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State of Logistics 2016: Pursue mutual benefit Q&A: Scott Dobak, CEO of Dicom Transportation Group July retail sales issued by Commerce and NRF remain in similar summer pattern July POLA and POLB volumes are slightly mixed UPS expands Worldwide Express Freight service to nine new countries More Logistics News Managing Global Transportation: How NVOCCs can operate more profitably Global transportation isn’t getting any easier to manage. With new rules and regulations to learn, new compliance requirements to adhere to, and new customers and business partners to onboard, navigating the complexities of the global market can be difficult for any company. All Resources LM Group News Editor Jeff Bermancaught up with Dicom Transportation Group CEO Scott Dobak on various industry trends like freight volumes, inventory levels, and Peak Season. Dobak joined Dicom in February 2014. and before that he served as the President of the Transportation Management Services and Less-Than-Truckload divisions of Roadrunner Transportation Prior to Roadrunner, and he also held various sales management roles at YRC Worldwide/Yellow Corp. A full transcript of Berman of Dobak’s conversation is below. Logistics Management (LM): How do you view what is happening in the freight transportation market, given the uneven nature of the economy? Scott Dobak: From a Canadian focus, what we were experiencing was very flat, or even anemic, growth, but from a pricing standpoint things look pretty good. Nobody is lowering pricing, as it is a losing game, coupled with pricing discipline and margin having held up pretty well so far, especially through the first half of the year. Where we are seeing growth and where LTL comes into play for Dicom in the U.S. is as more of the market shifts from B2B to B2C and how LTL plays in those markets. LM: Where are you finding more growth? Dobak: […]