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UPS Revenue at Low End of Estimates as Retail Sales Slow

The courier faces the possibility of a union strike of its 330,000 workers as the company negotiates to replace a five-year labor contract that expires on July 31.

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The Delivery Persona: How Consumers Really Think About Home Delivery

When retailers craft a variety of delivery experiences, customers can self-select the one that best fits their delivery persona.

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JLL Finds Perfect Warehouse Location, Leading to $15M Grant for Startup

Challenge: An innovative clean energy startup needed a manufacturing site that could accommodate its growth and allow it to scale production as demand for its groundbreaking product takes off.

Drone Delivery Startup Gets Approval in New Zealand. EU and Australia Could Be Next

Permission to operate more freely could eventually vault drone delivery from the experimental phase to an economically viable business.

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The Race to Clean Up Trucking Emissions Is Just Getting Started

Around 12 times more battery-electric truck models will be available this decade than fuel cell trucks.

A Mercedes-Benz GenH2 hydrogen-powered truck at the IAA Transportation show last year in Hanover, Germany. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg

FedEx Overhaul Contemplates a Future With No Drivers on Payroll

The decision to break from Smith’s approach was cheered by analysts, who raised their stock-price targets or recommendations, even as they warned of challenges.

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Parcel Rate Consulting — Is It Dead or Dying?

Advances in data science and software are disrupting the industry — and providing shippers with better results, quicker and less expensively.

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Walmart Revises its Supply-Chain Strategy

Walmart want to improve fulfillment capabilities at its stores, and it is trying to automate operations, both in stores and at dedicated fulfillment centers.

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FedEx Targets $4bn Cost Cuts by Merging Delivery Networks

The plan to boost profit addresses a commitment to investors, led by activist shareholder D.E. Shaw, to boost dividends, rework its executive pay rules and reduce capital expenditures

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Hydrogen Is Here; This is How We Get It There

With the capability to produce and store liquified hydrogen where and when it is needed, the tipping point has been reached and the hydrogen economy is here.

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Retailers Plan to Change to Made-to-Fit Boxes for Home Delivery

The made-to-fit packaging addresses a major environmental issue in online shopping, and a cumbersome expense in shipping out orders.

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Strengthening the Supply Chain in 2023: Is Sustainability a Solution to Disruption?

Practitioners in this field know that operating in a green manner will not only keep the planet sustainable, but also promote the long-term viability of the operation itself.

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