Jeff Cioletti

2 weeks ago | bevindustry.com | Jeff Cioletti

If there’s one area where beverage distributors have consistently intensified their focus over the past couple of decades, it’s vehicle load optimization. In the constant pursuit of logistical best practices and lower operating costs, the beverage industry has increasingly embraced new techniques and tools — many of which weren’t even available to them just a few years ago — to mine efficiencies in the last mile before their products reach the end consumer.

1 month ago | bevindustry.com | Jeff Cioletti

The very bad news is that 39,345 people lost their lives in crashes in 2024. The slightly more encouraging news, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is that that number is about 3.8% lower than the 2023 figure of 40,901 and the first time since 2020 that the number of traffic deaths fell below 40,000. But that modest drop is cold comfort for most, as the toll is still unacceptably far from zero.

2 months ago | bevindustry.com | Jeff Cioletti

Truck-side branding is something that’s almost taken for granted these days, but there’s a reason they’re so ubiquitous ― they actually work, if industry data is any indication. One vehicle wrap can generate between 400 and 600 impressions per mile and between 30,000 and 70,000 impressions a day — depending on the population density of the particular market, of course —according to research by the Outdoor Advertising Association of America.

2 months ago | drinkableglobe.com | Jeff Cioletti

We recap some recent live shows by Kraftwerk, Riki, Donzii and Delores Galore, and we preview some of the top surf rock, synthpop, industrial, EDM, post-punk and dark wave festivals from now through the fall of 2025.

Mar 5, 2025 | drinkableglobe.com | Jeff Cioletti

On the latest episode of the podcast, we continue to visit record stores around the world with classic vinyl record finds from the likes of Yazoo, The Phantom Surfers, The Surfaris, Erasure, Depeche Mode, Visage and more!