After launching commercial services in California and Texas, Amazon Prime Air came out with a new delivery drone design.
Target has unveiled a new store model geared toward omnichannel fulfillment that soon will become the standard design.
Alphabet’s Wing this week teamed with DoorDash on a limited drone delivery service in Logan, Australia, where it has operated since 2019.
Over the next few weeks, Google will add the ability to track packages directly from your inbox.
U.S. policymakers and electric vehicle manufacturers have a path to making EVs accessible to every American.
Amazon has completed 5 million deliveries with Rivian’s custom electric delivery vans since the program launched in July.
Eight companies took home Best in Show awards at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival.
San Francisco-based Loop wants to simplify logistics payments through a fundamentally different approach to technology.
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A dozen and a half companies presented their latest FreightTech solutions on the first day of the Future of Freight Festival.
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Uber Technologies reported earnings Tuesday before the bell, and investors took kindly to the results.
Target-owned Shipt has come under fire for allegedly misclassifying workers as independent contractors.
Delivery drones are showing their last-mile value on a mission to hard-to-reach customers on Sanibel Island, Florida.
According to research from PayPal, retailers and shoppers see eye to eye on returns more than you’d think.
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As part of a companywide restructuring, Gopuff conducted another round of layoffs, primarily affecting its customer service team.
Logistics and delivery companies are exploring how to optimize trips to multiresidence buildings like apartment complexes.
HyperTrack’s new Playground feature simulates a delivery environment for customers to test out last-mile strategies.
An Amazon warehouse in Upstate New York will not become the second to unionize after workers vote no.
DroneDek and A2Z Drone Delivery are integrating DroneDek’s “mailbox of the future” with A2Z’s Rapid Delivery System drone solution.
If Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons holds up with the FTC, the companies could be on the verge of a logistics power play.
More than a dozen recent job postings signal that TikTok is looking to build fulfillment centers in the U.S.
More than 300,000 current and former Instacart workers will receive a payout in the San Diego gig worker case.
Joby will work with Delta to build a service that uses autonomous drones to take passengers to and from the airport.
Walmart is converting an Atlanta fulfillment center and letting go of nearly 1,500 warehouse associates.
In a bid to reduce carbon emissions, Amazon will use a massive investment to add thousands of electric vehicles in Europe.
Three years after launching tests of its driverless Scout robot, Amazon halted work on the project.
Despite an economic slowdown, Walmart is putting money into automating its grocery fulfillment operations with Alert.
Medical drone delivery specialist Zipline began flying commercially in Utah this week after months of testing.
The international shipping giant signed a deal with the e-commerce platform to open up new opportunities for BigCommerce sellers.
Motive has introduced a solution to help food and beverage shippers keep an eye on the status of their cargo.
On a reservation in rural southeastern Oklahoma, the Choctaw Nation is building the future of drone delivery.
GigaCloud Technology’s last-mile and white-glove service will reach the entire contiguous United States.
Major carriers are temporarily suspending service in some Florida ZIP codes as downgraded storm rages on.
Front-line Amazon workers learned this week that the marketplace is investing $1 billion for pay hikes over the next year.
Conventional wisdom says that drones are best for small-payload deliveries, but Sabrewing would beg to differ.
Blue Yonder has released two new offerings, Warehouse Execution System and Adaptive Fulfillment & Warehousing.
“Movement is the future. It’s multidimensional, where each facet presents a unique perspective tailored to the user’s requirements,” says project44 CEO Jett McCandless.
One market-breaking sale will no longer cut it. Amazon is introducing a second Prime Day-like sales event.
Darden, the parent company of Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse and others, doubled down on its no-delivery policy.
SimpliRoute, a route optimization firm based in Chile and available in 26 Latin American countries, has expanded into the U.S.
FourKites will add enhanced visibility to Quiet’s “co-opetition” logistics model.
Together, Valqari and IDU Group are building urban drone infrastructure all the way from the sidewalk to the roofs of skyscrapers.
1MRobotics looks to take an automation-first approach to fulfillment with a network of ‘nanofulfillment’ centers.
Cenntro introduced its Logistar 260 and Logistar 100 commercial EVs at IAA Transportation 2022 in Hannover, Germany.
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Veeqo is Amazon’s new multichannel shipping software that finds customers the lowest rates based on size and weight.
With its fleet of electric vehicles, GoBolt will offer same- and next-day delivery of small parcels in the U.S. and Canada.
With a Friday deadline looming for some rail unions and management to make a deal, a shutdown is looking more and more possible.
