Lakeside Holding is a small, U.S.-based cross-border logistics company focused on the Asia-to-U.S. trade lane, primarily serving China and South Korea. Lakeside's customers are typically other logistics intermediaries that serve large e-commerce platforms, social commerce platforms, and manufacturers shipping goods to the U.S. The company offers an end-to-end bundled solution covering freight consolidation and forwarding (as a licensed NVOCC and indirect air carrier), customs clearance, warehousing and distribution, and domestic ground delivery across roughly 48 U.S. states. Lakeside operates two warehousing and distribution centers near O'Hare and Dallas Fort Worth airports, totaling about 142,000 square feet. Lakeside is asset-light — it does not own ships, planes, or trucks, but instead arranges capacity through a network of global ocean and air carriers and over 200 domestic trucking partners. Lakeside earns revenue by charging customers for bundled logistics services and profits from the spread between contracted carrier rates and what it charges customers. A proprietary technology platform automates route optimization, real-time price quoting, and account management. In late 2024, Lakeside acquired Hupan Pharmaceutical, a Wuhan-based distributor of pharmaceutical products (primarily infusion fluids) in China, adding a secondary pharmaceutical distribution segment that operates on a traditional buy-and-resell model.
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