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Developing port-centric logistics depends upon the several factors: The accessibility to major consumer markets, regional markets and infrastructure, the availability of land for logistics, the availability of labour and investment incentives.

First Mile logistics is the transportation of goods across the first leg of the supply chain. That is, the movement of finished goods or products from a manufacturing hub to a warehouse or distribution centre. The First Mile takes goods from where they are manufactured onward to the next destination.

In the US, recent research by Barclays showed that firms were expected to have moved the equivalent of 350,000 jobs back to the US, primarily from Asia in 2022. This compares to 260,000 in 2021 and just 6,000 back in 2010.

This week’s Retail Note focusses on unfeasibly strong retail sales figures for December from the BRC and further retailer reporting for the festive season.

Your international property and economics update tracking, analysing and forecasting trends from around the world.

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

Sales slowed in 2022 after the high transaction volumes witnessed during the pandemic years.

There has been no shortage of column inches dedicated to the future of the office over the last three years.

We predict that cross-border flows in 2023 will moderate, returning to the levels seen in the mid-2010s.

Occupiers seek to upgrade their offices for post-pandemic work styles.