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Gregg Healy from Savills discusses the holiday peak season | Season 3 Episode 43

Most retailers admit this will not be the typical holiday peak season. They have lots of inventory, and we're now seeing peak season stretching out well ahead of the traditional Black Friday start. What has changed this year and why? Also: Greater focus on last mile logistics; more commitments to transition to zero-emission vehicles.


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About this week's guest
Gregg Healy

Gregg Healy is executive vice president and head of Savills Industrial Services Group in North America. Based out of Orange County, California, he manages the company’s industrial practice in the U.S. and Canada, setting strategy and best practices, as well as guiding service delivery and client offerings across markets.

Prior to joining Savills, Healy served in several leadership positions at Colliers International, culminating in his role as head of location strategy. He oversaw more than 600 brokerage professionals on the firm’s supply chain and workforce analytics Solutions teams, and is credited with launching the company’s supply chain solutions practice in 2016.

Healy has worked as both as a logistics and manufacturing leader and as real estate advisor. Before Colliers, he was president and CEO of Smart Turn Logistics Inc., a third-party logistics company he founded in 2014. Healy also served as vice president and board member at Komyo America, a subsidiary of Honda Motors Japan, where he led large teams across North America for almost 11 years, and launched the company’s Mexico operation in 2008.

Healy is a member of the Industrial Asset Management Council – IAMC — and serves on the board of advisors of Grand Canyon University. His global business perspective is informed by living and working in Europe and Asia. Starting as an exchange student in both Norway and Japan, and earning a full scholarship to study overseas from the government of Japan, Healy went on to gain extensive experience in global manufacturing and distribution practices throughout his career. He is fluent in Japanese and Norwegian, and is conversational in German, Swedish and Danish.




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