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It used to be that ordering household items from Amazon Prime meant stocking up.  Many brick and mortar-resistant shoppers relished 48 rolls of toilet paper or 24 cans of cat food arriving at their address in two short days.  Until recently, to protect Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) retail...

Moving forward with its mission to be the operating system of your daily life, Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) plans to add grocery delivery to its offerings in 2020.  Uber has made an agreement to take a majority stake in Cornershop, the dominate online grocery provider in Chile, Mexico, Peru...

One of the largest concerns in today's transportation industry is profit margins. While the demand for transportation is consistently high, there is an increasing need for freight as empty miles rates are increasing as well. With this inconsistency, profit margins seem to be decreasing. What...

Following its decision to purchase 230 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) to use between 2020 and 2026, UPS Inc (NYSE: UPS) is acquiring vehicles to use the fuel. Big Brown announced on Oct. 9, 2019, that it deploy 6,000 natural-gas powered trucks starting next year as part...

Elena Bernardo says innovation is "near and dear" to her heart, and a move from a career in banking to one with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) was a mindful one. "A business career seemed so practical and I went into banking — super safe, super straightforward," Bernardo told an audience that...

For crafters who frequent Michaels Companies Inc (NASDAQ: MIK), North America's largest craft retailer, UPS Inc (NYSE: UPS) has made 1,100 Michaels stores nationwide into UPS Access Points. This means that customers can ship or drop off packages while they shop for yarn or Halloween decor.  "...

Canadian third-party-logistics provider, Metro Supply Chain Group, has acquired Custom Delivery Solutions, which specializes in deliveries of large format goods.  Ontario-based Metro announced the deal on October 3, without disclosing a price.  Custom Delivery Solutions, based in Calgary, is an...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Prime Air vice president Gur Kimchi held an audience of clean technology and environmental policy experts spellbound as he laid out the company's futuristic vision of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) darting around the sky delivering packages to consumers in 30...

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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wants feedback from drone operators that could provide drone capability to the agency as it looks to advance its mail delivery fleet. In a request for information filed on September 23, USPS – an independent agency within the federal government that receives no...

Top executives at Blackstone Group's real estate unit have said repeatedly that last-mile logistics real estate is the unit's "highest-conviction global investment themes." They backed up that claim on September 30 by paying $5.9 billion for the U.S. last-mile portfolio of Colony Industrial, the...

UPS (NYSE: UPS) purchased 170 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG) to use between 2020 and 2026. Since 2014, UPS ground fleets consumed 28 million gallons of RNG. In order to consume what was purchased, it must annually use close to the total consumed gallons of RNG from the...

As delegates from 192 nations gather in Geneva Sept. 24 and 25 to determine the fate of global postal commerce, a compromise has been advanced to let the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) significantly increase the rates it charges foreign postal systems for processing foreign-origin parcels and mail....

Raising the stakes in the eco-friendly delivery wars, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) said it has ordered 100,000 electric delivery vans from electric vehicle startup Rivian. The announcement coincided with a broader pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions the e-giant generates by delivering over...

As autonomous driving technology companies test their vehicles on public roads and gather data at its wake, there are several driving-related jobs that might be at risk over the next decade. Driving autonomy is expected to make early inroads into the long-haul freight market before venturing into...