A&S Services Group said Monday it has acquired Kinard Trucking and its affiliates. Terms were not disclosed.

Consumer confidence dropped in June to the lowest level this year, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

UTi Worldwide’s fiscal first-quarter net income rose to $12.9 million, or 12 cents a share, from $8.7 million, or 8 cents, a year earlier.

Stephen Day was named CEO of American Fast Freight Inc., the logistics firm said.

Dennis Schneider was named president of Transervice Logistics Inc., succeeding Edward Flannigan.

Echo Global Logistics said it acquired Plum Logistics LLC, a refrigerated truckload carrier and transportation brokerage company based in Wakefield, Mass. Terms were not disclosed.

When shippers search for the right carrier to transport their goods, price is often just one of their considerations, according to industry experts and trucking executives.