Flexe Unveils Spot Warehousing Index at Reuters US Supply Chain Conference 2026, Tackling 'Warehouse Stagflation'
Flexe announced it will showcase its Spot Warehousing Index at Reuters US Supply Chain Conference 2026, which is based on proprietary bid data and reflects real transaction rates in the spot warehousing market. Meanwhile, the US and Canadian warehousing markets are experiencing 'warehouse stagflation,' with vacancy rates rising for 16 consecutive quarters and lease rates increasing 22% over the same period. Flexe co-founder and CEO Karl Siebrecht will deliver a keynote speech on the concept of elastic supply chains.
Seattle, June 17, 2026— Flexe, the pioneer in elastic warehousing infrastructure, today announced it will showcase itsSpot Warehousing Indexat the Reuters US Supply Chain Conference 2026 (June 23-24, Chicago), providing supply chain executives with a new data-driven view of warehousing conditions in the US and Canadian spot markets. Flexe co-founder and CEO Karl Siebrecht will deliver a keynote titled "Elastic Supply Chains: From Fixed Constraints to Agile Capacity," sharing how companies can leverage spot warehousing data to build more resilient and responsive supply chains.
Flexe's latestMarket Insights Reportreveals a seemingly contradictory market dynamic: since Q2 2022, warehousing vacancy rates in the US and Canada have risen for 16 consecutive quarters, while lease rates have cumulatively increased by 22% over the same period. Flexe analysts call this phenomenon "warehousing stagflation." Sentiment data from the Logistics Managers Index (LMI) further confirms this trend: the warehousing cost sub-index has never entered contraction territory in at least four years.1
"In freight, shippers have spot rate benchmarks to decide how to allocate between contract and spot markets. But in warehousing, they've been flying blind," said Siebrecht. "The Spot Warehousing Index is the missing critical number: it's based on real transaction data, enabling leaders to make informed allocation decisions between fixed warehousing capacity and a flexible spot layer."
About the Spot Warehousing Index
Spot Warehousing Indexis a proprietary benchmark that tracks supply and demand signals in the elastic warehousing market, providing shippers, third-party logistics (3PL) providers, and logistics leaders with visibility into on-demand warehousing rates. Built on a decade of proprietary bid data and third-party indices, the index reflects actual transaction rates in the spot warehousing market, rather than static listed rents or average contract lease rates.
The latest Spot Warehousing Index data and Market Insights Report are publicly available at discover.flexe.com/market-insights/report。
About Flexe
Flexe is theelastic warehousing infrastructurepioneer, providing the data intelligence and network scale enterprises need to turn fixed real estate liabilities into variable, strategic assets. Through its proprietarySpot Warehousing Indexand Flexe Discover platforms, Flexe provides centralized access to more than 800 warehousing operators and over 3,000 warehouse locations across the US and Canada.
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Seattle, Flexe combines deep logistics expertise with enterprise-grade technology to deliver inventory storage and distribution solutions for Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit www.flexe.com。
Flexe is a registered trademark of Flexe, Inc.
1 Source:Logistics Managers Index (LMI), May 2026
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