Billionaire Zara founder Amancio Ortega snapped up five U.S. warehouses for $722 million.
TeraWatt secured $1 billion to accelerate the buildout of its charging infrastructure and expand its team.
MyCarrier, a freight shipping platform for small and midsize shippers, has raised $22 million in a Series B funding round.
Peak season is becoming more of a black box every year, and the U.S. Postal Service is buckling up.
After piloting driverless delivery with Motional in the spring, Uber Eats signs a multiyear deal with one of the biggest names in autonomy.Autonomous delivery to begin this fall in Texas, California
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EV-maker Lightning eMotors will deliver 170 electric cargo vans and box trucks to logistics provider GoBolt.
Amazon just introduced a new service that will allow sellers to use Amazon warehouses for storage and distribution.
Drone systems operator American Robotics gets milestone approval and waiver from the FAA.
Bridgestone is eyeing an ambitious new marketplace that would provide last-mile services and fleet solutions.
In partnership with India’s JioMart, Meta is giving WhatsApp users the ability to order directly through the messaging platform.
Rapidly growing e-commerce firm Cart.com expanded its fulfillment centers in Tennessee, Ohio, Utah and North Texas.
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Grocery app Instacart is now delivering big and bulky items from Big Lots, Staples, Office Depot and more.
Burgeoning logistics tech firm EasyPost on Wednesday announced a last-mile delivery partnership with Swyft.
Supply chain visibility company FourKites has introduced a big upgrade to its end-to-end platform.
Supply chain visibility platform project44 receives a boost from Turvo’s tech-driven TMS solution.
Oak Brook, Illinois-based Hub Group announced that it has acquired Tagg Logistics for $103 million in cash.
Pete Zimmerman of enterprise resource planning software firm VAI explains why AI can be the cornerstone of food distribution.
Manna, an Ireland-based drone delivery company, will soon expand into the U.S. and mainland Europe.
Quiet Platforms, the logistics arm of American Eagle Outfitters, is building brands a nationwide network of shared logistics assets.
Los Angeles-based A2Z Drone Delivery has introduced a flexible new delivery system that can handle up to 22 pounds of payload.
The convenience store chain has reportedly acquired delivery startup Skipcart and its network of 150,000 couriers.
Ride-hailing giant Lyft reported earnings for the second quarter after the bell Thursday.
Ford is experimenting with a system that would allow drones to be controlled autonomously from delivery vans.
The high-tech mailbox from DroneDek handles both traditional mail and drone deliveries.
Uber beat earnings expectations for Q2, but its delivery business wasn’t the driver this time around.
The e-commerce giant is rolling out a store-to-door delivery service that was first reported in May.
Despite a wave of delays and closures, Amazon is looking at adding several massive warehouses to its network.
Flytrex can now reach 100,000 eligible customers after the FAA signed off on doubling its delivery radius.
Self-flying drones from Vimaan will be the eye in the sky for a PFS warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee.
Three new sortation centers in Chicago and Denver bring Target’s facility count up to nine.
FAA sources told Insider that new crashes are putting Amazon’s drone delivery program further behind schedule.
The Uber Eats update lets customers order groceries even when stores are closed and provides real-time order tracking.
Amazon on Thursday announced the long-awaited debut of electric delivery vans from Rivian in more than a dozen U.S. cities.
Quiet Platforms and American Eagle are building a shared logistics and fulfillment network, with Atlanta as the latest addition.
The Department of Labor and federal prosecutors in New York are investigating safety concerns at Amazon warehouses.
College Station will join Lockeford, California, as one of Amazon’s earliest U.S. drone delivery test markets.
These five reverse logistics companies took the spotlight at The Lead Innovation Summit this week.
Drone delivery provider Zipline adds yet another health care company to its list of delivery partners.
Wing, the drone delivery arm of Alphabet, is laying out flight plans with an array of advanced aircraft prototypes.
Bay Area-based Elroy Air just signed another agreement to deliver an order of its Chaparral aircraft.
Mullen will deliver up to 600 electric cargo vans to DelPack Logistics, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner.
Prime Day 2022 begins Tuesday, but with slowing e-commerce growth, success might look different for Amazon this year.
Home discount retailer Big Lots adds same-day delivery from 1,000 U.S. stores.
Amazon took a stake in struggling food delivery platform Grubhub that could be worth up to 13% if it attracts enough customers.
The world’s largest retailer filed a patent that would combine two of last-mile delivery’s latest innovations: drones and robots.
With e-commerce growth slowing, did Amazon bite off more than it could chew?