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See how Walmart — quickly becoming one of the biggest names in drone delivery — and its network fared in 2022.

Flexport is hiring top tech talent to scale up its digital logistics platform.

E-commerce giant Amazon will lay off over 18,000 workers during its current round of job cuts, first reported in November.

The e-commerce giant’s long-awaited drone delivery service finally got off the ground on Christmas Eve.

About 15% of deliveries scheduled for Friday and Saturday will not make it by Christmas, ShipMatrix says.

First, the company popularized two-day shipping. Then, Amazon Relay was created to help fill growing capacity needs. This paved the way for further innovation, including Amazon Freight for shippers and Amazon Freight Partner for carriers.

The Warehouse Worker Protection Act is designed to provide transparency and worker protections to warehouse employees in the state of New York, which has seen several skirmishes over working conditions at Amazon facilities.

Amazon launches driver tipping feature

AskWaves: Los directivos deben anular las vacaciones de julio y agosto, lo que indica que la empresa seguirá abierta

Since this isn’t 1997, UPS will stay open because it wants to keep business in a changed world for parcel delivery.

Higher borrowing costs will cut all real estate asset values by 5% to 7%, according to CBRE’s 2023 outlook.

Consumers can take drop-offs to any of 2,000 FedEx Office locations

Customers can now tip Amazon drivers by saying “thank you,” but a lawsuit accuses the company of using tips for itself.

Ford will help DHL electrify its last-mile fleet worldwide as it moves closer to its own sustainability goals.

AWS Supply Chain has launched an application to unify supply chain data from multiple systems and vendors.

1999: eBay ushers in e-commerce’s most dramatic distribution channel disruption in decades.

Planned Amazon layoffs could hamper e-commerce, logistics

El Distrito Este de Nueva York presentó un cese y desistimiento contra la empresa la semana pasada

A cease-and-desist order filed by a New York City court could give Amazon warehouse workers added protections when attempting to unionize.

El aeropuerto de Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky es la mayor instalación de la red logística de Amazon

Amazon is expected to fight a new effort by workers at its air cargo hub in Northern Kentucky to form a union.

Key Comparisons: Amazon vs Walmart

Amazon has rented a new air cargo facility in New Hampshire and launched daily freighter service to shorten delivery times.

NYT: La empresa elimina 10.000 empleados, el mayor recorte de puestos de trabajo de su historia

If Amazon goes ahead with mass layoffs to its retail division, the cuts could impact the firm’s e-commerce and logistics services.

After launching commercial services in California and Texas, Amazon Prime Air came out with a new delivery drone design.

Amazon has completed 5 million deliveries with Rivian’s custom electric delivery vans since the program launched in July.

While Amazon continues to dominate Walmart in online sales, when customers are looking for groceries and other everyday items, they turn to Walmart.

Cargo revenues from Sun Country Airlines’ Amazon business were flat in the third quarter.

Amazon and payment provider Parafin are offering online sellers a cash advance offer with flexible repayment terms.

Amazon reported a third-quarter sales deceleration that it says will persist into the holidays.

ShipBob has launched new integrations with Amazon, giving merchants faster inventory and shipping services when selling through the e-commerce platform.

CEOs Dave Clark of Flexport and Hamid Moghadam of Prologis shared the stage — and their insights — about the supply chain on Tuesday at the 2022 Groundbreakers forum in New York.

Hawaiian Airlines will begin operating Amazon Air’s largest cargo jets on the retailer’s biggest shipping lanes next year.

In a major move, Amazon is acquiring 10 large freighter aircraft for long-haul international transport and hiring Hawaiian Airlines to fly them.

Fleets seeking a readily-available and proven solution to reduce heavy-duty truck emissions are increasingly turning to renewable natural gas

An Amazon warehouse in Upstate New York will not become the second to unionize after workers vote no.

TruckWings, the aerodynamic invention of Daniel Burrows, has more value than just the half-billion miles of on-road experience.

Natural gas station to fuel Amazon trucks

Businesses looking to expand their diverse-owned supplier base may find success by turning to local businesses.

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.

Public sector procurement officers face the same challenges as commercial CPOs as they seek out ESG, diverse and local goods.

Panelists at Amazon Business’ Reshape 2022 conference talk strategies and advice to succeed with ESG initiatives.

Many companies believe machine learning is the solution to their problems, but it can’t overcome bad data and metrics.

Indra Nooyi refocused PepsiCo during her tenure as CEO, turning the company from one that made fun products to one that produced good-for-you products.

Front-line Amazon workers learned this week that the marketplace is investing $1 billion for pay hikes over the next year.

As more business purchasing moves online, Amazon Business is positioning itself to be the leader in the category.

