)
Alibaba reorganized the back-end operations of its main Tmall and Taobao Marketplace sites. (South China Morning Post)
Japanese retailer Aeon tabbed Cambodia as its main distribution hub for Southeast Asia. (Nikkei Asia)
A handful of Covid-19 cases in Shenzhen, China, is raising fears of more ship delays at the world's fourth-largest container port. (Splash 247)
The Port of Seattle opened the first phase of its refurbished Terminal 5 container gateway. (Port Technology)
A consortium of energy and transport companies ordered seven liquefied natural gas carriers from China State Shipbuilding. (Lloyd’s List)
Trucker Averitt Express says 76% of the shippers it surveyed plan to ship more in 2022 than they did last year. (Logistics Management)
Amazon is building a 2.1 million-square-foot distribution center in the Wynyard area in the Northern U.K. (Logistics Manager)
Japan has a milk glut after farmers overcorrected production following a dairy shortage several years ago. (Financial Times)
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