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AUGUST 5, 2013

NOLA, MEMPHIS ARE LOGISTICS LEADERS. Memphis, home to the global hub for FedEx, continued to command the top spot in BF’s Logistics Leaders (Air Cargo Hubs) metro ranking. San Jose, CA, San Francisco and New Orleans took the top three places, respectively, in BF’s new Information Technology Employment Leaders metro ranking.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

Examples of major logistics clusters include Memphis, home to hundreds of distribution centers and a major air freight hub with impressive land, water and rail logistics assets as well. According to Sheffi, logistics clusters are “huge employment engines.”. The Memphis International Airport is home to the FedEx Superhub.

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

Future phases estimate total employment to reach 2,000 jobs, and corporate investment to exceed $1 billion. The company will move operations from its Memphis, TN, facility to the new Olive Branch location. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, Hikomitsu Noji, president and representative director of The Yokohama Rubber Co.,

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