Clean Energy opened a renewable natural gas station in Groveport, Ohio, as part of an agreement with Amazon.

While more B2B buyers are looking online, challenges persist, including missing product information and a lack of visibility into sustainably sourced products.

One market-breaking sale will no longer cut it. Amazon is introducing a second Prime Day-like sales event.

Delivery Service partners to receive up to $5,250 per eligible driver per year

Infinium will provide Amazon with enough electrofuels to power its fleet approximately 5 million miles a year.

Amazon is slowing down its air cargo expansion as online sales slow but putting more volume through its new Northern Kentucky hub.

Veeqo is Amazon’s new multichannel shipping software that finds customers the lowest rates based on size and weight.

Amazon will spend $450 million over the next 12 months to fund rate increases for contractors, provide tuition reimbursement for drivers, and support a newly formed retirement plan.

Cloostermans, a Belgium-based mechatronics company, was bought by Amazon to work alongside its European Innovation Lab in Italy.

Retailers are grappling with a “sonic boom of inventory” — and they have no idea what this year’s Christmas shopping season will look like.

Amazon tiene hasta el 16 de septiembre para presentar objeciones

There’s a battle brewing in Amazon’s warehouses, and the massive marketplace is losing traction. A federal labor official with the National Labor Relations Board’s Arizona office on Thursday recommended that […]

Amazon just introduced a new service that will allow sellers to use Amazon warehouses for storage and distribution.

Flexport is taking a page from Amazon’s growth model. The logistics provider just hired its third executive from the Amazon tree.

Inflation, a pandemic and changing consumer behavior have culminated in dramatically different Q2 results across the e-commerce industry.

Plug Power will supply Amazon with 10,950 tons of green hydrogen annually for transportation and building operations starting in 2025.

Like others, Amazon sees a large opportunity in business-to-business e-commerce, and it is positioning its Amazon Business unit to take advantage.

Flexport has tapped another Amazon veteran for its leadership ranks as the logistics company moves to the next level of growth.

Amazon must complete 7,000 test flights as part of a federal regulatory requirement for durability and reliability.

The e-commerce giant is rolling out a store-to-door delivery service that was first reported in May.

Electric vehicle maker Rivian is cutting its workforce by 6% amid growing inflation pressure and tightening capital markets, according to reports.

Despite a wave of delays and closures, Amazon is looking at adding several massive warehouses to its network.

With billions of square feet of warehouse space to automate, leading robotics providers are gearing up for the opportunity.

Amazon on Thursday announced the long-awaited debut of electric delivery vans from Rivian in more than a dozen U.S. cities.

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.

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.

With e-commerce growth slowing, did Amazon bite off more than it could chew?

La compañía está reduciendo la huella de los almacenes en medio de la desaceleración del comercio electrónico

Prime Day 2022 will run July 12-13

Amazon announced that some 3,500 residents in the town of Lockeford, California, will be the first eligible customers to receive packages delivered by drone within 30 minutes

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Exports, production of heavy-duty trucks from Mexico drop in May; Kansas City Southern de Mexico commits $120 million to new projects; Prologis building distribution warehouse in Dallas area; and Amazon opens sixth logistics warehouse in Mexico.

Amazon this week unveiled Proteus, its first “fully autonomous” mobile warehouse robot.

Shopify believes its new B2B e-commerce platform could spark a return to peak pandemic glory.

With Amazon Prime Day less than a month away, here are the details you need to know.

After enduring years of setbacks, Amazon’s drone delivery program is finally ready for takeoff.

Two lawsuits filed by Amazon customers in late May and early June allege that Prime isn’t what was promised.

Ex-Amazon executive is seen as the more experienced operator that Flexport now needs.

Los consumidores están cansados de comprar tantas cosas, para disgusto de minoristas y transportadores

Major retailers like Target, Walmart and Amazon are suddenly packed with inventories. It’s a whiplash that’s spooking investors.

Founder Ryan Petersen will become Flexport’s executive chairman after a six-month transition.

Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index predicts record numbers ahead

Because electric vehicle charging infrastructure takes time to install, delivery fleets should be thinking about the shift to EVs now.

The executive transformed Amazon into a transport and logistics force.

La ubicación de Atlanta se ampliará a 20.000 pies cúbicos y almacenará un millón de suministros de ayuda

The company expands its Atlanta site to 20,000 cubic feet and doubles on-hand inventory to 1 million items.

The e-commerce giant will deliver packages from local malls using its network of Amazon Flex gig drivers.

Pitney Bowes found that U.S. parcel volumes grew 6% last year, and more growth is forecast for the next five years.

Drone pilot programs continue to pop up, but Amazon is generally not among those receiving attention as its program has reportedly stalled. What can be learned from the slow rollout of Prime Air?