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At LogiMAT 2019, Raffaele Destro, industry manager at TGW Logistics, spoke about the need for analyzing challenges that companies – both retail and ecommerce – struggle with while gauging consumer expectations and the resulting unpredictability in product demand. "It is important...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has launched an ambitious green delivery initiative that aims to slash the emissions stemming from delivering millions of packages each year. The goal of the "Shipment Zero" initiative is to make half of its shipments net zero (emissions) by 2030...

J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced it has finalized its previously announced acquisition of Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery. "Cory's customer-first mentality and focus on the consumer experience have made it one of the best in the furniture business," said Nick Hobbs...

Deutsche Post DHL Group said it completed a transaction that will see it transfer its supply chain business in China to one of that country's largest parcel and air freight couriers. After reaching an agreement last year, SF Holding will pay $793 million to DHL for its supply chain operations...

The unexpected news yesterday that David J. Bronczek would retire Feb. 28 as FedEx Corp.'s (NYSE: FDX) president and COO, as well as his departure the same day from the company's board less than three weeks after being named a director, has left people searching for answers. A sentence...

It's street-fightin' time again on the Australian waterfront. Every three years each of the stevedore companies enter into a protracted and bitter dispute with the local longshoremen's representative body, the Maritime Union of Australia. And that's because Australian law gives the...

As the frequency of traffic bottlenecks increase across urban spaces, different mobility options and city regulations have been debated, with solutions like mobility as a service (MaaS) and electric bike-sharing cropping up over this decade. A more niche add-on to this segment would be the vertical...

TechCrunch reports that SoftBank, a Japanese multinational holding group, has led a $940 million investment in autonomous delivery startup Nuro. Gaorong Capital, Greylock Partners and Softbank have previously raised $92 million for Nuro. According to Reuters, this latest round of financing puts the...

As far as the current regulations go, only you and the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) have the authority to put mail or parcels in your mailbox. Anyone who infringes on this is quite literally committing a crime – even if it is a neighbor who is putting remainder notes into your box. The law...

Getting a coffee to go is as natural as breathing for many. Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is betting that on-demand delivery is the organic next step. The coffee giant announced in January that it would expand an existing pilot project in Miami to San Francisco, and that delivery would...

As more companies debut autonomous delivery robots – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the latest to announce a pilot – questions are mounting about how ready the technology is to navigate the surprisingly perilous world of the neighborhood sidewalk. Another major question...

DHL Express is adding 63 electric-powered delivery vans to its U.S. fleet, the German-based carrier said late yesterday. The NGEN-1000 vehicles, built by Workhorse Group, will be rolled out in the San Francisco Bay area, Long Island City, New York, DHL said. The latter location is scheduled to be...

Good day, Technology is a double-edged sword. While it has the power to bring about positive change, it can create economic and cultural barriers when its benefits are unequally distributed. One way to bridge this so-called digital divide is to expand the commercial use of drones for last-mile...

The "Amazon effect" on logistics is undeniable, as it has brought about a major shift in how supply chains work and in the mindset of consumers who are increasingly accustomed to buying online. This situation has divided the market into two – companies like Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ...