Retail
Podcast: Dramatically Increased Product Return Rates Are Challenging Retailers
Guest Guests: Mark Samson, Michael Appel and Glenn McMahon Host: Steve Katz
By Derek Brennan
This chassis market update provides a brief primer, discusses current developments and notes critical observations that can assist ABLs in better understanding and assisting borrowers who are involved in, or reliant upon, the industry and its resources.
Guest Brian Courcier, Steve Katz (host)
Brian Courcier, Senior Vice President of Hilco’s Transportation and Construction Advisory, discusses how factors such as the current semiconductor chip manufacturing shortage and ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, have driven changes in auction practices and impacted the Class 8 truck market.
By Bryan Courcier
In this article we take a look at how factors including the current semiconductor chip manufacturing shortage and COVID-19 restrictions, requiring changes in auction practices, have impacted the Class 8 truck market. We also discuss steps lenders can take in the months ahead to ensure limited portfolio exposure when industry production ultimately catches up with demand.
Guest Steve Tanzi, Bryan Courcier, Steve Katz (host)
Steve Tanzi and Bryan Courcier join Steve Katz on the Hilco Global Smarter Perspectives Podcast Series to discuss the trucking industry, specifically Hilco's Acquisition Solution for our provider of Asset Financing in the North American Transportation Industry.
By Derek Brennan and Brendan Corboy
In this article we deliver a brief overview of the logistics associated with the import and export of containerized freight and provide our observations on the current state of the intermodal chassis market one year after freight traffic reached its lowest level of the ongoing pandemic.
By Elbert Choi and Derek Brennan
In this article we take a look at the impact of diminished import/export volumes on the chassis segment of the intermodal industry, how providers and end-users have responded during the current crisis, and the likely path forward for industry recovery over the balance of the last two quarters of this year and into 2021.
By Bryan Courcier
In this article we take a chronological look at industry trends leading up to the current pandemic to provide insight into both a recovery timeframe and potential valuation levels for transportation industry fleet assets in their emergence from the current COVID-19 crisis.