As the transportation industry braces its self for the start of a new year, the railroad industry seems to be in an excellent position to thrive quickly. Even though The Association of American Railroads stated that mid-December intermodal traffic continues to be down year-over-year, volumes seems to be stabilizing and even seeing a few increases. [...]

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Editor’s note: We are pleased to welcome T&E strategic sourcing guru Scott Gillespie, author of the Gillespie’s Guide to Travel Procurement blog, for some guest posts this week.
Two observations really drove this point home for me last week.  The first came from Marc Hochman, a partner at A.T. Kearney with deep expertise in the procurement [...]

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Office equipment is expected to remain a buyer’s market for the next few quarters as a result of macroeconomic conditions, which are reducing the demand for devices such as printers, copiers, fax machines, and multi-functional devices (MFDs). These conditions have caused office equipment sales to deteriorate throughout 2008 and 2009, with no upturn anticipated [...]

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Editor’s note: We are pleased to welcome T&E strategic sourcing guru Scott Gillespie, author of the Gillespie’s Guide to Travel Procurement blog, for some guest posts this week.
Have you noticed a surge of interest in measuring ROI on travel and meeting (T&M) spend?  I’ll get right to the point.  Trying to measure the return on [...]

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The media buying market is has moved into unfamiliar territory lately. So unfamiliar that even the granddaddy of advertising itself, The Super Bowl, has had to resort to lowering prices. The market has softened so much that for only the second time in the history of the Super Bowl, advertisers are getting a [...]

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