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UPS Inc (NYSE: UPS) has agreed to a $2.25 million settlement to resolve a dispute alleging that the company discriminated against pregnant parcel workers. The agreement reached with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will provide payment to UPS workers who weren't properly...

FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) reported concerning fiscal first-quarter results, which prompted management to revise its 2020 outlook lower. FedEx earned $3.05 per share in the quarter on revenue of $17.048 billion versus expectations of $3.17 per share and $17.07 billion due to what management said...

Onfleet, a last-mile delivery software management provider, has partnered with Mi9 Retail, a provider of retail commerce solutions, to build a comprehensive grocery e-commerce and last-mile delivery software platform. The partnership was announced on Sept. 16 at GroceryShop, a  grocery and...

CEMEX (NYSE: CX), the Mexican building materials company, has made an investment in GoFor Industries, a Canadian startup that provides on-demand deliveries for the construction industry. "We seek to improve a critical point in the construction value chain, ensuring the efficient on-site delivery...

If things break right for express and logistics giant Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL), many of the products and services it rolls out across the Americas over the next 50 years will spring from the building that opened September 12 in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois. The company's Americas...

Maple Leaf Motoring is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of Canadian transportation. This week: Cargo bikes enlisted in final-mile deliveries, trade looms large as election campaign starts and court rules against Sikh drivers in helmet case.   Last-mile delivery providers are swapping...

Bus ridership is waning. If you've been to a major urban area lately where ride-hailing and microbolity options abound, this may come as no surprise.  Cities need buses not only to lessen the congestion and pollution brought on by car ownership and the surplus of rideshare drivers, but to provide...

Three U.S. Senators are calling on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) to stop doing business with contract delivery drivers that are allegedly violating federal labor laws and skirting commercial motor carrier regulations. In a September 12 letter to Amazon President and CEO Jeff Bezos, Senators...

Earlier this week, Nevada-based company Flirtey unveiled The Eagle drone delivery system, which will help Flirtey further its mission to  "save lives and change lifestyles by making delivery instant for everyone." Flirtey is an independent drone delivery service and made history in 2015 by...

Good day, Necessity is the mother of invention. To offset the high costs and intense aggravation of accepting online product returns, companies have decided to get humans involved in the process. According to Business Insider, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is testing a program in which packages...

With food delivery becoming a routine dining ritual, Canadian province Ontario just made eating at home more of a party.  The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has joined forces with Foodora, an international food delivery app, to pilot on-demand alcohol delivery in under an hour. The program...

Barring an eleventh-hour agreement, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will leave the Universal Postal Union (UPU) on October 17, ending 144 years of U.S. involvement in the international body that governs the exchange of mail and postal parcels between countries, and perhaps fundamentally changing the...

Australia Post, a government-owned post and freight service, has reported revenues of just under A$7 billion but has experienced a massive fall in profits. Australia Post reported full-year revenues of just under A$7.0 billion (US$4.7 billion), which represents a 2% rise, along with a massive 47%...

Quebec-based Ovation Logistics took delivery of the first of three electric trucks this past week, beginning what the last-mile provider's CEO hopes is an eventual transition for its Canadawide fleet. "The goal is to go zero carbon emissions," Stéphane Gagné said. Ovation, which specializes in...

The explosion in restaurant delivery services has given birth to a new type of dining establishment – off -site commercial kitchens that can accommodate to-go orders without compromising operations in brick-and-mortar facilities. These virtual or "ghost" kitchens bring multiple restaurants under...