October 2018 IBI report
  • INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS INDICATOR

Markets remain challenging for customers intent on growth

Recap: Prologis’ latest proprietary survey of logistics real estate users, the Industrial Business Indicator, or IBI, points to robust activity across...

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Automated Mobile Robots (AMR) help move goods at Prologis International Park of Commerce, Tracy, California
  • Supply Chain

Innovation, Disruption and the Value of Time: The Next 10 Years in Logistics Real Estate

This paper is about how the components (input factors) of supply chain costs are expected to change and the impact of these changes on logistics real...

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International Park of Commerce, Tracy, California
  • U.S Industrial Business Indicator

Logistics Activity Reflects Stronger Economy

The flow of goods through U.S. logistics facilities grew at a strong pace through mid-2018, according to Prologis’ proprietary customer survey, the...

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Prologis logistics warehouse
  • Market Environment / Europe
  • November 2012

Opportunities in the European Industrial Property Market

The continuing ascent of global trade, the growing middle class in emerging markets and the ongoing reconfiguration of the global supply chain have...

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The inside of a prologis warehouse
  • Industrial Business Indicator / Americas
  • November 2012

Prologis International Business Indicator, October 2012

The IBI business activity index has proven to be a reliable indicator of near-term trade and net absorption, with one-quarter lagged correlations of...

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Airplane flying over shipping containers
  • Market Environment / Global
  • September 2011

Recovery Continues for Logistics Real Estate

Despite headwinds, net absorption of logistics space in the United States in the second quarter was 26 million square feet, the strongest second...

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Industrial Business Indicator - inside a Prologis warehouse
  • Industrial Business Indicator / Americas
  • June 2011

Industrial Fundamentals Strengthening

The business activity index has made an impressive and sustained recovery after dipping slightly in January.

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Looking over a bridge in Mexico
  • Supply Chain / Americas
  • December 2010

Mexico's Evolving Network of Modern Interstate Roadways

In July 2007, President Calderón launched the National Infrastructure Program (NIP) designed to increase the coverage, quality, and competitiveness of...

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