Event Season Is Underway

Tradeshow and event season in the warehousing and logistics world is officially underway.

If you spent any time on LinkedIn this week, you probably noticed it too. NRF updates everywhere and a deluge of announcements about who’s heading to Manifest in February.

Speaking of Manifest... I’ll be in Las Vegas for Manifest and am looking forward to reconnecting with many of you in person.

If you’ll be there and we haven’t already talked about meeting up, let me know or feel free to reach out through the Manifest app, which went live on Wednesday, January 14.

What's trending

📦 Bulky and heavy shippers are feeling the margin squeeze

Bulky and heavy shippers are getting hit with surcharges on top of the usual rate increases. Tony Runyan and the team at Red Stag put together a solid overview that breaks down what’s changing and where the impact is showing up.

📦 New year, new tariffs.

On Monday, President Trump announced a 25% tariff on imports from countries that do business with Iran. Shippers are already starting to evaluate how this could affect landed costs and network decisions moving forward but this time they're more prepared for what may actually happen (or not happen)

Opportunities in Fulfillment

Feature Highlight: Enhanced Contract Builder

Our Enhanced Contract Builder went live on Monday.

This update came directly from provider feedback. We kept hearing the same thing: proposals need to move faster, but they also need to reflect how pricing actually gets built and no two teams do it the same way.

With the Enhanced Contract Builder, providers can now:

1. Load multiple pricing templates

2. Support tiered and volume-based pricing

3. Build rate structures that align more closely with existing workflows

Now sales teams can price opportunities in Slotted more confidently and efficiently. See how it works: